Move zigbee2mqtt network from RPi-3b to RPi-5 with zzh stick

[Anjerlaan]

Hi,

I want to update and move my outdated Zigbee2MQTT network from a RPi-3b to a new RPi-5

Current Hardware/Software configuration:

• RPi 3b+
• Raspbian OS Buster
• Zigbee2Mqtt ver. 1.32.2
• Adapter ZZH version: CC2652R_coordinator_20220219

New Hardware/Software
-Raspberry Pi 5

• RPi OS Bookworm
• Z2M version 2.3.0
• Coordinator Adapter firmware update (CC2652R_coordinator_20240710)?

Will this cause any problems?

[chris-1243]

I would check carefully

#24198

I would maybe update first to 1.42 (which is the latest 1.x version) and see if everything is fine. Then, update to latest 2.x.

[Anjerlaan]

I would check carefully

#24198

I would maybe update first to 1.42 (which is the latest 1.x version) and see if everything is fine. Then, update to latest 2.x.

All updates first on the RPi3b+
And what about the ZZH latest firmware?

[chris-1243]

Do one thing after an other. It will be easier to debug if something goes wrong.

When all the updates on your Rpi are done and Z2M stable on latest version, then I would update your coordinator

[hocomadvies]

Nice first hit on my search :) I need to move my old zigbee2mqtt to a new Rpi. More or less the same situation as discussed here. Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Plus Rev 1.3, Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster). zigbee2mqtt@2.10.1. It would not start since it misses the required nodejs ( requires node version ^20.15.0 || ^22.2.0 || ^24, you are running v18.20.8!).
So tried to solve that but made things worse :) . So I decided to take a brand new Rpi4 from the shelf and upgrade.
So a few questions to make it go smooth. I made some backups from amongst others Zigbe2mqtt (data). What else do I need from the old setup? Did an upgrade the latest version so I assume I can install the same version on the new pi? right? Than plug-in the usb_coordinator(stick) and all will be fine? Or best also copy over the data folder I backed up?
Is this the way or do I need more?

[hocomadvies]

Made it as far as having most of it in place but some things are not working now. So I manually edit the configuration.yaml. Also replaced (added) the backed up data and data/data folder and dbase from the old zigbee2mqtt to the new one.

When starting (as recommended in the manual I get the output as shown below, and at first glans seems to work. I also have the frontend/dashboard showing all the devices. Only thing is I can not operate them (on/ of or so) and also for many of them the Friendly name and description are gone?

Than when starting zigbee2mqtt using: sudo systemctl start zigbee2mqtt it is throwing an error and exit.

this is what I get when sudo systemctl start zigbee2mqtt:
/opt/zigbee2mqtt $ sudo systemctl status zigbee2mqtt.service ● zigbee2mqtt.service - zigbee2mqtt Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/zigbee2mqtt.service; enabled; preset: enabled) Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2026-05-28 11:15:02 CEST; 472ms ago Invocation: 1d49ec53296547ae8d493ff392aeb08a Process: 19223 ExecStart=/usr/bin/node index.js (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 19223 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) CPU: 3.118s

