[OBSOLETE] Xiaomi Sensors and Button (beta)

[cozdabuch (Cosmo)]

So there’s physical limitation on the door sensors on metal doors. Here’s my post on the other thread.

[OBSOLETE] Xioami Zigbee Door/Window Sensor, Motion Sensor, & Smart Button Device Type

Something to report about the door sensors. They don’t play nice on metal (sliding) doors. I mounted a stable sensor and it instantly began acting strangely. I replaced a zwave sensor with this, but it has trouble, see below. When opened, it would show (and log concurred), it would open, close and open. The 1st 2 would happen extremely quickly. Staying open would take about 1.5 sec. The exact same thing happened in reverse. It would close, open, close. And the final close would take about 1.5 sec. Also, the blue LED would flash as well with open/close, like when the device is not paired. I popped it off, and in my hand not 2’ from where it was previously, it functioned normally, instantaneously. I trusted it 10x, operated as normal. Put the sensor back on door, immediately had the sa…