Giuseppe | Dec. 22, 2022

Chiavetta fantastica.

L'ho comprata per integrarla su un PC con proxmox e integrarla su Home Assistant e non ho avuto alcun problema a configurarla (integrazione Zigbee di HA) e aggiungere circa 25 tra sensori porta/finestra e attuatori di varie Marche.
Visto che il PC mi serviva per altro, ho trasferito HA su un Raspeberry 4 e anche qua nessun problema.
Chiavetta PERFETTA.
Il venditore è disponibilissimo e gentilissimo.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Dec. 23, 2022

Grazie della recensione positiva!

Teresa | Nov. 6, 2022

Dongle Zigbee - ZB3.0

Comprato per sostituire la mia vecchia chiavetta Zigbee, tutto perfetto, installazione velocissima, prodotto molto performante ed esteticamente molto bella. Giovanni è una persona squisita, disponibilissimo a risolvere qualsiasi problema. Spedizione ottima e veloce. Super consigliatissimo !!!!! Grazie

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Nov. 6, 2022

Grazie della recensione positiva!

Enrico | Feb. 21, 2022

Eccellente!!!!!

Che dire, il dongle funziona alla grande. Copertura eccellente su un appartamento di circa 130 mq. Dopo aver riscontrato dei problemi in fase di integrazione in ZHA, tengo a precisare per colpa mia, la disponibilità del sig. Castania per la risoluzione del problema è stata massima e di questo lo ringrazio. Prodotto eccellente, persona fantastica.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Feb. 21, 2022

Grazie mille Enrico per la recensione positiva!

Vasile | Aug. 13, 2021

Very good product! Recommend!

Very nice product! Just plugged it into my raspberry pi4 and changed the usb in the zigbee2mqtt config file and it works perfect with previously paired devices!
Thanks for the good product!

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Aug. 14, 2021

Thanks a lot Vasile for the nice review, really apreciated :)

Giovanni

Marco | July 28, 2021

Game changer

La dongle è perfetta , sia per quanto riguarda l'affidabilità sia per la copertura.
Casa su due piani con giardino esterno, chiavetta nel rpi3+ al piano superiore, prende in tutta la casa fino ad arrivare a più di 25 mt esternamente.
Dopo averla impostata me ne sono dimenticato.
Perfetta anche la comunicazione con Giovanni, grazie!

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | July 28, 2021

Grazie Marco della recensione positiva!
Mi fa sempre piacere leggere i feedback dei miei utenti.
Giovanni

Juha-Pekka | June 27, 2021

works like a charm

Connected this to raspberry pi 4 and use to it control two zigbee power sockets. I can now remotely turn on the heating of my summer cottage!
The enclosure is big, but there's still enough room to use nearby USB ports. As a zigbee and home automation newbie, I would have hoped more thorough guide. For example I spent several hours trying to figure out how to send commands via zigbee2mqtt, but then I suddenly found out that zigbee2mqtt actually has a pretty decent frontend which is accessible via browser. This saved me incredible amount of pain of not having to install homeassistant or whatever via Docker (don't even know what docker is..).

This thing has two bright leds (red and green), which gave me palpitations since I don't want to see this kind of lights in my summer cottage (especially not in the night), but luckily zigbee2mqtt offers configuration option to turn the leds off.

Despite these little "issues", this product works exactly as promised. One happy customer here who can definitely recommend this!

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | June 27, 2021

Thanks a lot Juha for the nice review, happy to read you are satisfied of the product!
Giovanni

Francesco | June 16, 2021

Una portata inaspettata

Ho acquistato il dongle in oggetto perché mi era stata caldamente consigliata da conoscenti e dopo aver contattato Giovanni (che si è dimostrato disponibilissimo a spiegarmi tutti i miei dubbi) l'ho acquistato. Dovevo sostituire una Conbee II posizionata al secondo piano, che collegata a 2 repeater IKEA in successione arrivava a coprire tutti i due piani sotto. Quando ho collegato il dongle, ho pensato di dover riaccoppiare anche i due repeater, fatto sta che pur con il segnale un po' attenuato, già da solo, senza repeater riusciva a captare il dispositivo aqara più lontano. Riconosciuto istantaneamente da ZHA, ho facilmente rifatto gli abbinamenti e funziona una meraviglia.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | June 16, 2021

