I know I did not research my new vibration sensor prior to purchasing, but here I am. I have 2 new AQARA vibration sensors (DJT11LM).
I have found old posts talking about custom drivers, and I have added 2 different versions. I add both for testing, but I see nothing that tells me they are even linked to the device.
The sensor isn't much to it, but the onboard LED ONLY lights if I press an onboard button. So after I create the virtual device, how do I attempt to sync the device to the driver?
I realize it's not truly supported, but I am hopeful this isn't a fruitless experiment.
You don't need to create a virtual device. When you pair the Aqara vibration sensor to HE, a device will be created automatically during the Zigbee pairing process.
Try pairing the sensor again, at close proximity to the hub. Then post a screenshot of the device 'Current States' and a screenshot of the device "Data" sections, this will give some clues what could be wrong.
Note, that the LED will not light on when there is vibration. You can observe the 'Current States' on the device web page, depending on the driver used you should see either 'acceleration' or 'motion' attributes changing.
Ive got a bunch if Aqara stuff that I didnt research that I refuse to put back on my mesh. Oddness creeps into the mesh with the older Aqara stuff. The solution was to spin up a Home Assistant instance and share the devices to Hubitat. Its a shame really, Aqara has a well priced and diverse product lineup.
Yeah. The Aqara devices are not 100% compatible. Typically, whether they work or not may depend upon the type of repeaters you have in your system. Initially, I was relying on a couple of older Smartthings and Centralite HA1.2 plugs as repeaters. The Aqara devices refused to stay connected. I replaced those plugs with Zigbee 3.0 certified smartplugs and te devices now work. Unfortunately, I would have been better off financially had I tossed the Aqara devices in the electronic recycle bin. Thus, I do not plan to purchase any more sensors from Aqara.
Unfortunately, there are very few vibration sensors available. I have some older Smartthings multisensors that have accelerometers. I also have a Moe's Tuya technology vibration sensor that is Zigbee 3.0 certified. However, that has to be ordered direct from China. There are other brands of Tuya devices that should be similar, but Moe's is the only one I have tried.
Good to know it's not virtual, I have tried adding Zigbee again and one of the sensors was "found" fairly quickly but the timer completely ran out without completing. I am currently less than a foot away from the hub.
If it doesn't work, put a fresh battery cell inside the device, if you are still using the one that came with the sensor. Very often these batteries are the cause of the initial Zigbee pairing problems. They don't have the power capacity needed for the extensive communication during the initialization, although if you check them with a voltmeter that may show 3V.
OH, I really liked the new battery thought... I thought it odd the batteries shipped with nothing preventing contact, like ALL MY OTHER SONOFF SENSORS I've received. I happened to remember I had one of these batteries left over and it's now connected, well it found and added the device. Testing will be the next phase, but clearly, I need another battery to try the same process as the other one.
Ok, I confirm replacing both batteries managed to make this work. Now I see they are set to sensitivity low, which means I need to hold in my hand and shake to cause motion. I saw the option to Enable sensitivity level change command 'buttons'., which is now active, but doesn't seem to be able to change to either Medium or High. Has anyone been able to adjust this? or am I even overthinking? I plan on putting on my washing machine and dryer. Is that even needed?
I had these on my washer and dryer. They didn't work well to detect cycle starts and ends. I switched to using power monitoring instead, which works very well. Of course, YMMV.
Totally agree with @aaiyar. The xiaomi's are not particularly sensitive and not useful for knock sensing unless it's quite a hard knock. They do do quite well at tilt sensing (garage doors).
If you want a sensitive vibration sensor, try the Tuya vibration sensor. I use one with a jewelry box. I have it set on a sensitivity of 3 out of 5 and it will still pick up vibration if someone bumps against the heavy dresser on which the j
jewelry box rests.
I have a stash of ST multipurpose sensors from when they were being discontinued (for dirt cheap). I have them on windows as shock sensors to trigger HSM.
