Aqara Illuminance Sensor T1 - lux not updating

Devices & Integrations
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Hi everyone,

I am trying to get my new Aqara Illuminance Sensor T1 running.
I’m currently using the Zigbee Illuminance Sensor (2024-10-10T18), but the LUX is not changing at all, no matter how close I am holding it to a light. Detection frequency is set to 5 sec. Shall I use another driver (which one)? :thinking:

Device Profile / Name:
battery-illuminance-aqara

Model:
lumi.sen_ill.agl01

I was also trying to search the Smartthings Forum, but only found old articles (like this one) which didn’t help.

Thanks in advance!

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Hi, mine is working fine since then, using same driver than you, as you read already in the old post i had the same issue, it was resolved by connecting the Light Sensor to an Aqara hub, then deleted and paired with smartthings hub again.

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Thanks for sharing! But I don’t have a friend with Aqara hub nearby. :wink:
Is there any other solution like buying an Aqara hub?

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Have you tried pulling the battery out and putting it back in? How about removing and rejoining the sensor?

I have two of the older versions of this sensor, and I’ve had to rejoin them before, but I am using my own Edge driver though.

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Yes, tried it with a new battery’s, too, @johncostantelo. Removed it from ST and added it - no difference.
Maybe any alternative driver available?

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Hi @Frank_n_stein ,

You’re more than welcome to try my Edge driver here:

https://bestow-regional.api.smartthings.com/invite/oxl4AXxvwj13

It doesn’t have battery reporting, and there’s no adjustment for reporting interval, but i can honestly say that I’m well past year 2 on the original batteries and working great.

My version is an exact copy of ST’s from a while back, with the only change being to address fingerprints.

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Thanks @johnconstantelo ! I’ll try it out!

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Not sure if this is related, but three of my Homeseer sensors intermittently stop reporting lux. Changing the driver to the default Z wave one and back on each sensor usually solves the issue. Neither Homeseer nor ST has provided any suggestions except to re pair the sensor, which only worked for a few months. The fact that the timing for their loss of connectivity make me suspect their is a systematic issue, but so far no luck chasing it down.

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Somehow my issue got solved when I removed and added the Sensor again. :white_check_mark:
Thanks for your help anyways!

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