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Raspberry Pi 3B + X820 + Skyconnect


  • Hello guys,

    I have a raspberry pi 3b paired with an x820 board (with a 120gb SSD) which hosts my home assistant instance. Recently i bought the original usb zigbee dongle sold by home assistant, skyconnect.  The problem comes when i connect the usb dongle and i try to boot. The raspberry pi green led and also the blue led from x820 board blinks once then nothing happens. What i realized, on booting/rpi restart, i need to disconnect the usb dongle for a few seconds from the rpi to let the rpi to recognize the x820 board/ssd. After that the setup works creat. 

    Is there a solution to fix this issue on boot?

    Thanks!



  • That's an interesting issue! Could it be a power draw problem at startup, perhaps exceeding the Pi's USB current limit initially? I wonder if using a powered USB hub for the SkyConnect might alleviate the boot issue. It's curious that disconnecting and reconnecting resolves it. 


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