tedrpi
February 14, 2018, 2:02pm
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I’m using a cheap Aqara Temperature Humidity Sensor under my porch to monitor temp/humidity. It works great, and is accurate based on a comparison to my desk Oregon Scientific sensor and the AccuWeather virtual device. For ~$10 its worth a try, GearBest runs specials all the time.
https://www.gearbest.com/access-control/pp_626702.html
There’s community DH that works great and has significant support.
Here is the official LATEST Xiaomi Zigbee Sensor Device Handlers.
These are developed originally from @a4refillpad
The device handlers are located in GitHub here:
or can be brought in via the GitHub integration by using these settings:
Owner: bspranger
Name: Xiaomi
Branch: master
These sensors are very sensitive. Drop offs are usually a result of the Xiaomi sensor trying to repeat through a zigbee router. They do not handle it well. Therefore when pairing you need to make sure all other zigbee routing devices are off and that the device is pairing directly to the hub.
Also interference on the 2.4 frequency band can be an issue. I had to move my wifi channels so they did not interfere with my zigbee. There are many devices on the 2.4 range (baby monitors, cordless phones, bluetoot…
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