Universal Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus ZBDongle E Gateway with Antenna for Home Assistant, Open HAB etc, Support Data Flow Control

I bought the SONOFF Universal Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus (ZBDongle-E) to use with Home Assistant, and it’s been absolutely excellent. Setup was quick and straightforward, plugged it in, configured it in Home Assistant, and it was ready to go. Devices pair quickly, are recognised instantly, and connections have been extremely stable. I’ve since added multiple Zigbee sensors and devices, and everything works flawlessly. Range is very good thanks to the external antenna, and responsiveness is fast with no noticeable delays. The dongle feels well built, runs cool, and has been solid running 24/7. I’m using it with SONOFF Zigbee devices as well as other brands, and compatibility has been excellent across the board. If you’re building or upgrading a Home Assistant Zigbee network, this dongle is a no-brainer. Reliable, powerful, easy to set up, and great value for money. Highly recommended.

I use this with my homelab to control smart home devices from a variety of manufacturers from a centralised Home Assistant installation - it works across brands, detects new devices quickly, and required very little set up

Bought this so I could set up my Home Assistant to use zigbee. Connected it, HA found it and configured it. It was that simple. Works really well and now I have umpteen zigbee devices that I can control very easily from HA. For anybody who's curious, it works perfectly with Linux and Raspberry Pi's.

I bought this item to run from a tiny pc which is running Home assistant to control all my devices at home. I found it well made and packaged nicely, and price-wise was very happy. No problems at all, straight out of the box it worked extremely well and picked up all the devices I needed it to. My home automation journey is just starting out but this dongle, paired with some sonoff zigbee repeaters is going to help a lot.

Bought this as a replacement for the Texas Instruments CC2531 as I kept getting drop outs using Zigbee2MQTT in conjunction with Homeassistant. I can say that I have not had a single drop out issue as a result of this zigbee gateway. While it was a bit of a hassle to migrate every device over (I have over 50) it was absolutely worth it to have them reliable within the interface. I believe there are some methods out there to export then import all your zigbee devices if you are migrating (To save you the headache I had). This was able to manage my zigbee mesh from an external garage to the house, obviously working in tandem with the zigbee router devices in my mesh. I do use it in combination with a USB extender as gets recommended online, however I don't know if that is providing much of a benefit. But goes to show how reliable and secure the connection is even through external walls. While this is a bit more expensive than some of the alternatives, the reliability is worth the money, as it will save you time further down the line.

I used this successfully for 3 years after starting out with Home Assistant but it has some drawbacks. First is that it essentially needs a long USB2.0 extension cable to get it away from your USB ports interference. If you plug this directly into the USB ports of your server/raspberry Pi you'll find your Zigbee Network is very unreliable, if anything can connect at all. The range I found was absolutely fine for a standard UK house, but I had plenty of hard-wired smart switches and smart bulbs/smart plugs that can act as routers, i.e. repeaters for the signal. If you try to connect solely battery powered devices to this you may struggle with range on the other side of your house. Compatibility with Zigbee2MQTT in home assistant was great, essentially plug and play (after making sure the correct USB device is passed through to the correct virtual machine, if using VMs) but if you're using a Pi solely for home assistant there'll be no issues there. Only issue I had, which caused me to move away from this device to an SMLIGHT PoE type dongle was that every so often the Zigbee network would completely fail and could only be fixed by restarting Zigbee2MQTT. In the end I had an automation to restart Z2M every 6h which helped but wasn't ideal. The logs didn't give me any useful info other than devices couldn't talk to home assistant and vice versa so it's impossible to say if this dongle was the issue or if it was my virtualised setup, or something else, but I can confirm that having switched to the SMLIGHT my Zigbee network is rock solid now. So I think if you're just starting out and are running home assistant on a Raspberry Pi and just running a few Zigbee devices this will be absolutely perfect for you. However if you can envision a more serious Zigbee setup in your future, and especially if you want to move Home Assistant between servers and/or have your servers in a different location to your Zigbee dongle etc, I'd highly recommend you start out with a SMLIGHT PoE-type dongle.

