Xiaomi Aqara light switches - no neutral required?

@hongtat when you say push button, those that mean its like a door bell ie the button goes in and straight back out?

@PailOckenden there seems to be two types of backs to these. One claims to be a european back but round, which may suit all countries outside the british isles.

Yes. It’s like a door bell type switch.

It’s a 86x86.

Has anybody tried these wall switches yet?

@PBrain, no one has mentioned that they have tried them in ST and AFAIK there is no public available DH. They have been used with Home Assistant and the User was happy with these switches.

Yep this was what I had assumed. However, given that various invididuals have been furiously working on DHs for all the other Xiaomi devices…I Just wondered if we were any further forward with the wall switches…

I got mine yesterday. But the problem is I have a round hole and the Aqara is square. I hoped that it would fit either way but it did’nt, Kept it hanging out and plugged it in, ST dont recognize it as a thing. Did’nt waste to much time on it, so dont know if it works with a device handler or not.

@Niclas_Walter, there are two versions the round one and the square one, perhaps they just sent you the wrong one.!!!

@aronteh in this thread Xiaomi Aqara Zigbee Switch DTH--help needed is attempting to build a DTH for the switch, but is looking for assistance.

I do not know if it can be useful, but I found this to allow connection with several xiaomi deviceshttps://github.com/aholstenson/miio

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I received one QBKG04LM switch from AliExpress, it will not pair with the hub and does not show up as a thing. However the hub is seeing the switch and capturing on/off events in the IDE live log when the switch is pressed. For some reason the Hub IDE log reports the events back against “Smart Connect TV”.

I have tried several device handlers with no success, heres what the log is seeing.

79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 21:07:25: debug non-TV event on/off: 0
79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 21:07:25: debug non-TV event on/off: 0
79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 21:06:34: debug non-TV event catchall: 0104 0000 01 01 0100 00 B785 00 01 115F 0A 01 01FF42296410016510006E20016F20FF0121E40C03281D05210900082112260A2100009923000000009B210000
79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 21:06:22: debug getChildDevices(false), children=1
79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 21:06:22: debug getChildDevices(false), children=1
79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 21:06:20: debug non-TV event on/off: 0
79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 21:06:20: debug non-TV event on/off: 1
79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 21:01:22: debug getChildDevices(false), children=1
79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 21:00:56: debug non-TV event catchall: 0104 0000 01 01 0100 00 B785 00 01 115F 0A 01 01FF42296410006510006E20006F20FF0121E40C03281D05210900082112260A2100009923000000009B210000
79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 20:56:26: debug non-TV event on/off: 0
79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 20:56:25: debug non-TV event on/off: 0
79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 20:56:22: debug getChildDevices(false), children=1
79275e41-6654-4a22-9aa5-3c0ae7cae15a 20:55:10: debug non-TV event catchall: 0104 0000 01 01 0100 00 B785 00 01 115F 0A 01 01FF42296410016510006E20016F20FF0121E40C03281D05210900082112260A2100009923000000009B210000

Just wondering - how have you tried different device handlers if it won’t pair as a Thing?

There’s probably a reset method for it, have you tried switching it on and off 5 times?

Have you taken a look at this, now you have the CatchAll?

You should be able to add it manually through the IDE. I did that with my first Xiaomi buttons, worked a treat, And still connected.

A DTH was created for these switchs, see this thread Device Handler for Aqara Wired Wall Switch

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Work perfectly, and as a repeater for neutral version. Need a deep box. I have v3 hub and had to use classic app

Can these switches be used on a two way setup
Thank you in advance for any help you can give

I couldn’t be bothered fitting a deeper box, used a light switch surround which sits in between the switch and the wall thus giving those few extra mm without having to fit a new back box and all the mess that entails!

As this is a UK thread I thought it might worth mentioning that Aqara have finally released a hub with a UK plug!

See - https://homekitnews.com/2019/08/10/aqara-officially-announce-uk-homekit-hub/

Does anyone have any recommendations for UK resellers? I have no interest in messing about with Alibaba.

Has a UK part number, probably worth asking the seller.

Found on eBay by searching and specifying that the item is located in the UK.

Video’s on youtube show that the LED lights blink after every few seconds… that sounds logical based on how the switch would continue to consume low power and to close the circuit would have to send that through the connected LED lights…

does anyone experience that?

I am struggling to find a solution to not having to replace my 10 gu10 ceiling lights with smart lights… that would probably not last as long as a reliable switch with decent non-smart gu10’s