[Bug] Running the Mac OS - Homebridge Zigbee2MQTT - doesn't really start up when the Mac OS boots up.

[DarkGrey88]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Describe the bug

I have installed Homebridge on a Mac OS Monterey. I have Mosquitto and Zigbee2MQTT configured. Mosquitto and Zigbee2MQTT - works at system startup which is visible thanks to MQTT Explorer. I installed the plugin - z2m and prescribed the mqtt address. The plugin rebooted after changing the settings and everything worked! Hooray? No. After the reboot it turned out that it didn't work properly.
The Homebridge log says it's fine.
[3/14/2024, 7:33:24 PM] [homebridge-z2m] Connected to MQTT server
[3/14/2024, 7:33:29 PM] [homebridge-z2m] Zigbee2MQTT is ONLINE
[3/14/2024, 7:33:30 PM] [homebridge-z2m] Using Zigbee2MQTT v1.36.0 (identified via zigbee2mqtt/bridge/info)
but the accessories section was empty.
I restarted the child bridge z2m
and everything worked again.
[3/14/2024, 7:35:16 PM] [homebridge-z2m] Process Ended. Code: 143, Signal: null
[3/14/2024, 7:35:23 PM] [homebridge-z2m] Restarting Process...
[3/14/2024, 7:35:24 PM] [homebridge-z2m] Launched child bridge with PID 1094
[3/14/2024, 7:35:24 PM] Registering platform 'homebridge-z2m.zigbee2mqtt'
[3/14/2024, 7:35:24 PM] [homebridge-z2m] Loaded homebridge-z2m v1.11.0-beta.3 child bridge successfully
[3/14/2024, 7:35:24 PM] Loaded 1 cached accessories from cachedAccessories.0EBEC2A64B1B.
[3/14/2024, 7:35:24 PM] [homebridge-z2m] Connecting to MQTT server at mqtt://10.0.1.28:1883
[3/14/2024, 7:35:24 PM] [homebridge-z2m] Restoring accessory: test_sw (0xa4c138f3271bad89)
[3/14/2024, 7:35:24 PM] Homebridge v1.7.0 (HAP v0.11.1) (homebridge-z2m) is running on port 59590.
[3/14/2024, 7:35:24 PM] [homebridge-z2m] Connected to MQTT server
[3/14/2024, 7:35:24 PM] [homebridge-z2m] Zigbee2MQTT is ONLINE
[3/14/2024, 7:35:24 PM] [homebridge-z2m] Using Zigbee2MQTT v1.36.0 (identified via zigbee2mqtt/bridge/info)

And so it is every time. To make everything work, after each system reboot you need to reboot z2m.

Related devices

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Related Devices

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Steps To Reproduce

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Expected behavior

z2m works correctly at system startup - automatically

Device entry

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Status update

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Messages from this plugin

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This plugin

1.93

Homebridge

1.7

Zigbee2MQTT

1.36

Homebridge Config UI X (if applicable)

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[itavero]

I think this is an issue with your setup.
Is Homebridge started after both your MQTT broker and Zigbee2MQTT are online or not?
Does your MQTT broker support persistent messages and is Zigbee2MQTT using them?

[DarkGrey88]

I'm not sure. how do I check it?
What is the correct order and how to set it? Could you please advise?

I think this is an issue with your setup. Is Homebridge started after both your MQTT broker and Zigbee2MQTT are online or not?

[itavero]

That really depends on how you've setup your system.

Personally I'm using a Docker compose file, in which you can explicitly set the dependencies between containers.

I would think however that the order itself shouldn't be a problem of the (important) messages from Zigbee2MQTT are persistent on the broker.

[mrmaximas]

I'm not sure. how do I check it? What is the correct order and how to set it? Could you please advise?

I think this is an issue with your setup. Is Homebridge started after both your MQTT broker and Zigbee2MQTT are online or not?

Can you provide the plugin configuration? I use this plugin with catalina on intel mac mini 2012 for two years approx, then last month on mac mini m2 with sonoma without the same problem

[DarkGrey88]

I'm not sure. how do I check it? What is the correct order and how to set it? Could you please advise?

I think this is an issue with your setup. Is Homebridge started after both your MQTT broker and Zigbee2MQTT are online or not?

Can you provide the plugin configuration? I use this plugin with catalina on intel mac mini 2012 for two years approx, then last month on mac mini m2 with sonoma without the same problem

Do you mean JSON in Homebridge?