Thw most integral part of my smart home...works great

A must-have for any smart-home enthusiast. Very easy to set up, integrates well with Home Assistant. It is device-agnostic, meaning that you can easily integrate both Sonoff and other manufacturer's Zigbee devices. It is very sturdy, and has a very strong and stable signal range.

Ho acquistato il Sonoff ZBDongle-E per trasformare il mio Raspberry Pi in un gateway Zigbee universale, e devo dire che è stato uno degli upgrade più utili per la mia smart home. Il dongle arriva già pre-flashato con firmware EZNet 6.10.3, quindi è pronto all’uso: l’ho collegato alla porta USB del Raspberry Pi, e Home Assistant lo ha riconosciuto subito tramite l’integrazione ZHA. In alternativa, è compatibile anche con Zigbee2MQTT, che ho testato in un secondo momento per una gestione più avanzata dei dispositivi. Entrambe le soluzioni funzionano alla grande. L’antenna esterna SMA garantisce una copertura eccellente: riesco a gestire sensori Zigbee anche in stanze lontane, senza perdita di segnale. Ho integrato interruttori, sensori di movimento, termometri e prese smart, tutti perfettamente funzionanti. Il dongle è basato su EFR32MG21, con potenza di trasmissione fino a +20dBm, e il guscio in alluminio aiuta a ridurre le interferenze. In sintesi, è un dispositivo affidabile, potente e facilissimo da integrare, perfetto per chi vuole un sistema domotico locale e flessibile. 🧪 Esempi di utilizzo 🏠 Gateway Zigbee su Raspberry Pi: con Home Assistant + ZHA o Zigbee2MQTT 🔌 Controllo locale di dispositivi smart: interruttori, prese, sensori, luci 📡 Copertura estesa: antenna esterna per ambienti grandi 🧑‍💻 Domotica open-source: compatibile con OpenHAB, ioBroker, ecc. 🔧 Espansione rete Zigbee: possibilità di flash come router Zigbee ✅ Pregi Compatibile con Home Assistant, Zigbee2MQTT, OpenHAB Preinstallato con firmware EZNet 6.10.3 Basato su chip EFR32MG21 con +20dBm di potenza Antenna esterna SMA per segnale stabile Guscio in alluminio anti-interferenze Plug & play su Raspberry Pi Supporta decine di dispositivi Zigbee Ottimo rapporto qualità/prezzo ⚠️ Difetti Richiede configurazione iniziale se si usa Zigbee2MQTT Non include cavo di estensione USB (consigliato per evitare interferenze)

Have used this with Home Assistant (Zigbee2MQTT) to run dozens of Zigbee devices and have been working great. Make sure to follow the recommended guidelines for optimal performance (i.e. using a USB2.0 extension to connect the device has solved a lot of my issues).

Absolutely no problem setting up, just plugged it in and was found by home assistant. Everything I have tried has paired straight away.

Ich nutze den SONOFF ZBDongle-E als Zigbee-Koordinator in meinem Home-Assistant-System mit Zigbee2MQTT und bin wirklich zufrieden. In Home Assistant wurde der Stick sofort erkannt, und mit Zigbee2MQTT war die Einrichtung schnell erledigt. Besonders praktisch: Das Firmware-Flashen kann direkt über das Sonoff-Addon in Home Assistant gemacht werden. Kein extra Tool, kein Gefummel – das ging in ein paar Minuten. Seitdem läuft mein Zigbee-Netz sehr stabil. Bewegungsmelder reagieren sofort, Türkontakte melden zuverlässig und ich hatte bisher keine Ausfälle. Ich habe mehrere Sensoren, Schalter und Steckdosen im Haus verteilt und alles bleibt sauber verbunden. Die Reichweite ist gut, vor allem mit einem kurzen USB-Verlängerungskabel, damit der Stick nicht direkt am NAS oder PC steckt. Seitdem ist mein Zigbee-Netz richtig zuverlässig. Unterm Strich: Einstecken, einrichten, läuft. Für alle, die Home Assistant mit Zigbee2MQTT nutzen, ist der ZBDongle-E aus meiner Sicht eine klare Empfehlung. 👍

Great device, great support. I use it as a Zigbee gateway and it works really fast