Is there a way to re-establish the zigbee network?

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Hei!

I’ve been away for some weeks. before leaving I pulled the plug on some connected electronics taking some of my zigbee power sockets (which function as routers) off-line.

In the developer tools I see that the Routs are unknown. Hitting the refresh button gives a “Network request failed” message (in the bottom left corner of the page - see screenshot).

Questions:

  • Is there a way to re-establish the zigbee network? (wasn’t this a Homey firmware v5 feature?)
  • Any ideas to what the “Network request failed” is hinting to?
  • Any chance of the nodes becoming active again over time?

Any help addressing the issues is much appreciated!

Skjermbilde 2021-07-31 kl. 23.01.49
Skjermbilde 2021-07-31 kl. 23.01.491443×745 132 KB

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“Interview” the router devices might do the trick.
Zigbee ‘should’ rebuild itself.
If it doesn’t, maybe re-pairing does the trick:

Oh, from what I experienced “Network request failed” means “Homey was very busy for a while, try again”

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Thanks for the reply! On question to better understand how Zigbee works: Is it so that when I add a router capable device, the other devices will over time adjust and find the optimal route including the newly added router? I do not need to trigger this in any way?

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YW! True, the zigbee mesh is dynamic and not managable.
Aqara sensors seem to stick to their original router device (Homey controller itself or a router device), so when it tends to “fall off” the mesh, consider re-pairing them at their final location.
Athom’s zigbee wiki
Keep in mind, your (or neighbour’s) wifi can interfere with your zigbee network(s).
Wifi - zigbee check

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