{
"mqtt": {
"base_topic": "zigbee2mqtt",
"server": "mqtt://10.0.1.28:1883",
"reject_unauthorized": false,
"keepalive": 60,
"version": 4,
"disable_qos": false
},
"defaults": {
"exclude": false
},
"exclude_grouped_devices": false,
"platform": "zigbee2mqtt",
"_bridge": {
"username": "0E:72:96:DB:C4:11",
"port": 33132
}
}

or configuration.yaml

permit_join: true
mqtt:
base_topic: zigbee2mqtt
server: mqtt://10.0.1.28:1883
serial:
port: /dev/tty.usbserial-0001
advanced:
homeassistant_legacy_entity_attributes: false
legacy_api: false
legacy_availability_payload: false
device_options:
legacy: false
devices:
'0xa4c138f3271bad89':
friendly_name: '0xa4c138f3271bad89'
'0xa4c138832fe9427a':
friendly_name: '0xa4c138832fe9427a'
'0xa4c13892197b3125':
friendly_name: '0xa4c13892197b3125'
'0xa4c1381b4edceb12':
friendly_name: '0xa4c1381b4edceb12'
'0xa4c1385fc16bb6b6':
friendly_name: '0xa4c1385fc16bb6b6'
'0xa4c13899e56ce666':
friendly_name: '0xa4c13899e56ce666'
cache_state: false
frontend: true

[mrmaximas]

@DarkGrey88 It's weird, visually it's the same as my config but try to cache_state: true

[DarkGrey88]

I'm not sure. how do I check it? What is the correct order and how to set it? Could you please advise?

I think this is an issue with your setup. Is Homebridge started after both your MQTT broker and Zigbee2MQTT are online or not?

Can you provide the plugin configuration? I use this plugin with catalina on intel mac mini 2012 for two years approx, then last month on mac mini m2 with sonoma without the same problem

Yesterday I started from scratch. And it seems to me that as long as I just added zigbee devices and rebooted my mac at the same time, everything worked fine. The problem appeared after I enabled child bridge for the z2m plugin. And then after rebooting my mac the devices did not appear again until I rebooted the child bridge z2m plugin.

[DarkGrey88]

@DarkGrey88 It's weird, visually it's the same as my config but try to cache_state: true

it works the same even without that line(

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[LaurentCole]

Hi everyone,
I think I'm in the right place to ask my question.
I have Homebridge running on Mac OS Sonoma.
Trying to make my Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 usb dongle plus work
I installed Aedes embedded MQTT Broker & Homebridge Zigbee2MQTT
My broker is properly configured because I have a few mqtt switches which work fine
Just put the broker info into Zigbee2MQTT
Can't make it work
Am I missing a step ?
I can read there's a yaml file, where?
Any precious help would be much appreciated.
A very detail procedure would be awesome !
Thx

[mrmaximas]

Hi everyone, I think I'm in the right place to ask my question. I have Homebridge running on Mac OS Sonoma. Trying to make my Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 usb dongle plus work I installed Aedes embedded MQTT Broker & Homebridge Zigbee2MQTT My broker is properly configured because I have a few mqtt switches which work fine Just put the broker info into Zigbee2MQTT Can't make it work Am I missing a step ? I can read there's a yaml file, where? Any precious help would be much appreciated. A very detail procedure would be awesome !

Does your mqtt broker use authorisation?

[itavero]

@LaurentCole Do you also have Zigbee2MQTT running (e.g. can you access its frontend to see that the dongle works)?

[LaurentCole]

Hi everyone, I think I'm in the right place to ask my question. I have Homebridge running on Mac OS Sonoma. Trying to make my Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 usb dongle plus work I installed Aedes embedded MQTT Broker & Homebridge Zigbee2MQTT My broker is properly configured because I have a few mqtt switches which work fine Just put the broker info into Zigbee2MQTT Can't make it work Am I missing a step ? I can read there's a yaml file, where? Any precious help would be much appreciated. A very detail procedure would be awesome !

Does your mqtt broker use authorisation?

I have a username and a password

[LaurentCole]

@LaurentCole Do you also have Zigbee2MQTT running (e.g. can you access its frontend to see that the dongle works)?

no I can't access the frontend. How to ?

[mrmaximas]

I have a username and a password

the text configuration of the plugin does not show this

[mrmaximas]

@LaurentCole Do you also have Zigbee2MQTT running (e.g. can you access its frontend to see that the dongle works)?

no I can't access the frontend. How to ?

you need to install zigbee2mqtt first https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io
for Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 usb dongle plus I would recommend that you flash test fw [20240315] file name CC1352P2_CC2652P_launchpad_coordinator_20240315.hex from Koenkk/Z-Stack-firmware#496

[itavero]

@LaurentCole Do you also have Zigbee2MQTT running (e.g. can you access its frontend to see that the dongle works)?

no I can't access the frontend. How to ?

