{"id":6607,"date":"2022-01-04T19:08:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T18:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nerdiy.de\/?p=6607"},"modified":"2023-12-09T12:28:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T11:28:12","slug":"howto-zigbee-installation-of-zigbee2mqtt-on-the-raspberry-pi-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nerdiy.de\/en\/howto-zigbee-installation-of-zigbee2mqtt-on-the-raspberry-pi-2\/","title":{"rendered":"HowTo: Zigbee - Installation of zigbee2mqtt on the Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I have started to use parts of my SmartHome<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to the Zigbee standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, I still used sensors and actuators based on the simple 433Mhz radio. Unfortunately, however, there are fewer and fewer sensors and actuators for this \"radio standard\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last but not least, the very reasonable prices for Zigbee accessories at Ikea were the decisive argument for me to switch to this standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to these advantages, there are of course other benefits of the Zigbee standard. For example, actuators that are permanently connected to the power supply (e.g. a Zigbee-capable socket) automatically act as repeaters (called \"routers\" in Zigbee jargon). This means that even very large Zigbee networks (e.g. over several floors) can be set up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Battery-powered Zigbee devices can achieve very long battery life thanks to the more suitable architecture. A window or door sensor, for example, can be operated for several years with a single CR2032 button cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All right, but how can you integrate Zigbee sensors and actuators into your own SmartHome <\/a><\/em><\/strong>integrate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A very cool and helpful open source project for this is Zigbee2MQTT<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the name suggests, zigbee2mqtt is a type of adapter that evaluates the data received via Zigbee and transmits it to your SmartHome<\/a><\/em><\/strong> forwarded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can then access this data - as you can from on Tasmota <\/a><\/em><\/strong>and EspEasy <\/a><\/em><\/strong>based sensors\/actuators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to install zigbee2mqtt on your RaspberryPi <\/a><\/em><\/strong>I have described in the following article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Helpful articles:
<\/strong>Before you start with this article, you should have prepared a RaspberryPi so that it is accessible via the network and controllable via SSH. You should also have a MQTT server already installed<\/a><\/em><\/strong> be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following articles describe what needs to be done to prepare the RaspberryPi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n