[Deprecated] Xiaomi / Aqara ZigBee device drivers (possibly may no longer be maintained)

[veeceeoh]

@veeceeoh

Very likely. I can try a test with my mailbox in the next week or so (though I'm not sure it's within range of my ZigBee mesh network!)

Range turned out to be an issue, so I haven't completed this test yet. Stay tuned.

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Continuing discussion about the Vibration Sensor beta driver from this post on the Xiaomi devices - are they pairing / staying connected for you? thread.

Xiaomi & Aqara Devices - Pairing & Keeping them connected

I feel bad now. I ported over the ST code for the vibration sensor to HE. At first I set it up on my washing machine/dryer to try do laundry notifications. But like you said, because we can't adjust the sensitivity they were pretty useless. I then moved them to my garage doors. I use them as tilt sensors. They are working great but I had to adjust the margin of error (e=20) as it seemed it wasn't sometimes reporting closed. I think when the door closed it doesn't close exactl…

I can't remember - have you also tried the Hubitat device driver that I ported over from my SmartThings DTH code? I'm not sure how your port compares, but since I worked on both, my intention is to stick with the code for Hubitat I have been working on.

@gavincampbell

At first I set it up on my washing machine/dryer to try do laundry notifications. But like you said, because we can't adjust the sensitivity they were pretty useless.

I then moved them to my garage doors. I use them as tilt sensors. They are working great but I had to adjust the margin of error (e=20) as it seemed it wasn't sometimes reporting closed. I think when the door closed it doesn't close exactly the same and adjusting that allowed it to properly report open/closed. Otherwise I got unknown. They have been working great on my garage doors though.

In theory, using it or laundry notifications should be an appropriate use case for the sensor. I think the key is figuring out how to get the sensitivity level command sent by Hubitat to be recognized. I do know from all my reading that it seems to only accept the command when it has been "awakened" by short-pressing the reset button, or possibly immediately after a check-in/battery report (or other reports). Sending the command doesn't work when a sensor is just sitting idle.

As for the "margin of error" setting, it's clear that needs to be opened up as a user-configurable setting, probably with a default of 10 as I have it now.