I’m looking to get a zigbee sniffer (preferably USB). I saw one available from TI (CC2531) that works with their SmartRF software (free) and is a USB dongle for $50. Is that a good option? Anyone have any recommendations?

Hi Scott, Thanks for starting the thread. I’m definitely interested in packet sniffing for a project I’m doing now. This dongle you mentioned looks good so far so I just ordered one from Mouser.com . Looks like it ships preprogrammed with firmware that can be used for packet sniffing which is gre…

Got the new sniffer!! [image] A bit of box overkill? [image]

Ok, it was SUPER easy to sniff the packets of my NXP module. I did the following: Installed the ti software from ti.com/tool/packet-sniffer inserted the dongle and started up the sniffer installed above (after usb driver installed itself) in the sniffer chose 802.15.4 default protocol on the spl…

Awesome! I went with the same USB dongle, so I’ll chime in when it arrives (today or tomorrow I think). As tough as it’s been to decode some of the ST messages, I’m expecting more trouble with this; but a powerful tool.

So anyone got this to work with ST? I picked up one of these and can’t make heads or tails out of the packets it captures.

I think I found why I couldn’t get it to work with ST…not enough treats, and a missing zigbee card… [image] http://fromjia.com/projects/snoopi/

No. Unfortunately they’re encrypted and I can’t figure out how to decrypt them. I’ve tried the Ubiqua software (trial) and porting over to Wireshark hoping one of them could sniff the key, but no success. The common Zigbee key didn’t seem to be right or I input it wrong. Very frustrating!

Just got one of these and it’s an awesome troubleshooting tool for figuring out zigbee network health. Played with it this morning and I already see proof of what I suspected, one part of the house is having trouble with the ZigBee network because of wifi interference. I also am detecting zigbee d…

Hi Sticks18, Did you figure out how to decrypt them yet? I used Wireshark, and I can see information except the payload, which I believe is encrypted as it does not match any value with the commands I sent. Let me know!

No, sorry. My sniffer has been collecting dust for quite a while. I think you need to sniff the key exchange when a device joins, but I couldn’t figure it out. You might try @JohnR or @mitchp .

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Got the new sniffer!!

A bit of box overkill?

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