ConBee

SD-card images

Our images for the Raspberry Pi provide the easiest start into the Zigbee world and contain the pre-installed deCONZ software as well as the Phoscon App.

System requirements

Raspberry Pi (all models, except Pico)
ConBee, ConBee II, ConBee III, RaspBee, RaspBee II or Phoscon Gateway
8 GB SD-card (we recommend at least class 10)

Downloads

Installation

The following instructions are also available as a Youtube video.

Download and start the Raspberry Pi Imager on the website www.raspberrypi.com/software
Insert the SD card into the PC or SD card reader
Choose OS: Select Use custom
Select image: Select downloaded SD card image
Storage: Select SD card drive
Use OS Customisation: Click No if the default settings are OK, e.g. if an Ethernet cable is used. The default username and password will be used. Otherwise click Yes to adjust the settings: hostname, username, password, WLAN, time zone and keyboard layout and press save.
Write: Start copying
Remove SD card from card slot (eject in Windows Explorer → right-click on the drive letter and select Eject)
Insert micro SD card into the SD card slot of the Raspberry Pi
Connect USB cable to the Raspberry Pi, the operating system starts automatically after about three seconds and is ready for use after about a minute

Beta channel

When switching to the beta channel of the deCONZ APT repository, the newest deCONZ beta version will be installed during update process.

sudo sh -c  "echo 'deb http://phoscon.de/apt/deconz \
            generic-beta main' > \
            /etc/apt/sources.list.d/deconz.list"

Homebridge Image

We recommend using the official Homebridge Raspbbery Pi Image for the use of deCONZ together with Homebridge.

Homebridge Raspberry Pi Image

Homebridge - How To Install deCONZ for ConBee or RaspBee

Login via SSH

The login through SSH allows access to the Raspberry Pi via terminal. On Linux and macOS this can be done via terminal. For Windows, Putty provides the same functionality, it can be downloaded from https://putty.org.

User	pi
Password	raspbeegw

Login via VNC

The desktop based images can also be viewed without monitor, the graphical login can be done from another PC via VNC. The RealVNC Viewer is required for the VNC login. It can be downloaded from https://www.realvnc.com/download/viewer.

User	pi
Password	raspbeegw