(zigbee2mqtt) not starting on Windows

[BrooksBSolutions]

I am trying to run z2m locally on my windows device. I have the Zigbee 3.0 USB dongle and it is on COM5.

This is what I have on the config.yaml file

homeassistant: false
 frontend: true
 mqtt:
   base_topic: zigbee2mqtt
   server: mqtt://localhost
 serial:
   port: COM5

I have a USB-to-UART driver from silicon labs. I have mosquitto downloaded and done previous testing on that. This is the errors that I am getting.

PS C:\Users\mrubio\Documents\zigbee2mqtt-master> npm start

[email protected] start
node index.js

Starting Zigbee2MQTT without watchdog.
[2024-08-26 08:56:44] info: z2m: Logging to console, file (filename: log.log)
[2024-08-26 08:56:44] info: z2m: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 1.39.1 (commit #unknown)
[2024-08-26 08:56:44] info: z2m: Starting zigbee-herdsman (0.55.3)
[2024-08-26 08:56:45] error: zh:zstack:znp: Failed to determine if path is valid: 'Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat 'C:\Users\mrubio\Documents\zigbee2mqtt-master\COM5''
[2024-08-26 08:56:45] info: zh:zstack:znp: Opening SerialPort with {"path":"COM5","baudRate":115200,"rtscts":false,"autoOpen":false}
[2024-08-26 08:56:45] info: zh:zstack:znp: Serialport opened
[2024-08-26 08:56:45] info: zh:zstack:znp: Writing CC2530/CC2531 skip bootloader payload
[2024-08-26 08:56:46] info: zh:zstack:znp: Skip bootloader for CC2652/CC1352
[2024-08-26 08:57:05] error: z2m: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman
[2024-08-26 08:57:05] error: z2m: Failed to start zigbee
[2024-08-26 08:57:05] error: z2m: Check https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/installation/20_zigbee2mqtt-fails-to-start.html for possible solutions
[2024-08-26 08:57:05] error: z2m: Exiting...
[2024-08-26 08:57:05] error: z2m: Error: Failed to connect to the adapter (Error: SRSP - SYS - ping after 6000ms)
at ZStackAdapter.start (C:\Users\mrubio\Documents\zigbee2mqtt-master\node_modules\zigbee-herdsman\src\adapter\z-stack\adapter\zStackAdapter.ts:119:27)
at Controller.start (C:\Users\mrubio\Documents\zigbee2mqtt-master\node_modules\zigbee-herdsman\src\controller\controller.ts:127:29)
at Zigbee.start (C:\Users\mrubio\Documents\zigbee2mqtt-master\lib\zigbee.ts:63:27)
at Controller.start (C:\Users\mrubio\Documents\zigbee2mqtt-master\lib\controller.ts:139:27)
at start (C:\Users\mrubio\Documents\zigbee2mqtt-master\index.js:154:5)

Any kind of help would be appreciated.

[krauhen]

@BrooksBSolutions
I had the same error and the solution for me was to switch to a previous release tag:

# in directory zigbee2mqtt
$ git reset --hard
$ git fetch --all --tags
$ git checkout tags/1.36.0
$ npm ci
$ cp .\data\configuration.example.yaml data\configuration.yaml
# Edit the port to COM3
$ rm .\data\coordinator_backup.json
# Unplug and plug in the dongle
$ npm start

PS: the mqtt error is (hopefully) not connected to this

I would recommend to not use the master branch in the windows tutorial @Koenkk ?

[Koenkk]

@krauhen what is the latest working z2m version?

[BrooksBSolutions]

I added the line adapter: ezsp under serial, I couldn't flash my dongle so I'll be rocking the old stuff for now.

[krauhen]

@krauhen what is the latest working z2m version?

Okay i tested all tags upward from 1.36.1 up to master. I could not reproduce my error. I guess previously my mqtt broker was just not running.
The console output is somewhat misleading. There is a line from zigbee-herdsmann that indicates something is not okay with checking the serial port path for validity but after this it works non the less.

This is the console error:

[2024-08-30 09:58:10] info:     z2m: Logging to console, file (filename: log.log)
[2024-08-30 09:58:10] info:     z2m: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 1.39.1 (commit #ed9de74f)
[2024-08-30 09:58:10] info:     z2m: Starting zigbee-herdsman (0.55.3)
[2024-08-30 09:58:10] error:    zh:zstack:znp: Failed to determine if path is valid: 'Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat 'C:\dev\zigbee2mqtt\COM3''
[2024-08-30 09:58:10] info:     zh:zstack:znp: Opening SerialPort with {"path":"COM3","baudRate":115200,"rtscts":false,"autoOpen":false}
[2024-08-30 09:58:10] info:     zh:zstack:znp: Serialport opened
[2024-08-30 09:58:10] info:     z2m: zigbee-herdsman started (resumed)
[2024-08-30 09:58:10] info:     z2m: Coordinator firmware version: '{"meta":{"maintrel":3,"majorrel":2,"minorrel":6,"product":0,"revision":20180507,"transportrev":2},"type":"zStack12"}'
[2024-08-30 09:58:10] info:     z2m: Currently 1 devices are joined:
[2024-08-30 09:58:10] info:     z2m: 0x3c2ef5fffed5d297 (0x3c2ef5fffed5d297): SNZB-02P - SONOFF Temperature and humidity sensor (EndDevice)
[2024-08-30 09:58:10] info:     z2m: Zigbee: disabling joining new devices.
[2024-08-30 09:58:11] info:     z2m: Connecting to MQTT server at mqtt://XXXXXXX
[2024-08-30 09:58:11] info:     z2m: Connected to MQTT server
[2024-08-30 09:58:11] info:     z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/bridge/state', payload '{"state":"online"}'
[2024-08-30 09:58:11] info:     z2m: Started frontend on port 8080
[2024-08-30 09:58:11] info:     z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/0x3c2ef5fffed5d297', payload '{"battery":100,"humidity":63.6,"linkquality":2,"temperature":25.3}'
[2024-08-30 09:58:11] info:     z2m: Zigbee2MQTT started!
[2024-08-30 09:58:13] info:     z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/0x3c2ef5fffed5d297', payload '{"battery":100,"humidity":66.3,"linkquality":94,"temperature":25.3}'

PS: i have an CC2531 USB Dongle

[Biliskn3r]

Thanks for this. Tried the newest today (v14) and got the same error (coming from 1.37.1). Rolled back one version to zigbee2mqtt-1.39.1 and no issues.