There's a rough outline of the steps needed to set this up on the plug-in website: https://z2m.dev/install.html

More information about the Zigbee2MQTT frontend, can be found on the Zigbee2MQTT website: https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/configuration/frontend.html

[LaurentCole]

@LaurentCole Do you also have Zigbee2MQTT running (e.g. can you access its frontend to see that the dongle works)?

no I can't access the frontend. How to ?

you need to install zigbee2mqtt first https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io for Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 usb dongle plus I would recommend that you flash test fw [20240315] file name CC1352P2_CC2652P_launchpad_coordinator_20240315.hex from Koenkk/Z-Stack-firmware#496

my dongle is already uptodate
will try try to install zigbee2mqtt
do I choose the python method ?

[mrmaximas]

@LaurentCole Do you also have Zigbee2MQTT running (e.g. can you access its frontend to see that the dongle works)?

no I can't access the frontend. How to ?

you need to install zigbee2mqtt first https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io for Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 usb dongle plus I would recommend that you flash test fw [20240315] file name CC1352P2_CC2652P_launchpad_coordinator_20240315.hex from Koenkk/Z-Stack-firmware#496

my dongle is already uptodate will try try to install zigbee2mqtt do I choose the python method ?

FYI factory fw is not good
two year ago i'm using this installation method https://kinori.tech/blog/en/2021/11/19/install-and-run-zigbee2mqtt-on-your-mac/

[LaurentCole]

@LaurentCole Do you also have Zigbee2MQTT running (e.g. can you access its frontend to see that the dongle works)?

no I can't access the frontend. How to ?

you need to install zigbee2mqtt first https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io for Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 usb dongle plus I would recommend that you flash test fw [20240315] file name CC1352P2_CC2652P_launchpad_coordinator_20240315.hex from Koenkk/Z-Stack-firmware#496

my dongle is already uptodate will try try to install zigbee2mqtt do I choose the python method ?

FYI factory fw is not good two year ago i'm using this installation method https://kinori.tech/blog/en/2021/11/19/install-and-run-zigbee2mqtt-on-your-mac/

So I finally manage to install zigbee2mqtt, thx to you for the link
I then install Homebridge Zigbee2MQTT into Homebridge (do I really need it)

Then launched zigbee2mqtt via terminal

zigbee2mqtt@1.37.1 start
node index.js

[2024-05-21 17:54:06] info: z2m: Logging to console, file (filename: log.log)
[2024-05-21 17:54:06] info: z2m: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 1.37.1 (commit #cda867a)
[2024-05-21 17:54:06] info: z2m: Starting zigbee-herdsman (0.46.6)
[2024-05-21 17:54:06] info: zh:zstack:znp: Opening SerialPort with {"path":"/dev/tty.usbserial-1460","baudRate":115200,"rtscts":false,"autoOpen":false}
[2024-05-21 17:54:06] info: zh:zstack:znp: Serialport opened
[2024-05-21 17:54:07] info: z2m: zigbee-herdsman started (resumed)
[2024-05-21 17:54:07] info: z2m: Coordinator firmware version: '{"meta":{"maintrel":1,"majorrel":2,"minorrel":7,"product":1,"revision":20230507,"transportrev":2},"type":"zStack3x0"}'
[2024-05-21 17:54:07] info: z2m: Currently 0 devices are joined:
[2024-05-21 17:54:07] warning: z2m: permit_join set to true in configuration.yaml.
[2024-05-21 17:54:07] warning: z2m: Allowing new devices to join.
[2024-05-21 17:54:07] warning: z2m: Set permit_join to false once you joined all devices.
[2024-05-21 17:54:07] info: z2m: Zigbee: allowing new devices to join.
[2024-05-21 17:54:07] info: z2m: Connecting to MQTT server at mqtt://192.168.1.43:1883
[2024-05-21 17:54:07] info: z2m: Connected to MQTT server
[2024-05-21 17:54:07] info: z2m: Started frontend on port 8080
[2024-05-21 17:54:07] info: z2m: Zigbee2MQTT started!

I can access the frontend but I can't add devices
Thought my coordinator was up to date but apparently not, do I really need to.
thx

Finally succeeded to add a device.

