Connecting b-parasite through Zigbee router

[ZehelSitchel]

I have 10 b-parasite boards running the Zigbee firmware. I want to move them away form the coordinator but any time I move them away they just disconnect. Except for 1 that connected to 1 of the 4 Third Reality Smart Plugs that are also Zigbee routers.

I've re-flashed them, set them directly next to the same smart plug as the other 1 has connected to, pulled the battery for 10 seconds then reconnected, factory reset by bridging gnd and rst 2 times, removed them from Zigbee2MQTT, and re-paired.

Is anyone else using a router with their b-parasites? Any recommendations to get them to connect to a router instead of the coordinator?

My coordinator is the HomeAssistant Sky Connect.

[rbaron]

Hi @ZehelSitchel. I have a few of them around the house, and they seem to work okay and (re-)connect to routers, even after I move them to different rooms. Note that they may take a while (O(minutes) maybe?) to reconnect, as they are a low duty sleepy end device. For example:

I'm running ZHA + SkyConnect.

[ZehelSitchel]

Maybe I'm being to aggressive and need to connect and move them one at a time.

I'd hate to have to roll back to ZHA, but I'll give that a go as well. Could be something with Zigbee2MQTT.