Screenshot of a chronological note taking application. On the left is a tree of threads. The search bar shows "zigb*" as the search term. The notes say: 10/5/2025 Install HomeAssistant on ProxMox 5:05:29 PM Using this tutorial to add the Sonoff Zigbee dongle. https://smarthomescene.com/guides/how-to-passthrough-usb-devices-to-home-assistant-in-proxmox/ I turned off the HA VM, plugged in the USB thing, then in hardware for the HA VM I added the dongle using "USB Vendor / Device ID". 5:09:00 PM Next, in HA, I opened (sometung?) and I found things that HA had auto-discovered, including the printer, NAS, chromecast. In there was also the Zigbee dongle. So I clicked "ADD" and then said "automatic" for how to set up. Now it says it found "CC2652 Texas Instruments" Actually that's the chip inside the Zigbee dongle perhaps? Whatever. 5:27:19 PM Now all I need is a zigbee device, so I'll probably buy a temp sensor. 5:36:54 PM Oh crap I have my zigby dongle buried amid other electronic and powere cables, which is a great way to cause interference. See this guide: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha/#zigbee-interference-avoidance-and-network-rangecoverage-optimization But Zigbee sounds like it's a pain :/ 10/26/2025 Install HomeAssistant on ProxMox 12:19:56 PM I ordered a zigbee outdoor temperature sensor from sonoff (SNZB-02WD IP65 Zigbee LCD Smart Temperature Humidity Sensor), just so I had something to play with. 11/6/2025 Install HomeAssistant on ProxMox 2:37:28 PM Urgh after a reboot the Zigbee dongle doesn't seem to be recognized anymore, or it fails to initialize or something. Going for a full system reboot to see if that changes anything. 3:10:23 PM Did a full system reboot, but still the same problem with the zigbee dongle. I may have to go back to the post I found on setting up USB in proxmox for HA devices and try to go through it again.