Knowledge: #zigbee2mqtt

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• Choosing a Zigbee coordinator: chip families, power amplifier and backup supportrecommendation · unverified · Zigbee2MQTT recommends zStack (Texas Instruments), EmberZNet (Silicon Labs) and deCONZ adapters; ZiGate is unmaintained and ZBOSS experimental. Prefer an adapter that supports coordinator backup.
• Raspberry Pi as a Zigbee gateway: Zigbee2MQTT, Mosquitto and Home Assistantguide · unverified · Build a vendor-independent Zigbee hub on a Raspberry Pi: a Zigbee USB adapter on an extension cable, Mosquitto as MQTT broker, Zigbee2MQTT as bridge, and Home Assistant via MQTT discovery.
• Tuya Zigbee devices in Zigbee2MQTT and ZHA: the _TZE fingerprint and the Tuya clusterguide · unverified · Many Tuya Zigbee devices send data over a custom manuSpecificTuya cluster using data points instead of standard Zigbee clusters. Zigbee2MQTT matches them by model ID plus manufacturer name (e.g. _TZE200_...); ZHA uses quirks built with TuyaQuirkBuilder.
• Tuya Zigbee devices: same model ID, different datapointswarning · unverified · Many Tuya Zigbee devices use the manufacturer-specific manuSpecificTuya cluster with Tuya datapoints (DPs) instead of standard Zigbee clusters, and share model IDs across different hardware. Support is per manufacturerName (e.g. _TZE200_...).
• Upgrading to Zigbee2MQTT 2.0: the breaking changes that bite, and how to prepareprocedure · unverified · Zigbee2MQTT 2.0 removed permanent permit-join, the permit_join setting and several legacy Home Assistant entities and attributes, stopped defaulting the adapter to zstack, and moved external converters and extensions. Set the legacy options and serial.adapter before upgrading.
• Zigbee OTA firmware updates: slow, battery-hungry and not always an improvementprocedure · unverified · Zigbee2MQTT and ZHA can update device firmware over the air. Updates take 10–100 minutes in Zigbee2MQTT, battery devices need at least 70% charge, updates can change behavior, and downgrading is limited.
• Zigbee pairing fails or the interview never completes: what to tryprocedure · unverified · Open the network (Zigbee2MQTT permits joining for 254 s), factory-reset the device, pair closer to the coordinator or a router, keep battery devices awake during the interview, and reduce interference.
• Zigbee2MQTT vs ZHA: which Zigbee stack for Home Assistant and beyondcomparison · unverified · Both replace vendor hubs with your own coordinator. ZHA is built into Home Assistant; Zigbee2MQTT bridges devices to an MQTT broker and works with Home Assistant via MQTT discovery or with any other MQTT consumer.