Zigbee End Device

The zigbee component allows exposing supported ESPHome components over a Zigbee network to Home Assistant via Zigbee2MQTT or ZHA. Due to the limitations of the Zigbee protocol, only basic properties are exposed. Additional properties must be configured manually in Home Assistant. Each ESPHome entity consumes one Zigbee endpoint. Because of a limitation in Zigbee2MQTT, at least two endpoints are required. The maximum number of supported endpoints is eight.

Zigbee support is currently available only on nRF52 platforms.

Full Configuration

# Example configuration entry
zigbee:
  id: my_zigbee
  on_join:
    then:
      - logger.log: "Joined network"

binary_sensor:
  - platform: template
    name: "Door 1"
  - platform: template
    name: "Door 2"

Configuration variables

wipe_on_boot (Optional): Erases all non-volatile memory data on boot, including Zigbee network pairing and preferences (e.g., last switch state). One of:
- false (default): Preserve data across reboots.
- true: Erase all data on every boot. Use only for recovery from boot loops when you don’t have an SWD programmer.
- once: Erase data only on first boot after flashing new firmware, then preserve.
on_join (Optional, Automation): Automation to run when the device joins the network.
id (Optional, ID): The ID to use for this zigbee component.
power_source (Optional, enum): Indicates what kind of power the device uses. Affects sleep behavior. One of UNKNOWN, MAINS_SINGLE_PHASE, MAINS_THREE_PHASE, BATTERY, DC_SOURCE, EMERGENCY_MAINS_CONST, or EMERGENCY_MAINS_TRANSF. Defaults to DC_SOURCE.
ieee802154_vendor_oui (Optional, int): Sets the Vendor Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI). This allows replacing Nordic Semiconductor’s default company ID with your own. The value must be a 24-bit integer in the range 0x000000 to 0xFFFFFF. Alternatively, set to random to generate a new random OUI on every firmware compilation. This is useful during development to force the coordinator (ZHA/Z2M) to recognize the device as new after firmware updates.

⚠️ Warning
Overusing random may exhaust memory in the Zigbee coordinator by creating many “ghost” devices.

Actions

`factory_reset` Action

This action triggers a factory reset of the Zigbee device. It handles leaving the Zigbee network.

on_...:
  then:
    - zigbee.factory_reset

Supported Components

Binary Sensor Configuration

All binary sensors with a name are automatically exposed over Zigbee.

binary_sensor:
  - platform: template
    name: "Door 1"
  - platform: template
    name: "Door 2"
  - platform: template
    id: internal_sensor
  - platform: template
    name: "Another internal sensor"
    internal: true

Configuration variables

name (Required, string): The name for the binary sensor. This is exposed as the Zigbee endpoint description.
internal (Optional, boolean): Mark this component as internal. Internal components will not be exposed over Zigbee. Only specifying an id without a name will implicitly set this to true. Use this if you run out of Zigbee endpoints.

Sensor Configuration

All sensors with a name are automatically exposed over Zigbee.

sensor:
  - platform: template
    name: "Analog 1"
    lambda: return 10.0;
    unit_of_measurement: "°C"
  - platform: template
    name: "Analog 2"
    lambda: return 11.0;
  - platform: template
    id: internal_sensor
    lambda: return 9.0;
  - platform: template
    name: "Another internal sensor"
    internal: true
    lambda: return 8.0;

Configuration variables

name (Required, string): The name for the sensor. This is exposed as the Zigbee endpoint description.
internal (Optional, boolean): Mark this component as internal. Internal components will not be exposed over Zigbee. Only specifying an id without a name will implicitly set this to true. Use this if you run out of Zigbee endpoints.
unit_of_measurement (Optional, string): Manually set the unit. By default, values are unitless. Only a limited set of units is supported. Unsupported units will revert to unitless. This is exposed as the Zigbee endpoint engineering units.

Switch Configuration

All switches with a name are automatically exposed over Zigbee.

switch:
  - platform: template
    name: "Template Switch"
    optimistic: true

Configuration variables

name (Required, string): The name for the switch. This is exposed as the Zigbee endpoint description.
internal (Optional, boolean): Mark this component as internal. Internal components will not be exposed over Zigbee. Only specifying an id without a name will implicitly set this to true. Use this if you run out of Zigbee endpoints.

Number Configuration

All numbers with a name are automatically exposed over Zigbee.

number:
  - platform: template
    name: "Template Number"
    optimistic: true
    min_value: 2
    max_value: 100
    step: 1

Configuration variables

name (Required, string): The name for the number. This is exposed as the Zigbee endpoint description.
internal (Optional, boolean): Mark this component as internal. Internal components will not be exposed over Zigbee. Only specifying an id without a name will implicitly set this to true. Use this if you run out of Zigbee endpoints.
unit_of_measurement (Optional, string): Manually set the unit. By default, values are unitless. Only a limited set of units is supported. Unsupported units will revert to unitless. This is exposed as the Zigbee endpoint engineering units.
min_value (Optional, float): The minimum value this number can be. This is exposed as the Zigbee endpoint min present value.
max_value (Optional, float): The maximum value this number can be. This is exposed as the Zigbee endpoint max present value.
step (Optional, float): The granularity with which the number can be set. This is exposed as the Zigbee endpoint resolution.