the output of pnpm start:
sudo pnpm start [WARN] The "pnpm" field in package.json is no longer read by pnpm. The following keys were ignored: "pnpm.overrides", "pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies". See https://pnpm.io/settings for the new home of each setting. $ node index.js Starting Zigbee2MQTT without watchdog. [2026-05-28 10:55:09] info: z2m: Logging to console, file (filename: log.txt) [2026-05-28 10:55:09] info: z2m: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 2.10.1 (commit #16fd422c) [2026-05-28 10:55:09] info: z2m: Starting zigbee-herdsman (10.0.7) [2026-05-28 10:55:09] info: zh:zstack:znp: Opening SerialPort with {"path":"/dev/serial/by-id/usb-Silicon_Labs_slae.sh_cc2652rb_stick_-_slaesh_s_iot_stuff_00_12_4B_00_23_90_D3_AB-if00-port0","baudRate":115200,"rtscts":false,"autoOpen":false} [2026-05-28 10:55:09] info: zh:zstack:znp: Serialport opened [2026-05-28 10:55:10] info: zh:zstack:znp: Writing CC2530/CC2531 skip bootloader payload [2026-05-28 10:55:11] info: zh:zstack:znp: Skip bootloader for CC2652/CC1352 [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: zigbee-herdsman started (resumed) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: Coordinator firmware version: '{"meta":{"maintrel":1,"majorrel":2,"minorrel":7,"product":1,"revision":20211217,"transportrev":2},"type":"ZStack3x0"}' [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x00158d00035659ed (0x00158d00035659ed): SP 120 - Innr Smart plug (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x00158d0005408d3d (0x00158d0005408d3d): WSDCGQ11LM - Aqara Temperature and humidity sensor (EndDevice) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x00158d000320acda (0x00158d000320acda): WSDCGQ11LM - Aqara Temperature and humidity sensor (EndDevice) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x00158d000356331d (0x00158d000356331d): SP 120 - Innr Smart plug (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x60a423fffe8ccd07 (0x60a423fffe8ccd07): SP 220 - Innr Smart plug (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x60a423fffe88106e (0x60a423fffe88106e): SP 220 - Innr Smart plug (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x60a423fffe4fbab4 (0x60a423fffe4fbab4): SP 220 - Innr Smart plug (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x60a423fffe880fed (0x60a423fffe880fed): SP 220 - Innr Smart plug (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x60a423fffe8cd789 (0x60a423fffe8cd789): SP 220 - Innr Smart plug (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x00158d0005bd8d5e (0x00158d0005bd8d5e): WSDCGQ11LM - Aqara Temperature and humidity sensor (EndDevice) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x00158d00058a20bb (0x00158d00058a20bb): WSDCGQ11LM - Aqara Temperature and humidity sensor (EndDevice) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: buiten_smart_plug (0xa4c13881e76981ed): PLUG-001SPB2 - NEO Coolcam Smart plug (with power monitoring) (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x00158d0005889191 (0x00158d0005889191): WSDCGQ11LM - Aqara Temperature and humidity sensor (EndDevice) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x00158d000589f7d5 (0x00158d000589f7d5): WSDCGQ11LM - Aqara Temperature and humidity sensor (EndDevice) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: opslag_brand_alarm (0x0015bc0034000eb0): HESZB-120 - Develco Fire detector with siren (EndDevice) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: werkplaats_brand_alarm (0x0015bc0034000c39): HESZB-120 - Develco Fire detector with siren (EndDevice) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: lampje_overkapping (0x18fc26000000bfee): SP 220 - Innr Smart plug (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: hoeklamp_overkapping (0xc4988600000f82ef): SP 220 - Innr Smart plug (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: sensor zolder 0x00158d00058ca6b3 (0x00158d00058ca6b3): WSDCGQ11LM - Aqara Temperature and humidity sensor (EndDevice) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x847127fffe2fab81 (0x847127fffe2fab81): LA-PLUG-10Amp - Ynoa Smart plug Zigbee 3.0 (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: Led_kleur_001 (0x847127fffe99f4f5): ZBT-RGBWLight-A0000 - LDS Ynoa smart LED E27 (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0xcc86ecfffef3ca8c (0xcc86ecfffef3ca8c): MS-105Z - Moes Smart Dimmer module (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x00158d000588509a (0x00158d000588509a): WSDCGQ11LM - Aqara Temperature and humidity sensor (EndDevice) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x040222fd0000fffe (0x040222fd0000fffe): Not supported (Unknown) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x847127fffe2fab41 (0x847127fffe2fab41): LA-PLUG-10Amp - Ynoa Smart plug Zigbee 3.0 (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x00158d000588919f (0x00158d000588919f): WSDCGQ11LM - Aqara Temperature and humidity sensor (EndDevice) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x7cb03eaa0a0022ff (0x7cb03eaa0a0022ff): AB3257001NJ - OSRAM Smart+ plug (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x847127fffe1a2131 (0x847127fffe1a2131): LA-PLUG-10Amp - Ynoa Smart plug Zigbee 3.0 (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x4c5bb3fffe2037f8 (0x4c5bb3fffe2037f8): MS-105Z - Moes Smart Dimmer module (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x00124b00258bbcf8 (0x00124b00258bbcf8): ZBMINI - SONOFF Zigbee two way smart switch (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x0004740001240a4e (0x0004740001240a4e): 412015 - Legrand DIN power consumption module (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0x00124b0024c08f09 (0x00124b0024c08f09): ZBMINI - SONOFF Zigbee two way smart switch (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0xa4c138f111b2252f (0xa4c138f111b2252f): TS0505B_1 - Tuya Zigbee RGB+CCT light (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0xa4c138f825251107 (0xa4c138f825251107): TS0505B_1 - Tuya Zigbee RGB+CCT light (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0xa4c1382c05aed5ab (0xa4c1382c05aed5ab): TS0505B_1 - Tuya Zigbee RGB+CCT light (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0xa4c138cd6899505d (0xa4c138cd6899505d): TS0505B_1 - Tuya Zigbee RGB+CCT light (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0xa4c138f1b1c5e951 (0xa4c138f1b1c5e951): TS0505B_1 - Tuya Zigbee RGB+CCT light (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: 0xa4c1386925fe7dfd (0xa4c1386925fe7dfd): TS0505B_1 - Tuya Zigbee RGB+CCT light (Router) [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: Currently 38 devices are joined. [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: Connecting to MQTT server at mqtt://localhost [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: Connected to MQTT server [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/bridge/state', payload '{"state":"online"}' [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m: Started frontend on port 8099 [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/0x00158d00035659ed', payload '{"current":0.03,"energy":222.56,"linkquality":109,"power":8,"state":"ON","voltage":233}' [2026-05-28 10:55:22] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/0x00158d0005408d3d', payload '{"battery":100,"humidity":91.29,"linkquality":94,"power_outage_count":23285,"pressure":1009.4,"temperature":14.33,"voltage":3235}''

What I see is that the dashboard says all the devices are "off" ?

