Juha-Pekka | June 27, 2021

works like a charm

For Zigbee dongle - ZB3.0

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

Roberto | May 17, 2021

Ottimo prodotto per potenziare la rete zigbee

For CC2530 + CC2592 - Zigbee dongle

Questo prodotto è un'ottima soluzione se hai la necessità di potenziare la rete zigbee. La forma è quella di una normale pendrive, e il dispositivo è già pronto all'uso. L:'ho collegato al mio raspberry dove ho installato home assistant, la configurazione è stata abbastanza semplice. Prodotto assolutamente consigliato

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

Grazie Roberto!

Fedele | April 30, 2021

Ottimo!

For Zigbee 3.0 HAT for Raspberry

English version below.

E' arrivato prima dei tempi previsti. Nella confezione non sono presenti le istruzioni per hassOS ma nel giro di 5 minuti ho ricevuto un'ottima assistenza per installare il tutto da parte del venditore. Ottimo prodotto!

It arrived ahead of schedule. In the package there are no instructions for hassOS but within 5 minutes I received excellent assistance to install everything from the seller. Great product!

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | April 30, 2021

Grazie della recensione!
Thanks for the review!

Fabio | April 20, 2021

Good ZigBee solution

For Zigbee 3.0 HAT for Raspberry

Shipment was in line with expectation. Very good suport to install the HAT on a Raspberry PI2. Clear communication with the supplier. Raccomended.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | April 20, 2021

Thanks Fabio!

Domenico | March 22, 2021

Completely satisfied

For Zigbee dongle - ZB3.0

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

For Zigbee dongle - ZB3.0

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!!! :)

David | March 19, 2021

Perfect

For Zigbee 3.0 HAT for Raspberry

Fantastic HAT. Works really well, good zigbee signal strength.

Needed to deviate from install instructions provided (for Raspberry pi 3 with root) so I could use it in my raspberry pi 4 with home assistant os.

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

Thanks David for the positive comments on this new product.
Much apreciated!

Giovanni

Alessandro | March 18, 2021

Tommy | March 18, 2021

Very powerful device

For Zigbee dongle - ZB3.0

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

Frans | Feb. 19, 2021

Works like a dream, can connect so many devices!

For Zigbee dongle - ZB3.0

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

Jw | Jan. 15, 2021

Excellent product!

For Zigbee dongle - ZB3.0

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!!!

Riccardo | Jan. 14, 2021

perfect

For CC2530 + CC2592 - Zigbee dongle

Tempi spedizione brevi, dispositivo funzionante e supporto fantastico. Sono stato guidato passo passo nella configurazione e anche assistenza extra

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

Grazie Riccardo!

Alastair | Jan. 10, 2021

Works Great

For CC2530 + CC2592 - Zigbee dongle

Bought 2 configured as routers, one to replace a CC2531 dongle that was barely able to get through a wall (LQI on 3 devices was between 0 and 1 with them dropping off the network at random and needing re-paired to work again) and the other to extend the range and improve stability on a network with 90 devices running on a CC2652RB coordinator on Zigbee2mqtt and Home Assistant. They have been running for almost a week now and the 3 devices that were dropping randomly have a LQI between 50 and 65, nothing has dropped off the network since re-pairing all the devices that were connected to the old CC2531.

Thanks Giovanni for the great product.

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

Thanks a lot Alastair for the nice review! Good to hear you are able to get back a stable zigbee network with a much improved LQI levels!

Roberto | Jan. 4, 2021

just arrived and installed

For CC2530 + CC2592 - Zigbee dongle

Very easy to install. Inside of the packaging there is a small page with the right information.
I used on home assistant + rasberry p4 running home assistant OS.

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

Thanks Roberto for the nice review!

Giovanni

Simone | Jan. 2, 2021

CC2538

For Zigbee dongle - ZB3.0

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!

Christian | Dec. 30, 2020

Super device - very good seller

For CC2530 + CC2592 - Zigbee dongle

I ordered the dongle via express, all went well.
I swiched all ma 55 devices to the new dongle in this way:
- stop zigbee2mqtt
- changed the tty entry in config-yaml
- forced to generate a new network_key in config-yaml
- deleted all the devices in config-yaml
- restart pi
So i started with an empty MQTT but had all flows.
Connected devices 10 by 10 an renamed, checked flows, all works fine.
At the first look it seems more robust than the CC2531, i will tell end of january.

Thank you Giovanni for this good work.

Response from Giovanni's Domotica Store | Dec. 30, 2020

Many Thanks Christian for the nice review; I'm happy to be able to help you!

Giovanni

Jarno | Nov. 11, 2020

Excellent choice

For Zigbee dongle - ZB3.0

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

For Zigbee dongle - ZB3.0

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...