Smart-home setup · box hunt
Six bits of your Amazon order are the smart-home gear. Here's what each looks like and exactly what's printed on the box — so you grab the right one without unboxing the lot. Start with the two below.
SONOFF Zigbee dongle
The hub. It's the radio that lets the 4090 talk to every Zigbee gadget.
➜Plug it into a USB port on the 4090. It's the only stick in your whole order with an antenna — hard to mix up.
Zigbee RGB bulb
The light you'll actually switch on and off from the iPad.
➜Screw it into a lamp near the 4090 and switch it on. Check the base fits your lamp — twist-in (screw) or push-and-turn (bayonet).
Zigbee smart plug
Makes anything you plug into it switchable — and it measures the power it draws.
Zigbee scene button
One press fires a routine — e.g. "all lights off".
Zigbee contact sensor
Two parts that sense open/closed — a door or a drawer.
WiFi IR blaster
Controls old remote gear (TV, aircon). Note: this one's WiFi, not Zigbee.
Your order also has webcams, mics, an ESP32, sensors and speakers — none of those are what we want right now. The smart-home ones nearly always print the word Zigbee on the box, and usually a line like "hub / gateway required".
The SONOFF dongle is the odd one out — it's the only piece that goes into the PC, and the only USB stick with an aerial. Find that and a bulb and you're set.
Plug the SONOFF dongle into the 4090, put the bulb in a lamp and switch it on — then tell me dongle's in and I'll take it from there.
Illustrations show shape & size only — the sure check is the text printed on the box.