And running sudo journalctl -u zigbee2mqtt.service -f: Looks like it is in a loop.
zigbee2mqtt4 systemd[1]: zigbee2mqtt.service: start operation timed out. Terminating. May 28 15:37:07 zigbee2mqtt4 node[47796]: [2026-05-28 15:37:07] info: z2m: Stopping Zigbee2MQTT (restart=false, code=0, signal=SIGTERM) May 28 15:37:07 zigbee2mqtt4 node[47796]: [2026-05-28 15:37:07] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/bridge/state', payload '{"state":"offline"}' May 28 15:37:07 zigbee2mqtt4 node[47796]: [2026-05-28 15:37:07] info: z2m: Disconnecting from MQTT server May 28 15:37:07 zigbee2mqtt4 node[47796]: [2026-05-28 15:37:07] info: z2m: Stopping zigbee-herdsman... May 28 15:37:14 zigbee2mqtt4 node[47796]: [2026-05-28 15:37:14] info: zh:controller: Wrote coordinator backup to '/opt/zigbee2mqtt/data/coordinator_backup.json' May 28 15:37:14 zigbee2mqtt4 node[47796]: [2026-05-28 15:37:14] info: zh:zstack:znp: closing May 28 15:37:14 zigbee2mqtt4 node[47796]: [2026-05-28 15:37:14] info: zh:zstack:znp: Port closed May 28 15:37:14 zigbee2mqtt4 node[47796]: [2026-05-28 15:37:14] info: z2m: Stopped zigbee-herdsman May 28 15:37:14 zigbee2mqtt4 node[47796]: [2026-05-28 15:37:14] info: z2m: Stopped Zigbee2MQTT May 28 15:37:14 zigbee2mqtt4 systemd[1]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Failed with result 'timeout'. May 28 15:37:14 zigbee2mqtt4 systemd[1]: Failed to start zigbee2mqtt.service - zigbee2mqtt. May 28 15:37:14 zigbee2mqtt4 systemd[1]: zigbee2mqtt.service: Consumed 8.730s CPU time.

Any advise on this? Thanks

[hocomadvies]

Anyone having thoughts on this?

sudo systemctl start zigbee2mqtt
Job for zigbee2mqtt.service failed because a timeout was exceeded. See "systemctl status zigbee2mqtt.service" and "journalctl -xeu zigbee2mqtt.service" for details.

**/opt/zigbee2mqtt $ journalctl -xeu zigbee2mqtt.service** May 29 09:25:21 zigbee2mqtt4 node[2022]: [2026-05-29 09:25:21] warning: z2m: Failed to ping '0x00158d00035659ed' (attempt 1/1, ZCL command 0x0> May 29 09:25:23 zigbee2mqtt4 node[2022]: [2026-05-29 09:25:23] warning: z2m: Failed to ping '0x00158d000356331d' (attempt 1/1, ZCL command 0x0> May 29 09:25:25 zigbee2mqtt4 node[2022]: [2026-05-29 09:25:25] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'homeassistant/binary_sensor/12210510398101> May 29 09:25:25 zigbee2mqtt4 node[2022]: [2026-05-29 09:25:25] warning: z2m: Failed to ping '0x60a423fffe8ccd07' (attempt 1/1, ZCL command 0x6>

`systemctl status zigbee2mqtt.service
● zigbee2mqtt.service - zigbee2mqtt
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/zigbee2mqtt.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: activating (start) since Fri 2026-05-29 09:28:29 CEST; 1min 19s ago
Job: 3818
Invocation: 508b95c2ed4c4d23a7aa9fe1ff155034
Main PID: 2100 (MainThread)
Tasks: 11 (limit: 1625)
CPU: 6.861s
CGroup: /system.slice/zigbee2mqtt.service
└─2100 /usr/bin/node index.js

