Zigbee

Zigbee integration for Open Peer Power allows you to utilize modules such as the XBee as wireless General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) devices. The integration requires a local Zigbee device to be connected to a serial port. Through this, it will send and receive commands to and from other devices on the Zigbee mesh network.

There is currently support for the following device types within Open Peer Power:

Binary Sensor - Digital input pins
Sensor - Analog input pins and temperature sensor
Light - Digital output pins
Switch - Digital output pins

Configuration

The local Zigbee device (assuming XBee) must have an up to date Router or Coordinator API firmware installed.

A zigbee section must be present in the configuration.yaml file and contain the following options as required:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
zigbee:

To find the possible serial port names of your device, run:

ls /dev/ttyUSB*

The port may also appear as /dev/ttyACM* if you're communicating with the Zigbee device through an Arduino.

Example

# Example configuration.yaml entry
zigbee:
  device: /dev/ttyACM1
  baud: 115200

Binary Sensor

A zigbee binary sensor in this context is a device connected to one of the digital input pins on a Zigbee module. The states reported by such a device are limited to on or off. By default, a binary sensor is considered on when the Zigbee device’s digital input pin is held ‘high’ and considered off when it is held low. This behavior can be inverted by setting the on_state configuration variable to low.

Configuration

To enable a digital input pin as binary sensor in your installation, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
binary_sensor:
  - platform: zigbee
    name: Hallway PIR Sensor
    pin: 0

Light

A Zigbee light in this context is a light connected to one of the digital output pins on a Zigbee module. It can simply be switched on and off. By default, a light is considered on when the Zigbee device’s digital output is held high and considered off when it is held low. This behavior can be inverted by setting the on_state configuration variable to low.

To configure a digital output pin as light, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

light:
  - name: Desk Lamp
    platform: zigbee
    pin: 0

Sensor

There are two types of Zigbee sensor available to Open Peer Power:

Analog input pin
Temperature sensor (XBee Pro)

To configure an analog input pin sensor, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: zigbee
    name: My Analog Zigbee Input
    type: analog
    pin: 0
    address: 0013A2004233D138

Examples

Analog Input Pin

The analog input pins on an XBee (non-Pro) will read 0V to 1.2 V. This is translated by the xbee-helper library into a percentage. The maximum voltage your Zigbee device will read is configurable using the max_volts configuration variable.

To configure an analog input pin sensor, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

## Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: zigbee
    name: My Analog Zigbee Input
    type: analog
    pin: 0
    address: 0013A2004233D138

See the Digi knowledge base for more XBee sampling details.

Temperature Sensor

The XBee Pro (and perhaps other third party modules) contains a thermometer device which can be read by using the TP AT command.

To configure a temperature sensor device, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  - platform: zigbee
    name: Living Room Temperature Zigbee
    type: temperature
    address: 0013A20050E752C5

Switch

A Zigbee switch in this context is a device connected to one of the digital output pins on a Zigbee module. It can simply be switched on and off. By default, a switch is considered on when the Zigbee device’s digital output is held high and considered off when it is held low. This behavior can be inverted by setting the on_state configuration variable to low.

To configure a digital output pin as switch, add the following to your configuration.yaml file:

switch:
  - name: Pond Fountain
    platform: zigbee
    pin: 0
    address: 0013A20040791FA2
    on_state: low