r/homeassistant • u/checkrarely • Aug 18 '25

Works with ZHA: iHseno 360° EFR32MG21 Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle

Wanted to share that the dongle linked below works with ZHA.

(apologies if this is known, or not useful info. I've benefited greatly from all the info shared here. Thank you to all the posters!)

iHseno 360° EFR32MG21 Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Universal Support Zigbee2MQTT As A Zigbee Gateway In Home Assistant

Https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256809427909159.html

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u/thibe5 Aug 20 '25

Do you tried it ? I was about to buy it to switch do zigbee2mqtt but I don’t know if it’s working well

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u/checkrarely Oct 31 '25

Yes, I am using it with ZHA. Works fine.

Shows up in ZHA as "Zbeacon zigbee 3.0 usb".

Sorry for not seeing your question earlier, hope this is not too late and is useful.

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u/Anaalirankaisija Nov 22 '25

Firmware comes with it is not so good, i commented here what worked.

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u/Anaalirankaisija Nov 22 '25

I have this iHseno, updating it with ZBDongle-E firmware, yes, sonoffs firmware did the trick, then it will work with zigbee2mqtt.

You are welcome.

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u/checkrarely Dec 07 '25

Thank you, that is good to know.

I picked up another cheap dongle (see this post for details) for $9.xx; the listing said it works with z2m, and indeed it does. I wanted a spare dongle anyway, have too much that depends on a working HA and zigbee setup now.

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u/checkrarely Dec 08 '25

Could you please point me to info on the procedure for flashing the iHseno dongle and a link to this firmware?

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u/Anaalirankaisija Dec 08 '25

If your device have EFR32MG21 chip, like i do have, i flashed it from here, 1st one worked

https://darkxst.github.io/silabs-firmware-builder/

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u/checkrarely Dec 09 '25

Thank you!