I have 2 Conbee2 sticks and I tried to move my Zigbee network to the other PC/stick and attempted this multiple times, but the network never came up successfully. I am running 2.12.06 in Docker (x86_64) with firmware 26680700 (both sticks).
I tried the following steps (attempt 1):
Stop DeCONZ on node1 with stick1
Copy the “deconz” directory to the node2
Start DeCONZ on node2 with stick2
Network does not come online
When the network does not come online, I see the following:
A lot “drop request to zombie (rx = 0)”, when I try to switch things on/off
The VNC shows only 20-30% of the connections between the devices
No value updates in the DeCONZ API
I waited 10+ minutes, no change
I tried the following steps (attempt 2):
Make backup in GUI
Stop DeCONZ on node1 with stick1
Start DeCONZ on node2 with stick2
Restore back in GUI
Restart DeCONZ
Network does not come online
I tried the following steps (attempt 3):
Make backup in GUI
Stop DeCONZ on node1 with stick1
Start DeCONZ on node2 with stick2
Restore back in GUI
Go to the hidden configuration and load correct network config
Restart DeCONZ
Network does not come online
I tried the following steps (attempt 4):
Make backup in GUI
Stop DeCONZ on node1 with stick1
Copy the “deconz” directory to the node2
Start DeCONZ on node2 with stick1 <— same stick
Works directly with stick1! but this is not what I want
I also followed the link:
Anybody has an idea why I cannot replace my Conbee2 stick? Did I miss a step?
To move the configuration from one ConBee to another I’d recommend to update the firmware first to the latest stable version 0x26720700. This is required so that the NWK security counter is transferred correctly, otherwise devices in the network likely reject commands from the new ConBee since they think a replay attack takes place.
With the latest firmware let the first ConBee run for a while, like 30 minutes.
Then in the Phoscon App create the backup, this should now contain the full configuration including the NWK security counter.
Now unplug the old ConBee and attach the new one and load the backup file.
Important don’t let both ConBees powered on at the same time since they would fight over the same network (two identical coordinators).
Hi Manup, yes. Now the backup and restore works on the second Conbee2 stick. The network came up within 1-2 minutes. Now I am happy it can be done, in the future if my stick fails, I can recover my network without repairing.
what do you mean by “powered on” exactly?
e.g. in my case I have a fallback-System with deactivated software (no deConz, no Phoscon, even no lxc running) - but the (identically configured) stick is inserted in the usb-slot. → is that still a problem?
If yes, why? is there still a Zigbee-net without a driving software even? Is there a sw possibility for deactivation that would be sufficient?
If you already have it running like this, and you do not have issues, that basically means software is required to make a Zigbee network function (i didn’t try it myself).