So decided to try again with the xiaomi sensors, currently messing with a button, can get it to pair but seems to have a different net I’d every time?
So when paired nothing I do registers, if I delete the device I can see on and off in the hub logs, can’t see a net I’d in the hub logs though , so I can pair all the devices but they do nothing any ideas?
If you reset the sensor can take a new Network ID. Especially if the device has been deleted. The Zigbee ID will stay the same though as this is a hardware address.
Weird things is i can pair them fine they just do not do anything, i wonder if ant other decice handlers are causing a problem, i even tried with my hue hub off?
Gonna completly reset my smartthings later and try again, as none of the Xiaomi bits i got work something is affecting them
Hi @chippie
I had a few comments with you a few weeks back about you losing you’re xiaomi devices, I still had all mine working , I’ve been on my hols and been having a catch up and seems your been online now.
So I guess that’s why mine were working and yours not as I have the ST outlet which I presume is connecting to these.
I’ll have to remember that
It sure looks that way, that the outlet kept them alive.Not sure how much more you have read but they also reverted the zigbee radio back to what is was previously and now hopefully going forward ST will be able to keep them going with future updates. I think they now have a better understanding of what happened and what was changed to cause the issue in the first place.
I have a single outlet now which will remain connected in the loft so should the worst come to the worst hopefully the sensors will just hop on-board it.
Yeah cheers I did
No I didn’t see that about the radio that’s good news.
I did read something a while back explaining repeaters.
It did say with zigbee once it connects to a repeater it stays with it till the death even if you move the repeater as far away as the signal allows and even if you have a newer stronger repeater closer , Only a hub reboot and powering of the repeater will force it to swap to a new one.
But with z wave it will auto connect to the strongest signal.
That may be all wrong but worth remembering if needed.
It’s the other way around. Zigbee devices may reroute based on signal strength. Classic zwave Devices have a fixed neighbor table which only gets updated if you run as a zwave repair utility. Which is why there is a zwave repair utility.
The newest Z wave devices can take advantage of what are called “explorer frames” which could help map new routes without waiting for the utility to run. But zigbee devices already had a similar ability.
Does anyone know the temp range for these Xiaomi sensors ? I finally got mine working, but when testing and placed one in the freezer it went to over 220 degrees F right after it went below freezing (32 degrees F). I’ve seen a couple places online where it reads -20 to 60 degrees C, but that is obviously incorrect or my specific unit is defective. Thx.
If it has been a while since you added the device handler try updating it. @ArstenA added changes (see post #812) which should fix this issue. There was some brief discussion about it way back in the thread somewhere, without going back through the thread I think it’s safe to say your device isn’t defective but the specs are innacurate.
Sure looks like the current version of the DH, and I just added it today when I received the devices. I’ve also had 2 of the 3 just drop off the network and had to re-add them from scratch. Should I remove the DH and re-add it ?
So I’m now using the DH that identifies itself as the “Xiaomi Aqara Temperature Humidity Sensor” … I have 2 sensors working now, one reporting battery, the other isn’t. Yet. I just paired it. Maybe takes some time to calculate ? The sensor is reporting and updating appropriately.
I would appreciate a bit more guidance or input if everyone doesn’t mind. So I’ve deleted 2 of the 3 of these devices and re-added them numerous times today. 1 has been working all day long - no problem. Changes/updates temp and shows battery. The other 2 devices will always connect initially, report just fine for a couple hours, then basically stop updating. Only way to get them back is delete and re-add as a device under the “Xiaomi Aqara Temperature Humidity Sensor” DH. While they always report temp/humidity changes during the functional few hours, the battery generally never reports except for maybe “1%” and then never changes. Any idea why I’m getting this temporary limited functionality on just 2 of these ? Thanks.