Feature Request: Zigbee Network Map for ZBBRIDGE-U

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Hi, a map of all Zigbee devices, similar to the one on ihost, would be very useful.

Thanks and good luck!

Giuseppe

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Sorry, I’m late. I’d like to understand more about why you need a Zigbee map, or the scenarios in which you use it. Is it to check the Zigbee map and adjust the network when the Zigbee device network is unstable? Or do you use the Zigbee map to confirm the installation location of devices during setup?

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Hi,
Zigbee network monitoring is very useful, especially in my case (and I think in other cases too).

I have over 40 SONOFF Zigbee IOT devices (and another 30 SONOFF Wireless ones), three SONOFF Dongle Plus used as cover extenders routers, and five wireless routers to cover my house and garden of about 1,000 square meters.

Unfortunately, EWELINK WEB does not see Zigbee devices managed by iHost.

This way, I can see if they’re connected and working properly.

IHOST includes this option, and it’s very useful.

Thank you and best regards.

Giuseppe

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It seems that eWeLink avoids the topic of a Zigbee map in its paid eWeLink Web and eWeLink App. Overall, the information about Zigbee device connection status is poor, and the displayed RSSI and LQI values are unreliable. There’s no tool available for assessing the network. Here’s what a Zigbee map can be useful for:

  • Diagnostics – helps identify connection and range issues between devices.
  • Optimization – makes it easier to position devices for better network stability.
  • Load detection – shows which devices are overloaded as repeaters.
  • Change verification – lets you check if new devices have joined the network correctly.
  • Management – supports documentation and analysis of network topology in home automation.

I thought the purpose of such a map was more than obvious. If you’d like, I can point out platforms that offer full Zigbee mapping and better network control. I’ve been active on this forum for quite a while, and from the very beginning, the topic of a Zigbee map has been a recurring one. So far, those who kept bringing it up have managed to get it implemented in iHost. I know you can do better :slight_smile:

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Better explained and clearer than this is impossible :+1:

Not to mention that SONOFF implemented that sort of restriction that won’t let you connect more than a certain number of devices to ZBBridge-U and if you need more in your home you have to add routers (each of one lets you connect N more devices). I would understand that to cover a great house you certainly need some routers/repeaters to extend the net range but often this wouldn’t be necessary and you still have to add one or two to have all your devices connected. Now to the point of what I wrote… To my knowledge there’s no way to know in a straight visual way how many devices are still connectable to my ZBBridge-U. How many devices are still connectable in my whole net considering how many routers/repeaters are in my net?
In a simple net with one ZBBridge-U and a single router that together let you connect N devices and with all the N devices connected Which devices would disconnect from the net if the router goes down? Last devices connected? In a Random way?