May 29 09:29:21 zigbee2mqtt4 node[2100]: [2026-05-29 09:29:21] warning: z2m: Failed to ping '0x847127fffe2fab81' (attempt 1/1, ZCL command 0x8>
May 29 09:29:24 zigbee2mqtt4 node[2100]: [2026-05-29 09:29:24] warning: z2m: Failed to ping 'Led_kleur_001' (attempt 1/1, ZCL command 0x847127>
May 29 09:29:27 zigbee2mqtt4 node[2100]: [2026-05-29 09:29:27] warning: z2m: Failed to ping '0xcc86ecfffef3ca8c' (attempt 1/1, ZCL command 0xc>
May 29 09:29:30 zigbee2mqtt4 node[2100]: [2026-05-29 09:29:30] warning: z2m: Failed to ping '0x847127fffe2fab41' (attempt 1/1, ZCL command 0x8>
/opt/zigbee2mqtt $ sudo pnpm start
[WARN] The "pnpm" field in package.json is no longer read by pnpm. The following keys were ignored: "pnpm.overrides", "pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies". See https://pnpm.io/settings for the new home of each setting.
$ node index.js
Starting Zigbee2MQTT without watchdog.
[2026-05-29 09:31:23] info: z2m: Logging to console, file (filename: log.txt)
[2026-05-29 09:31:24] info: z2m: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 2.10.1 (commit #16fd422c)
[2026-05-29 09:31:24] info: z2m: Starting zigbee-herdsman (10.0.7)
[2026-05-29 09:31:24] info: zh:adapter:discovery: Matched adapter=zstack path=/dev/ttyUSB0, score=4
[2026-05-29 09:31:24] info: zh:zstack:znp: Opening SerialPort with {"path":"/dev/ttyUSB0","baudRate":115200,"rtscts":false,"autoOpen":false}
[2026-05-29 09:31:24] error: z2m: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman
[2026-05-29 09:31:24] error: z2m: Failed to start zigbee-herdsman
[2026-05-29 09:31:24] error: z2m: Check https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/installation/20_zigbee2mqtt-fails-to-start_crashes-runtime.html for possible solutions
[2026-05-29 09:31:24] error: z2m: Exiting...
[2026-05-29 09:31:24] error: z2m: Error: Error Resource temporarily unavailable Cannot lock port
[ELIFECYCLE] Command failed with exit code 1.
`

I also see this error popping up on the dashboard: Can Not Send, WebSocket Not Open. Why is that?

this is a part of what is in the log.txt:

`[2026-05-29 09:32:21] info: z2m: Logging to console, file (filename: log.txt)
[2026-05-29 09:32:21] info: z2m: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 2.10.1 (commit #16fd422c)
[2026-05-29 09:32:21] info: z2m: Starting zigbee-herdsman (10.0.7)
[2026-05-29 09:32:21] info: zh:adapter:discovery: Matched adapter=zstack path=/dev/ttyUSB0, score=4
[2026-05-29 09:32:22] info: zh:zstack:znp: Opening SerialPort with {"path":"/dev/ttyUSB0","baudRate":115200,"rtscts":false,"autoOpen":false}
[2026-05-29 09:32:22] info: zh:zstack:znp: Serialport opened
[2026-05-29 09:32:22] info: zh:zstack:znp: Writing CC2530/CC2531 skip bootloader payload
[2026-05-29 09:32:23] info: zh:zstack:znp: Skip bootloader for CC2652/CC1352
[2026-05-29 09:32:33] info: z2m: zigbee-herdsman started (resumed)
[2026-05-29 09:32:33] info: z2m: Coordinator firmware version: '{"meta":{"maintrel":1,"majorrel":2,"minorrel":7,"product":1,"revision":20211217,"t>

[2026-05-29 09:33:47] warning: z2m: Failed to ping '0x847127fffe2fab9d' (attempt 1/1, ZCL command 0x847127fffe2fab9d/1 genBasic.read(["zclVersion"], >
[2026-05-29 09:33:49] info: z2m: Stopping Zigbee2MQTT (restart=false, code=0, signal=SIGTERM)
[2026-05-29 09:33:49] info: z2m:mqtt: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/bridge/state', payload '{"state":"offline"}'
[2026-05-29 09:33:49] info: z2m: Disconnecting from MQTT server
[2026-05-29 09:33:49] info: z2m: Stopping zigbee-herdsman...
[2026-05-29 09:33:50] warning: z2m: Failed to ping '0x847127fffe2facb8' (attempt 1/1, ZCL command 0x847127fffe2facb8/1 genBasic.read(["zclVersion"], >
[2026-05-29 09:33:56] info: zh:controller: Wrote coordinator backup to '/opt/zigbee2mqtt/data/coordinator_backup.json'
[2026-05-29 09:33:56] info: zh:zstack:znp: closing
[2026-05-29 09:33:56] info: zh:zstack:znp: Port closed
[2026-05-29 09:33:56] info: z2m: Stopped zigbee-herdsman
[2026-05-29 09:33:56] info: z2m: Stopped Zigbee2MQTT
`
My system overview: