# How do I give Home Automation access to my zigbee stick?

**URL:** <https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-do-i-give-home-automation-access-to-my-zigbee-stick/2503>\
**Category:** Support and Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [August 10, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-do-i-give-home-automation-access-to-my-zigbee-stick/2503 "2021-08-10T06:48:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![floristotle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/floristotle/32/355_2.png) [@floristotle](https://community.umbrel.com/u/floristotle)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2021, 6:48am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-do-i-give-home-automation-access-to-my-zigbee-stick/2503/1 "2021-08-10T06:48:58Z")

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I would like to use a zigbee usb stick with home assistant. How can I give the container access to the usb stick? In other words how can I expose the zigbee stick to the container?

Stick from Slaesh: CC2652RB

**Update 1:** with ssh I changed the docker-compose.yml in ~/umbrel/apps/home-assistant and added:

```
    devices:
      - /dev/ttyUSB0:/dev/ttyUSB0

```

After adding the zigbee home automation integration I got the following error messages:

```
[547803496608] Received invalid command: zha/configuration
9:10:20 – (ERROR) Home Assistant WebSocket API - message first occurred at 9:10:15 and shows up 3 times

Error setting up entry slae.sh cc2652rb stick - slaesh's iot stuff - slae.sh cc2652rb stick - slaesh's iot stuff, s/n: 00_12_4B_00_23_90_D9_90 - Silicon Labs for zha
9:09:24 – (ERROR) components/zha/core/gateway.py

Couldn't start application
9:09:24 – (ERROR) /usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/zigpy/application.py

Setup of input_boolean is taking over 10 seconds.
9:05:51 – (WARNING) /usr/local/lib/python3.9/asyncio/events.py - message first occurred at 9:05:46 and shows up 2 times

```

I am now going to try to resolve these errors. All help is welcome! 😃

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**Author:** ![floristotle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/floristotle/32/355_2.png) [@floristotle](https://community.umbrel.com/u/floristotle)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-do-i-give-home-automation-access-to-my-zigbee-stick/2503/2 "2021-08-14T16:03:40Z")

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**Update 3:** I managed to update the zigbee stick to its latest firmware and everything seems to be working now.

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**Author:** ![mssv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ab097/32.png) [@mssv](https://community.umbrel.com/u/mssv)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-do-i-give-home-automation-access-to-my-zigbee-stick/2503/3 "2022-06-18T17:31:26Z")

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Hi!  
I dicsovered HA this morning. It seems that for some use cases I will need to plug a Zigbee stick as well.  
How do you reach the docker-compose?  
There is no other way through their interface?

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**Author:** ![floristotle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/floristotle/32/355_2.png) [@floristotle](https://community.umbrel.com/u/floristotle)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 11:51am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-do-i-give-home-automation-access-to-my-zigbee-stick/2503/4 "2022-08-15T11:51:28Z")

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> [@floristotle](#):
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> I would like to use a zigbee usb stick with home assistant. How can I give the container access to the usb stick? In other words how can I expose the zigbee stick to the container?

You can reach it via ssh. That is how I did it and the navigate to the file location and edit it with the nano file editor.

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**Author:** ![maximal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@maximal](https://community.umbrel.com/u/maximal)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/how-do-i-give-home-automation-access-to-my-zigbee-stick/2503/5 "2023-02-05T09:55:26Z")

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> [@floristotle](#):
>
> ick? In other words how can I expose the zigbee stick to the container?
> 
> Stick from Slaesh: CC2652RB
> 
> **Update 1:** with ssh I changed the

Hi, I find docker-compose.yml in ~/umbrel/app-data/home-assistant and I added:

```auto
    devices:
      - /dev/ttyUSB0:/dev/ttyUSB0

```

but seem doesn’t work, after modified docker-compose.yml I restart umbel to load new setup, but home assistant icon in umbrel continue to blink and I can’t find home assistant at it’s link