Aqara FP1E Pairing Issue

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Hey! So, I bought an Aqara FP1E sensor to test it out with Hubitat. It paired easily, and worked flawlessly with the native driver!
…so I ordered 3 more thinking it would solve all my presence sensor problems! However, NONE of the new ones will connect or pair AT ALL, no matter what I do!
Has anyone experienced anything like this, or able to shed any light on what is happening/causing this?! I am so confused!!!

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Kind of hard to make any suggestions without knowing what you have tried.

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Have you tried double luck voodoo?

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Yeah, that’s fair! I was just putting it out there in a vague way in case someone had the same situation, and had managed to solve it.

I have paired it; paired it again (tried both deleting it, or just pairing it again without deleting), I have tried every driver I can find or install, I have rebooted the hub, shut it down and waited, rebooted and tried to pair immediately, rebuilt the network, tried different zigbee channels…
Sometimes it gets stuck initializing, and sometimes I can get it to pair, but it doesn’t show any motion status. If I use a different driver I can get a (non-functional) motion status to appear, but it does not change with the sensor. I really don’t understand why the first one worked, but none of the others do, even after repeating the same things that worked for the first one I tried.

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Thank you @John_Land I will try that! I have tried all of those steps separately, but not sure I have done it in that order! :crossed_fingers::crossed_fingers:

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SOLUTION: (Well... It worked for me 3 x in a row anyway). Posting this in case anyone else ends up in the strange set of circumstances that I did, and literally nothing else worked...

This is essentially based on the double luck voodoo that @John_Land recommended, but for me required an extra step/slight modification to get it to work:

  1. Position the FP1E Close-ISH to the Hub: I found it did not work if it was too close. Around 10-15 feet from my (C-8 Pro) Hub seemed to work best for me.

  2. Rebuild the Zigbee Network twice:
    Go to Settings > Zigbee Details on your Hubitat interface.
    Click the "Rebuild Network" button.
    Wait for the process to complete; the button will become clickable again once finished.

  3. Click the 'Rebuild Network' button a second time and allow the process to complete.

  4. Initiate 'Direct' Pairing Mode:

  • Go to Devices > Add Device > Zigbee.
  • Below the 'Start Zigbee Pairing' button, Select the option to "Pair while trying to avoid Zigbee 3.0 repeaters" and confirm your choice.

  1. Plug in Sensor

  2. Once the pairing countdown has started, Hold down the button on the back of the sensor for around 6 seconds until the LED has flashed a few times.

  3. Release the button for around 2 seconds, then press and HOLD the button again until AFTER the device has COMPLETELY finished pairing, and you have finished naming the device. (I skipped 'assigning it to a room' until after pairing, just in case that made a difference).

  4. Click "Show Device Details", THEN release the sensor button. Hopefully it'll just work now...

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Glad that all worked!

Also, what can help for some battery powered devices (for example, Aqara contact sensors, some Tuya temp & humidity sensors) is to remove the device battery for 10 seconds just before your step 4.

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I had trouble too and followed these directions. I tried over and over again for a full day and was frustrated. Then I came across this post. This worked. I believe the trick was to press the button a second time during when Hubitat was initializing the pairing because I did have a false pairing before that. Thanks.

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Damon,
I'm glad to hear this helped someone else! Yes, I had many iterations of false pairing and unresponsive pairing until I discovered that step. It's awesome to know it worked for you too! Happy automating!