Building a 5v Bus repeater network with Tuya ZigBee USB Range Extender (Tuya SKU: "RP280" / ZigBee ID: "TS0207")

I just tested this device:

Zigbee Repeater - Marmitek Link SE - Kompatibel mit Home Assistant - Zigbee 3.0 Hotspot - USB Dongle - USB-Stick

Fingerprint: _tz3000_wmlc9p9z
Manufacturer: Tuya
Model: TS0207_repeater

Log:

2024-09-05T13:06:26.972260625Z TRACE Zigbee Thing  Received event with handler zigbee
2024-09-05T13:06:26.979369386Z INFO Zigbee Thing  <ZigbeeDevice: aa2e8eb7-526e-4f58-873f-c69e0eecc185 [0xFBCF] (Zigbee Thing)> received Zigbee message: < ZigbeeMessageRx || type: 0x00, < AddressHeader || src_addr: 0xFBCF, src_endpoint: 0x01, dest_addr: 0x0000, dest_endpoint: 0x01, profile: 0x0104, cluster: Basic >, lqi: 0xC4, rssi: -54, body_length: 0x000B, < ZCLMessageBody || < ZCLHeader || frame_ctrl: 0x08, seqno: 0x00, ZCLCommandId: 0x0A >, < ReportAttribute || < AttributeRecord || AttributeId: 0x0001, DataType: Uint8, ApplicationVersion: 0xFF >, < AttributeRecord || AttributeId: 0xFFE2, DataType: Uint8, Uint8: 0x16 > > > >
2024-09-05T13:06:26.984868342Z DEBUG Zigbee Thing  Zigbee Thing device thread event handled
2024-09-05T13:06:27.080346975Z TRACE Zigbee Thing  Received event with handler zigbee
2024-09-05T13:06:27.090665798Z INFO Zigbee Thing  <ZigbeeDevice: aa2e8eb7-526e-4f58-873f-c69e0eecc185 [0xFBCF] (Zigbee Thing)> received Zigbee message: < ZigbeeMessageRx || type: 0x00, < AddressHeader || src_addr: 0xFBCF, src_endpoint: 0x01, dest_addr: 0x0000, dest_endpoint: 0x01, profile: 0x0104, cluster: Basic >, lqi: 0xCA, rssi: -54, body_length: 0x000B, < ZCLMessageBody || < ZCLHeader || frame_ctrl: 0x08, seqno: 0x01, ZCLCommandId: 0x0A >, < ReportAttribute || < AttributeRecord || AttributeId: 0x0001, DataType: Uint8, ApplicationVersion: 0x40 >, < AttributeRecord || AttributeId: 0xFFE2, DataType: Uint8, Uint8: 0x16 > > > >
2024-09-05T13:06:27.099772974Z DEBUG Zigbee Thing  Zigbee Thing device thread event handled
2024-09-05T13:06:27.158396188Z TRACE Zigbee Thing  Received event with handler zigbee
2024-09-05T13:06:27.165520332Z INFO Zigbee Thing  <ZigbeeDevice: aa2e8eb7-526e-4f58-873f-c69e0eecc185 [0xFBCF] (Zigbee Thing)> received Zigbee message: < ZigbeeMessageRx || type: 0x00, < AddressHeader || src_addr: 0xFBCF, src_endpoint: 0x01, dest_addr: 0x0000, dest_endpoint: 0x01, profile: 0x0104, cluster: Basic >, lqi: 0xCA, rssi: -54, body_length: 0x000C, < ZCLMessageBody || < ZCLHeader || frame_ctrl: 0x08, seqno: 0x02, ZCLCommandId: 0x0A >, < ReportAttribute || < AttributeRecord || AttributeId: 0xFFDF, DataType: CharString, CharString: "\x00\x00\x00\x00\x05" > > > >
2024-09-05T13:06:27.171209175Z DEBUG Zigbee Thing  Zigbee Thing device thread event handled

And yes, it’s crap. It does nothing at best and can break the network:

I have a free USB port on one of my UPS and thought that it would be nice to have a Zigbee router at this location.