Grazie Francesco della review positiva, sono contento che tu sia rimasto soddisfatto del donge e della sua portata!
Giovani

Jakob | May 18, 2021

Excellent product, quick shipping and adequate documentation

Bought this ZigBee dongle as I wanted to run my ZigBee coordinator straight off my Synology DS920+ Disk Station and this I have achieved just as planned with excellent ZigBee communication coverage throughout the house. If you have a similar scenario, I can for sure recommend this product.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | May 18, 2021

Many thanks Jakob for the positive review; happy to hear you succeed to run the dongle from you NAS!

Regards,
Giovanni

Lanfranco | May 8, 2021

Zigbee dongle

Prodotto eccellente, superiore alle aspettative. Giovanni complimenti per l'eccellente lavoro e la solerte assistenza.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | May 8, 2021

Grazie della review e del feedback positivo!

Michele | April 1, 2021

Perfect

Prodotto ben fatto, ottima finitura in stampa 3d. Ho atteso un po' di mesi per provarne l' effettivo funzionamento e posso riassumere la recensione con Praticamente perfetto. Installazione (su home assistant) veloce e con istruzioni fornite da Giovanni molto chiare, riconoscimento immediato dei dispositivi zigbee e portata molto più ampia di altre pennette zigbee da me provate. Consigliatissima!

The product is well done, very good finishing for the 3D print. I'd been waiting some months to try the effective functioning and i can leave my review just saying is perfect!
The installation (on home assistant) is very quick and with the very clear instruction provided by Giovanni, the instant recognition of the zigbee devices and the possibility to use other zigbee key that i've tried.
I definetly reccommend it

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | April 1, 2021

Grazie Michele! :)

Domenico | March 22, 2021

Completely satisfied

Excellent product, good packaging and received on time with the minimum required documentation.
No problems at all.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | March 31, 2021

Thanks Domenico for the positive review.

Giovanni

Massimiliano | March 22, 2021

Top

Work perfectly!!!
Top quality and service.
Work perfectly!!!
Top quality and service.
Work perfectly!!!
Top quality and service.
Work perfectly!!!
Top quality and service.
Work perfectly!!!
Top quality and service.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | March 31, 2021

Great! thanks for the nice review!!! :)

Alessandro | March 19, 2021

Best Zigbee product ever

I worked in Zigbee world since 2016 using every kind of zigbee chip but this solution is the best. The chip is power enough to connect a lot of devices directly and with CC2592 amplifier can reach distances that other usb zigbee key could only dream. Without other zigbee routers I can reach a Xiaomi battery power window sensor from one floor to another in the opposite part of the house (about 25 meters). Installation on a Raspberry Pi 4 is very simple: attach the usb key and wait for the operating system (ubuntu server in my case) to detect the key (less than 1 second).

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | March 31, 2021

Grazie Alessandor for the nice and detailed comments about my dongle.

Giovanni

Alessandro | March 18, 2021

Tommy | March 18, 2021

Very powerful device

Very strong signal and enormous range
Unfortunately due to the size of the dongle I cannot use the neighboring usb slot of my raspberry Pi4

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | March 31, 2021

Thanks for the nice review and feedback about dongle performances!
really apreciated

Giovanni

Graziano | March 5, 2021

Chiavetta ZigBee CC2538 + CC2592

Ottimo prodotto, funziona perfettamente con ZHA e con ZigBee2MQTT.
Il venditore è molto disponibile e risponde a tutte le domande e da supporto.
5 stelle meritatissime!

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | March 5, 2021

Grazie Graziano! :)

Marco | Feb. 23, 2021

Veramente Stabile - Ottimo Prodotto

Avevo problemi con frequenti disconnessioni zigbee.
Con questo dongle si raggiunge un' ottima stabilità.
Grazie anche all' aiuto di Giovanni per la configurazione su Home Assistant

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Feb. 23, 2021

Grazie Marco!

Frans | Feb. 19, 2021

Works like a dream, can connect so many devices!

Hi,

I came from a CC2530+CC2591 combination with external antenna. It worked just fine on my PI4 with Home Assistant - good range - but it had a maximum of 20 devices which was not enough, even with separate routers.

This CC2538 + CC2592 Zigbee dongle is an excellent solution that can be easily integrated into Home Assistant. It works great, is well-made , carefully packed and comes with instructions. It reaches every corner of my house with a good signal. Even in this Corona-period, it was shipped quickly and it arrived within a week!

I now use this dongle in HA with Zigbee2mqtt and it works perfectly, truly highly recommended!

The only thing I could not find yet on either the Tindie website or instructions is how to upgrade the firmware without JTAG (so using USB port). It would be nice if this information could be added to the page (or a link to the instructions). It seems to have the 'flash' button, but without instructions I would not dare to upgrade it now.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Feb. 19, 2021

Thanks Frans for the nice review!
I'm happy ro hear you are satisfied by the dongle.

About the flashing, you shoudl have V2 hardware and in the instructions there is a link with procedure how to flah it via USB.
If still you need more info thanks to contact me via email or on Telegram and I'll be more than happy to help you!

Thanks
Giovanni

Francesco | Feb. 17, 2021

Tutto perfetto!

Un grazie a Giovanni per l'ottimo lavoro.
Nella spedizione è incluso anche una breve descrizione. Bisogna solamente fare attenzione ad indicare la porta USB col nome corretto.
La dongle Zigbee funziona perfettamente!

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Feb. 17, 2021

Grazie Francesco!

Antonello | Feb. 8, 2021

Ottimo getaway zigbee

Ottimo getaway zigbee integrabile facilemente in Home Assistant, personalmente integrato tramite ZHA

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Feb. 8, 2021

Grazie !

Casper | Feb. 8, 2021

Great experience all around!

The product was exactly what was advertised, and the zigbee dongle is working great! The communication about delivery, the short tutorial on zigbee2mqtt and overall shopping experience was very pleasant. 10/10 would buy again (if I ever need another)

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Feb. 8, 2021

Thanks Casper for the nice review !

Jw | Jan. 15, 2021

Excellent product!

I got two of them and was expecting an easy transition from the cc2531 stick that I had been testing with. For me it was not straightforward, but this was due to my setup. There was an other integration still trying to access the USB serial port and caused the device to lock. I soft bricked one by attempting to 'fix' my issues by flashing a different firmware, but Giovanni set me straight. Both are now working perfectly, and I am very pleased.

There is a minor issue with one of the sticks where the flash button is broken (the metal housing of the button came loose) but I have a workaround for that if I need it.

Thank you for your help in figuring it out!

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Jan. 16, 2021

Thanks JW to share your experience, glad to be able to help you to bring back both dongles to work!!!

Andrea | Jan. 12, 2021

Eccellente

Funziona alla grande, prodotto di ottima fattura, imballato con cura e corredato di istruzioni. Giovanni è una persona estremamente cortese, disponibile e preparata e mi ha dato una mano nel setup 5 minuti dopo la mia richiesta chiarendomi ogni dubbio. Fossero tutti come lui! Consiglio a tutti l'acquisto, non c'è di meglio in giro al momento.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Jan. 12, 2021

Grazie Andrea, mi fa piacere leggere il tuo feedback e che sei rimasto soddisfatto del prodotto.

Wesley | Jan. 9, 2021

No doubt the best zigbee controller you can have

Long time z-wave user, I was skeptical of the zigbee range and reliability. Tested a couple of other Comercial options and ended up returning.
Decided to buy this device and its flawless. I have battery powered devices far away, with obstacles that other controllers couldn't reach out. This one, won't lose a single message. Have some issues with the postal service during Christmas time and covid disruptions but the seller was always available and willing to do his best to expedite. Super satisfied.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Jan. 10, 2021

Thanks Wesley, Happy to hear dongle arrived (sorry for the delay!!!) and you are satisfied with performances!

Antonio | Jan. 4, 2021

Prodotto perfetto per le mie necessità

Sto usando da qualche settimana questo prodotto, nessun problema di installazione e grande stabilità.
Giovanni è stato gentilissimo e disponibile.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Jan. 4, 2021

Grazie Antonio!

