I am trying to add a Sonoff SNZB-01 to my eWeLink Adroid App. I added it successfully to my iHost incl other sensors with the eWelink logo, but when I try and add the same sensor to the eWeLink app I get a message “Add a Zigbee Bridge First”
As soon as I successfully added the switch to iHost I get a message from the eWelink app that it has been added.
Is there a fix? I think I might be missing something obvious here
There is no such fix. The same Zigbee device cannot be connected to more than one controller at the same time.
The message ‘Add a Zigbee Bridge First’ is because you do not have such a device connected to the eWeLink cloud. The iHost is a local server and makes Zigbee devices available through an add-on. It is not a bridge.
Different from Matter, Zigbee devices can be added to one gateway/hub at a time.
Can you tell us more about your setups and what you want to do with them?
Thanks for getting back to me.
I have consolidated my home automation setup on Sonoff and Google products. I have a iHost, all my switches and sensors are Sonoff Zigbee devices and I use Tapo Link cameras because they are onvif capable and are picked up by iHost. All of these pull through to Google Home.
I have a few GU10 LED light bulbs (BNETA), Projector (BNETA) and Spot lights (IR Controlled) that are not Sonoff brand because they are not available from Sonoff. However they are picked up by Google Home and I manage them that way.
Between Google Home and iHost I run all the automations I require, but the biggest draw back is that you cannot start a scene/ automation with a Sonoff Button Switch in Google Home, but I understand that is a Google Home issue and not the iHost.
I would like to do the following: When I enter my foxhole (Home Theatre Room) I have a number of automations that execute and I am ready to go. When I leave I would like to press the Sonoff switch and switch everything off with one action. I know I can do this with the Google Nest mini hub in the room, by asking it to do that, but a switch would be a nice option if you left the room and want to do it remotely.
The second request for help would be. I have a Luxpower Solar Inverter and In would like to pull the generation and consumption graphic interface into iHost but I don’t have enough technical knowledge to do that, it has to do with the Docker functionality.
I am happy with what I can do with my HAS and I think it represents good value for money.
Next up is adding a few tablet screens for casting information and maybe a NS Panel Pro or two, but I have some home work to do on this.
Thanks for your patience and assistance
Get a Zigbee button. They have single click, double click and long click. You could activate with a single or double click and deactivate with a long press. I do this with electric heaters in the bedrooms.
If Zigbee doesn’t have a long enough range you can get an RF bridge and one of those small key ring things with 4 buttons. That is what I have. Guessing they are still on the ITEAD website.
The second point depends if that make has a Node Red Palette. You could pull the data into Node Red and then transfer it to a pretend device on the iHost, but I’ve only ever tried temperature and humidity. Assume it also works with power. I have a gas usage MQTT and would like that to be added as a capability. Then I could do the same. I haven’t set it up but I could transfer total electricity meter usage to a graph via creating a pretend power device.
If you add a virtual device then the iHost will graph the pretend device like a standard device. I’m pretty sure there is either a video or an official guide for how to create a basic on/off device. You then mess around with the default settings till you use the right words, or just give up and put “{}”. It will then populate itself over time, but you can’t use a control device node till it does.
As regards 3, there is a built in Cast on the iHost and an app for it (atleast on Apple iOS).