Which Aqara devices work with ST

Devices & Integrations
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Hi,

I have a bunch of old Aqara devices (bought them 7-8 years ago), and i’d like to know if any of them are still compatible with ST. I’ve been trying to add them without much success, but other people seem to enroll them just fine.

Motion sensor
Water sensor (that one i managed to make it work with MC driver)
Temperature sensor
Door/Window sensor

So before i throw them away, is there any way to make them work in ST?

I’m using ST v2 but also own an v3 in a drawer

Thank you!

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Assuming you have a solid zigbee network you can get just about every aqara device to work with ST, HA or Google Home.

Within ST I currently have 16 aqara devices all registered without dropping. For devices at the edge of my zigbee coverage i leverage ikea plugs for zigbee repeaters. For example, the contact sensor labeled Dryer is at the edge of the z network with an ikea plug in between so signaling is not an issue.

On google home i currently use an aqara contact sensor plys a zone from the FP2 presence detection sensor to turn on six different Govee gaming lights, activate a fan via a switchbot button pusher and turn on my xbox via a script i wrote in Google Home Script Editor.

In ST i use a Zooz Zen15 power monitoring plug to send a notification via SmartThings when my washer is done. For the dryer i use an aqara contact sensor on the dial to send out a ST notification when the dryer finishes a cycle.

The point being, for the most part you can get just about anything working with anything assuming you have a stable delivery path.

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Thanks for your answer.

I do have a solid Wigbee network, but I just can’t manage to add the Aqara sensors. Even if I try right next to the ST hub, it just won’t detect my door sensors or motion sensors.

Is there a specific driver you need to install first? Do you need the ST v3 hub? Or the Aqara hub?

Thanks

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@frederixxw , i use marianos drivers for my aqara devices: contact MC, motion sensor MC, etc. if a device is not identified, you can install zigbee thing Mc, get the fingerprint through AWA interface and request to Mariano to add the new fingerprint to the driver.

Also, you can try Yakovs drivers

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A few years ago i posted a tips and tricks type article here.

If those steps dont help you then either post here or dm with issues you are seeing and ill help

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It won’t detect my door/window sensors. I’ve followed your steps. The only difference is the hub, I have the v2 installed. So you think using the v3 would help?

Thanks

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What is the specific model number of your contact sensor?

Do you have an aqara hub and is it registered there already?

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It’s the SLMWD17. They used to connect just fine.

Yes, they might have been registered in an Award hub. Should I unpair them there first?

Edit: I unpaired them from Aqara hub and still no go

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I think my devices are just too old.

For the motion sensors, I was able to add in the RTCGO11LM but couldn’t get the older RTCGQO1LM to get detected.

Would probably work just fine if I get newer Aqara devices.

Thanks for your help, very appreciated

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Here’s what happened since my last message.

I couldn’t get the old Aqara/Xiaomi devices to work, so i tried one last thing.

Press 5 secs on each till they start blinking and as soon as they stopped, i press a single time every 1-2 secs. They were eventually all discovered by ST. So one long click, then a quick click every second (close to the hub to make sure).

Only had to do it on very old sensors as the newer ones were all discovered after the 5 secs click.

Thanks again.

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