Simone | Jan. 2, 2021

CC2538

Ho comprato 2 chiavette 2538 e ne sono molto soddisfatto.
Io le uso in HA con Zigbee2mqtt e funzionano bene.
Ho accoppiato tutte le mie lampadine HUE eliminando l' utilizzo del bridge.
Ho messo qualche sensore di temperatura Aqara e li rileva bene su diversi piani della mia casa.
Mai una disconnessione.

Aggiungo la completa disponibilità di Giovanni ad aiutarmi su alcuni miei errori.
Consigliatissima

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Jan. 2, 2021

Grazie Simone!

Andrea | Nov. 24, 2020

Perfect

Excellent product for controlling bluetooth devices. I am recommending this to everyone who want to get ZigBee devices into your smart home.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Nov. 24, 2020

Thanks Andrea for the nice review!

Marco | Nov. 24, 2020

CC2538 + CC2592 - Dongle Zigbee

I'm happy, definitely a different planet than my old CC2531. With this dongle I reach every corner of the house with a more than good signal. Excellent interaction with Home Assistant. I advise.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Nov. 24, 2020

Thanks Marco for the review!

Mino | Nov. 24, 2020

This was a problem solver

I was having issue with ConbeeII so I decided to switch to this item. In less tan 4 minutes i was up and running.
My Home Assistant installation work perfectly and I have no issue with Ikea and Xiaomi products.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Nov. 24, 2020

Thanks Mino for your review; nice to read you were able to solve your problem with this dongle.

Jarno | Nov. 11, 2020

Excellent choice

The dongle has been now up and running for a week now - absolutely fantastic. Not a single problem.

Compared to my previous dongle (CC2531), I can pair devices (I have 56 pcs currently) directly to the dongle (although obviously some wanted to connect via a router device) and the range is much higher. I don't have LoS to any device, dongle is in a storage room, minimum 2 walls to outside, still a battery operated device (Smartthings button) works at least 30m away, at the edge of my property. That is way farther than with previous dongle, which had trouble even indoors (just a note, I have some Xiaomi sensors that don't like to be rerouted - pairing directly to dongle ensures there is no rerouting. Thus the dongle range makes a difference).

Attached documentation is limited, and links to zigbee2mqtt.io -pages anyway. Installation and pairing couldn't have been simpler. Shipping was prompt, but took 2 weeks from Italy to Finland using standard shipping.

Communications with the seller is excellent, quick responses to queries.

Thanks a lot!

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Nov. 11, 2020

Thanks a lot for your nice review, really apreciated!

I am sorry about the long waiting time due to the shipping delays, I am looking for a different courier with reasonabile price to be able to offer a better shipping service.

Giovanni

Ysbrand | Nov. 8, 2020

Works out of the box

Reasonable fats shipping, instructions for setting things up were included.

I'm using this in a home assistant context with zigbee2mqtt on a pi4.

One little question: not sure what the exact FW version is and are there possibilities to update it later on (and how)?

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Nov. 8, 2020

Thanks for your review, firmware is Koenkk zStack 3 latest version.
Yes you can upgrade the firmware but you need to use a JTAG programmer as explained in my tutorial on the official website --> https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/information/flashing_the_cc2538.html
I'm currently working on new release of this hardware that shoudl allow USB flash of new firmware using a special bootloader, but it's still under prototyping...

George | Oct. 31, 2020

Zigbee dongle with very good coverage

It has better coverage than cc2531 so it does the job. Nice 3d printed enclosure.
Firmware is already installed, so I just plugged in, repair all devices, and it flawlessly works with Home Assistant.

No documentation needed, no communication needed.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Oct. 31, 2020

Thanks George for the nice review, apreciated!

Ronald | Oct. 30, 2020

Perfect stick

I run it now for 4 weeks.
It works direct out of the box.
The amount of devices it can handle is indeed much better than the basic CC2531.
It supports all my 35+ devices.
The data process speed is also much faster.
The only con is the range, it is not significant better than the CC2531 with antenna but with some extra smart sockets I can extend the range.
Overal I'm very glad I bought this stick.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Oct. 31, 2020

Hi Ronald, thanks for your review, all in all positive, I'm sorry your coverage improved by small amount, I can assure you I use a chip with -20db power amplifier and each dongle is tested, I can only assume you have some big "ostacles" (like walls or concrete pavement) that can have serious impact on the signal strenght.

thanks!
Giovanni