I have the Smartthings hub 2018 v3 connected through WiFi. I bought the Xiaomi Aqara leak sensors. For the life of me I cannot get them to show up as discoverable devices through the smart things app. I have read all of the step by step posts. I have pressed the sensors button every way possible. I …

Which SmartThings app are you using?

I am using the new smartthings app. Not the classic.

[image] Zudz: I am using the new smartthings app. Not the classic. Kind of obvious what is coming next… Try using the classic app? I’m not sure the Xiaomi devices can even be controlled in the new app, never mind discover them.

When you press on top of the sensor, you see a blue light blinking inside?

Yes I do. I’ve tried poking it every which way. Still never shows up.

The only time the version of the app will affect joining of a Zigbee device is when you are attempting to perform a Zigbee 3 join as Zigbee 3 join flow is not supported in the classic app. The primary difference between joining a Zigbee 3 device and joining a Zigbee HA device is that a Zigbee 3 devi…

Ok great! That sounds really promising. Per the firmware update email we received, I will wait until my hub is updated with version 24 tomorrow the 11 th. Will let you know.

I had the same problem with a zwave sensor from homeseer. Requires a device handler. I found out the new st app doesn’t support it. I tried the st classic app and it found the device immediately.

So I got the 24 update. The devices still would not add. I then went and tried the classic app. One thing I noticed was when in pairing mode in classic app, the hubs green light would blink. When I left painting mode in classic app the green light on hub would stop blinking. Doing the same thing on …

Seems to be what I have found as well. Thx.

Xiaomi Aqara leak sensor won’t connect to ST hub v3

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BroderickCarlin (Broderick Carlin) October 15, 2018, 7:51pm 16

That really is quite odd as if you see the green blinking light there should be no difference between if you are in the new app or the classic app. I will look into this but glad to hear you got everything to pair!

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