I’m trying to remove the Hue bridge from my home network but can’t seem to get Home Assistant to find the bulbs over Zigbee. Even the Hue app can’t find them unless I use the “use serial number” method.

  • I deleted the lights from the Hue app
  • I factory reset the lights (using dimmer switch method)
  • I clicked “add device” in home assistant… aaand nothing. Just “Searching for Zigbee devices…”

I thought the problem might be wifi interference but I turned off my 2.4ghz network and still nothing.

I have other Zigbee devices successfully connected to my dongle, (Sonoff) and I can pair the bulbs with Hue bridge, but only using the serial number method.

Any ideas as to what might be going on?

  • @SpatchyIsOnlineEnglish
    4•12 hours ago

    I would recommend you use Zigbee2MQTT instead of the built-in ZHA. It seems to play nicer with certain devices. I also used the dimmer switch method to reset a hue bulb I had and it connected perfectly.

    • JediwanOPEnglish
      1•18 minutes ago

      Thanks I’ll give it a shot. I was trying to avoid more add-ons and the rest of my network is already configured with ZHA. But like I said even the official Hue Bridge/app can’t discover these bulbs without the serial number method.

    • EarMasterEnglish
      2•7 hours ago

      ZHA works just as well. You just need to use the remote to pair Hue devices either way.

      • y0dinEnglish
        1•6 hours ago

        I did not use the remote, only enabled permit join in zigbee2mqtt. I don’t even own a remote.

  • ScrubblesEnglish
    4•14 hours ago

    I used the remote. It can be used to unpaid a bulb and rejoin to a new hub (zigbee). You just hold the top and bottom buttons close to a bulb and the bulb will pair to any hub that has registration open. Worst case, pick up the remote and at the end of the day you have a new switch.

    • JediwanOPEnglish
      1•28 minutes ago

      This is what I did and ZHA couldn’t find it.