New Sonoff zigbee devices

[JDRoberts]

@mvevitsis

I recommend pairing close to the hub, or repairing WITHOUT deleting to resolve issues.
If this doesn’t work you may need repeaters.

My device has been paired for months now with no drops.

The problem is that right at this moment any device that you add is likely to have an off-line problem.

Devices added in April 2021 show online in IDE, offline in automations and app (both physical and virtual devices)

Many different people in both the US and UK reporting that many different kinds of devices, both physical and virtual, are showing as online in the groovy platform, including the IDE, but off-line in the app. This is happening to devices that were added recently, regardless of the type of device and regardless of whether it previously worked. So far it has been reported for some Z wave devices, some zigbee devices, and several different types of virtual devices. No idea what the problem is, and no workarounds have been reported yet, but it’s definitely real. Here’s one thread with particularly good screenshots. Note that the devices affected include one mains powered and one battery powered Z wave device, both using a stock DTH. If this is a physical device usi…