SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle is a universal Zigbee USB stick, and ZBDONGLE-E is the latest version from Sonoff. It can be used as a universal Zigbee gateway in Home Assistant, OpenHAB or other open-source platforms via ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT to locally control all your Zigbee sub-devices, so you don’t need to invest on the Zigbee hubs for different brands, all you need is a universal gateway – Dongle Plus!
Max. 32 Zigbee devices can be directly added to the Zigbee controller in coordinator mode.
Dongle can be used as a Zigbee 3.0 gateway in open-source automation platforms to manage various sub-devices from various brands or flash router firmware to extend the network range.
Dongle Plus support a variety of common systems, like Linux, Ubuntu, Raspbian, Windows, macOS (Windows and macOS require corresponding driver installation).
Features:
- SMA interface external antenna
- Aluminium housing effectively reduces signal interferences from peripherals
- up to +20dBm output gain
- can use ZHA in Home Assistant or use Zigbee2MQTT
- Pre-flashed with Zigbee coordinator firmware based on EZNet 6.10.3
- You can also flash router firmware to extend the network range
- Based on EFR32MG21
- +20dBm output gai
