[SOLVED] Raspberry Pi + RaspBee II - HAOS Deconz integrations

cralwalker · October 28, 2021, 7:48am

[Newbie warning]

I am running HAOS (core-2021.10.6) on a Raspberry Pi (4, 8GB) and installed the RaspBee II hardware.

When I add the deCONZ integration for HAOS, I receive the following dialogue:

**_## Link with deCONZ

Unlock your deCONZ gateway to register with Home Assistant.

Go to deCONZ Settings → Gateway → Advanced
Press “Authenticate app” button

Couldn’t get an API key_**

How do I communicate with the RaspBee II to authenticate and adding the API key?

The instruction mention a file config.txt in the root of the SD card, no such file exist. There also is not /boot directory

Mimiix · October 28, 2021, 1:14pm

Did you install the addon?

cralwalker · October 28, 2021, 9:03pm

Yes, I did. Device /dev/ttyAMA0 is checked. There are no values in the optional configuration options. The addon is started and show a green button in the top right corner.

The Phoscon UI top right corner shows
Phoscon-GW172.30.33.5.

My internal network runs on 192.168.1.0/24.

Mimiix · October 29, 2021, 8:38am

Do you eprhaps have Z2M or ZHA in use?

cralwalker · October 29, 2021, 8:57am

Hi Mimiix, none of the above.

Mimiix · October 29, 2021, 8:59am

Are you able to add devices to phoscon?

cralwalker · October 29, 2021, 9:00am

No, not able to add.

Mimiix · October 29, 2021, 9:02am

I am not sure how the raspbee works with HA as you need to set the things on that config.txt

Here’s someone who figured it out.

cralwalker · October 29, 2021, 10:35am

Hi @Mimiix, I am following the journey now logged on via ssh port 22222. On my Raspberry Pi 4, there is no config.txt file in the root.

Any suggestion what my next steps could be?

Mimiix · October 29, 2021, 10:39am

I am really not sure how HAOS works with that. Best is to ask at their help channels in this case.

Or perhaps someone reading allong knows how to do it. I’m sorry i can;'t be of more help

ich · October 29, 2021, 1:43pm

Did you do this step?:

github.com

home-assistant/addons/blob/master/deconz/DOCS.md#using-a-raspbee

# Home Assistant Add-on: deCONZ

## Installation

Follow these steps to get the add-on installed on your system:

1. Navigate in your Home Assistant frontend to **Supervisor** -> **Add-on Store**.
2. Find the "deCONZ" add-on and click it.
3. Click on the "INSTALL" button.

## How to use

### Using a RaspBee

If you are using RaspBee, you may need to edit the `config.txt` file in the root
of your SD card in order for your RaspBee to be recognized and assigned a device name.

Add following to your `config.txt`:

```txt

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cralwalker · October 29, 2021, 9:45pm

Hi @ich, thank you yes I have. The file config.txt is not present in the root of the SD card.

ich · November 1, 2021, 7:03am

Do you use a Mac? This should not work. You need to put the SD back in a Windows system not check the file in root of the RPi.

cralwalker · November 1, 2021, 10:10pm

!fixed

Thank you for your guidance.

My raspbee II replace the Xiaomi GW and the Philips Hue, I am very pleased.

I beg the question though, why put a config.txt file in the root that cannot be reached by ssh or a samba share? I borrowed a PC to be able to reach the root directory.

ich · November 2, 2021, 6:38am

On the SD card there is a mini partition that can be used under Windows and on which the config.txt is located. But only there the setting can be made. On the main partition is the Home Assistant which is a docker with limited access.

Mimiix · November 2, 2021, 7:27am

That you have to ask the home assistent devs