Do you have a link to easily update the coordinator on a mac.

Thx again for all your helps

[LaurentCole]

Hi guys, thx for your help, everything works fine now.
Still I have an issue with the plist file.
I copied & paste the plist lines
Saved the file as 'zigbe2mqtt.application.plist'
Put it in the Launch Deamons folder

But zigbee2mqtt doesn''t start when I restart the mac

Do I need to modify this line :
![CDATA[/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin]]>

:-)

[mrmaximas]

Hi guys, thx for your help, everything works fine now. Still I have an issue with the plist file. I copied & paste the plist lines Saved the file as 'zigbe2mqtt.application.plist' Put it in the Launch Deamons folder

But zigbee2mqtt doesn''t start when I restart the mac

Do I need to modify this line : ![CDATA[/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin]]>

:-)

my plist located in /Library/LaunchDaemons/zigbee2mqtt.plist is:

where /Users/m/ is the z2m installation dir
also check the permissions of the plist:
owned with r/w by system
read-only group wheel

to stop manually (change daemon name to you own) :
sudo launchctl bootout system/zigbee2mqtt

to update z2m (change path to z2m dir you own):
sudo /Users/m/zigbee2mqtt/update.sh

to run manually (change plist file name to you own):
sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/zigbee2mqtt.plist

[LaurentCole]

Hi guys, thx for your help, everything works fine now. Still I have an issue with the plist file. I copied & paste the plist lines Saved the file as 'zigbe2mqtt.application.plist' Put it in the Launch Deamons folder
But zigbee2mqtt doesn''t start when I restart the mac
Do I need to modify this line : ![CDATA[/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin]]>
:-)

my plist located in /Library/LaunchDaemons/zigbee2mqtt.plist is:

where /Users/m/ is the z2m installation dir also check the permissions of the plist: owned with r/w by system read-only group wheel

to stop manually (change daemon name to you own) : sudo launchctl bootout system/zigbee2mqtt

to update z2m (change path to z2m dir you own): sudo /Users/m/zigbee2mqtt/update.sh

to run manually (change plist file name to you own): sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/zigbee2mqtt.plist

thx
will try that & tell you the result

[mrmaximas]

will try that & tell you the result

I'm using Sonoma on M2 Mac Mini, our work dirs and file names may be different.

[LaurentCole]

Hi guys, thx for your help, everything works fine now. Still I have an issue with the plist file. I copied & paste the plist lines Saved the file as 'zigbe2mqtt.application.plist' Put it in the Launch Deamons folder
But zigbee2mqtt doesn''t start when I restart the mac
Do I need to modify this line : ![CDATA[/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin]]>
:-)

my plist located in /Library/LaunchDaemons/zigbee2mqtt.plist is:
where /Users/m/ is the z2m installation dir also check the permissions of the plist: owned with r/w by system read-only group wheel
to stop manually (change daemon name to you own) : sudo launchctl bootout system/zigbee2mqtt
to update z2m (change path to z2m dir you own): sudo /Users/m/zigbee2mqtt/update.sh
to run manually (change plist file name to you own): sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/zigbee2mqtt.plist

thx will try that & tell you the result

How do I set these persons via terminal ?

[LaurentCole]

will try that & tell you the result

I'm using Sonoma on M2 Mac Mini, our work dirs and file names may be different.

I need to write this in terminal to make it work manually :

plex@mac-mini-de-plex ~ % cd /Applications/zigbee2mqtt
plex@mac-mini-de-plex zigbee2mqtt % npm start

Then my plist file is like that but cannot make it work.

[LaurentCole]

will try that & tell you the result

I'm using Sonoma on M2 Mac Mini, our work dirs and file names may be different.

Hi,
thx for the help but still cannot make my plist file working at boot.
I have correct permissions on the plist file

Do you have any idea what is wrong, could you help me a bit more?
:-)

[DarkGrey88]

will try that & tell you the result

I'm using Sonoma on M2 Mac Mini, our work dirs and file names may be different.

Hi, thx for the help but still cannot make my plist file working at boot. I have correct permissions on the plist file

Do you have any idea what is wrong, could you help me a bit more? :-)

I used another program.
I have installed Windscribe(VPN). When it was installed, it created and placed its plist in the autoloader. Then I disabled autorun in the program settings and replaced the contents of the plist file with what I needed.

[LaurentCole]

Hi
I have this error when
sudo launchctl bootstrap system /Library/LaunchDaemons/zigbee2mqtt.plist

Bootstrap failed: 5: Input/output error