# Zigbee2mqtt how to set up

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/zigbee2mqtt-how-to-set-up/57006>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** zigbee\
**Created:** [21 January 2022 10:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/zigbee2mqtt-how-to-set-up/57006 "2022-01-21T10:34:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![juntiedt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/juntiedt/32/58357_2.png) [@juntiedt](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/juntiedt)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2022 10:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/zigbee2mqtt-how-to-set-up/57006/1 "2022-01-21T10:34:43Z")

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I am starting with sonoff dongle and zigbee2mqtt.  
For my first steps I got a LEDVANCE Classic E27 MULTICOLOR.

I am able to switch on and off, brightness, color temp, and colour with node-red mqtt nodes.  
But I don't understand how the bridge and the other nodes of node-red-contrib-zigbee2mqtt works.

I would very much appreciate getting some help or a sample flows

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2022 14:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/zigbee2mqtt-how-to-set-up/57006/2 "2022-01-21T14:56:30Z")

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I can't answer your question, but just saying that I don't use that node. I use the standard MQTT nodes with zigbee2mqtt, rather than using a non-core node. For me the contrib node doesn't do anything particularly useful.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2022 15:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/zigbee2mqtt-how-to-set-up/57006/3 "2022-01-21T15:50:12Z")

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Yes, especially if you use the "experimental" flag to get individual topics in Zigbee2MQTT in addition to the aggregate JSON topic.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [22 March 2022 15:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/zigbee2mqtt-how-to-set-up/57006/4 "2022-03-22T15:50:39Z")

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