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    https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/adapters/ #experimental

    Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2 ZBDongle-E photo
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    Once flashed via the web flasher you can skip the next section and head straight to Setup Home Assistant.

    Flashing the dongle
    To flash new firmware onto the ZBDongle-E we will use the Universal Silabs Flasher 1 tool. There is no need to disassemble the dongle to access the boot button as these tools can automatically put the device into bootloader mode, ready for firmware upload.

    You are going to need Python3 installed on your system. If you are running Linux, its already installed. For Windows or Mac you will need to install Python. You can download from here.

    Once you have a functioning python environment you can go ahead and install the flasher tool, just run the following command.

    pip3 install universal-silabs-flasher
    For the steps that follow you are going to need to know the serial port of your ZBDongle-E. Plug the device in then check your platform specific commands below:

    Linux: Check with ls /dev/tty* it will probably be /dev/ttyACM0 or /dev/ttyUSB0
    Windows: Check in device manager, it will likely be COM5 or similar
    Mac: Check with ls /dev/tty.usb* you should find similar to /dev/tty.usbserial20375
    If you are running Home Assistant in a Virtual Machine or Docker, make sure you pass the serial port of your adapter through to Home Assistant after flashing is complete.

    Download the following:

    MultiPAN RCP Firmware ZBDongle-E
    MultiPAN RCP Firmware ZB-GW04 v1.2
    To flash the firmware, use the following command, making sure to update with the correct serial port for your device and the firmware filename.

    universal-silabs-flasher –device /dev/ttyACM0 \
    flash –firmware ./.gbl
    –allow-cross-flashing
    A bunch of text will scroll past as the flasher probes your device and then flashes the firmware. As long as there are no errors, your device is now flashed successfully. You may need to reset the dongle by unplugging and plugging in again before continuing to setup in Home Assistant.

    You can also use the above tool to flash any other firmwares such as a Zigbee router firmware to your dongle or even revert to the iTead factory firmware2.

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