Nortek HUSBZB-1 - Ubuntu - CP210x driver - Working
Hey guys,
Finally had time to test the Nortek HUSBZB-1 dongle using the HS4 beta Zigbee plugin. Ubuntu was able to see the serial port.
dmesg | grep tty
[ 0.137272] printk: console [tty0] enabled
[ 5.423656] usb 1-1: cp210x converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 5.426066] usb 1-1: cp210x converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 5.426630] usb 1-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 5.427266] usb 1-3: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB3
However the plugin was not able to access it. After some research, I found the Nortek uses the CP210x driver. Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS has the driver built into the kernel. Out of curiosity, looked at how to build the driver in Linux. On the Silabs site, found this document. .
https://www.silabs.com/documents/pub...ease_Notes.txt
Sometimes a serial device needs its permission altered, so tried that. It turns out, I needed to chmod the ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1 device. Then the Zigbee plugin was able to see and use the Nortek device.
sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0
sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB1
The ran the wizard to add the device with the beta HS4 Zigbee plugin. Choose ttyUSB1, and it seems to be working. Now to find devices....
Take care,
--Jon
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Date/time=8/10/2020 8:46:55 AM EDT
Version=HS4 Pro Edition 4.1.3.0 (Linux)
Device Count=397
Event Count=16
Plugins Enabled=AmbientWeather:,LutronCaseta:,NetCam Plugin:,Z-Wave:,Harmony Hub:,Global Cache Pro:,Sonos:,Chromecast:,LIFX:,HS MyQ:,Zigbee:
Modules/Threads=111 Modules, 114 Threads
Available Threads=399
HomeSeer Memory Used=149 Mbytes
Plugins Installed=AmbientWeather 3.0.1.4,Chromecast 4.0.13.0,Global Cache Pro 5.0.0.59,Harmony Hub 4.0.11.0,HS MyQ 4.0.2.0,LIFX 4.0.2.0,LutronCaseta 3.0.0.128,NetCam Plugin 1.0.0.5,Sonos 3.1.0.53,Zigbee 4.0.6.0,Z-Wave 3.0.2.2
Finally had time to test the Nortek HUSBZB-1 dongle using the HS4 beta Zigbee plugin. Ubuntu was able to see the serial port.
dmesg | grep tty
[ 0.137272] printk: console [tty0] enabled
[ 5.423656] usb 1-1: cp210x converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 5.426066] usb 1-1: cp210x converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[ 5.426630] usb 1-2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[ 5.427266] usb 1-3: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB3
However the plugin was not able to access it. After some research, I found the Nortek uses the CP210x driver. Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS has the driver built into the kernel. Out of curiosity, looked at how to build the driver in Linux. On the Silabs site, found this document. .
https://www.silabs.com/documents/pub...ease_Notes.txt
Sometimes a serial device needs its permission altered, so tried that. It turns out, I needed to chmod the ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1 device. Then the Zigbee plugin was able to see and use the Nortek device.
sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0
sudo chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB1
The ran the wizard to add the device with the beta HS4 Zigbee plugin. Choose ttyUSB1, and it seems to be working. Now to find devices....
Take care,
--Jon
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date/time=8/10/2020 8:46:55 AM EDT
Version=HS4 Pro Edition 4.1.3.0 (Linux)
Device Count=397
Event Count=16
Plugins Enabled=AmbientWeather:,LutronCaseta:,NetCam Plugin:,Z-Wave:,Harmony Hub:,Global Cache Pro:,Sonos:,Chromecast:,LIFX:,HS MyQ:,Zigbee:
Modules/Threads=111 Modules, 114 Threads
Available Threads=399
HomeSeer Memory Used=149 Mbytes
Plugins Installed=AmbientWeather 3.0.1.4,Chromecast 4.0.13.0,Global Cache Pro 5.0.0.59,Harmony Hub 4.0.11.0,HS MyQ 4.0.2.0,LIFX 4.0.2.0,LutronCaseta 3.0.0.128,NetCam Plugin 1.0.0.5,Sonos 3.1.0.53,Zigbee 4.0.6.0,Z-Wave 3.0.2.2
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