I recently migrated my deCONZ/Phoscon installation from an older Raspberry Pi system to a new Ubuntu-based mini PC.
The Zigbee gateway itself is working correctly, but the locally hosted Phoscon web app still shows the older user interface. In particular, it does not provide the new Phoscon Home dashboard or the option to create and manage rooms as described here:
Interestingly, the Android Phoscon app shows the new room-based interface and works correctly with the very same deCONZ gateway.
System information:
Host operating system: Ubuntu 24.04.4
Architecture: amd64
Installed package: deconz-qt6
Package ownership: deconz-qt6: /usr/bin/deCONZ
deCONZ gateway version: 2.33.2
Firmware version: 26780700
Device: ConBee II
Local HTTP port: 8090
No reverse proxy; the gateway is accessed directly through its local IP address
I have also tried a hard browser reload using Ctrl+F5, but the interface remains unchanged. The local web app only displays the gateway and firmware versions; it does not show its own Phoscon App version.
Has anyone encountered the same difference between the locally hosted web app and the Android app?
In particular, I would like to understand:
Is the Phoscon Home interface included in the Ubuntu deconz-qt6 2.33.2 package?
Is it currently expected that the locally hosted web app and the Android app provide different interfaces?
Is there a way to determine the exact Phoscon App version served by the local deCONZ web server?
What is the officially recommended way to update the local Phoscon web app?
Should the current Phoscon App archive be installed separately and configured using --http-root, or is that only intended as a temporary workaround?
Could restoring a configuration from an older installation cause the local web app to remain on the legacy dashboard, even though the Android app already shows rooms?
I would prefer to follow the supported update path and avoid overwriting files managed by the Ubuntu package.
Any clarification or experience with this setup would be greatly appreciated.
I don’t use the Phoscon android app, but it’s an full android application or just a web browser ? Can try to acess phoscon using the android browser.
Phoscon have local file updated when updating Deconz, but you can have “distant” file, try https://phoscon.de/pwa/login2.htm (not working on my side ATM)
I remember at a moment there was a beta version online, different of the version used locally, but was probably disabled ATM.
I have never see a Phoscon version, for me it’s the deconz version.
If you restore an older deconz version, all files used by phoscon will be restored too. Can try with another browser (or private mode) to be sure cache is not used
The Android app is a native application, not just a browser wrapper. I also tested access with an Android browser in private mode, and it shows the same older interface as the local browser on Windows.
The second URL behaves slightly differently and once briefly displayed a technical-looking group named phoscon_room_3_on_off_group, but it still did not provide the room and subgroup management available in the Android app. After logging in again, that group was no longer visible.
I also tried Phoscon App - Login . The gateway is discovered with the correct local IP, but connecting to it fails or the page sometimes becomes blank and keeps loading.
Cache is unlikely to be the cause, since I tested private browsing on different devices. My installation is the official Ubuntu 24.04 package:
deconz-qt6 2.33.2 from http://phoscon.de/apt/deconz
So my main question is whether the local browser version is currently supposed to offer the same Phoscon Home room/subgroup model as the native Android app. If yes, I would like to understand why it is not available in my installation. If not, what is the recommended way to manage this structure consistently?
For now I will avoid changing or deleting the rooms until this is clarified.
Ha yes right, haven’t see this feature before (I don’t use Phoscon), on my side I can create “groups” but not “rooms”.
So I think I have same version than you.
So it’s a good question, files in deconz package are perhaps older ?