<a name="p-3751-note-although-many-users-have-had-great-success-using-them-xiaomi-aqara-zigbee-devices-are-not-officially-supported-or-guaranteed-to-work-on-the-hubitat-elevation-platform-1" class="anchor" href="#p-3751-note-although-many-users-have-had-great-success-using-them-xiaomi-aqara-zigbee-devices-are-not-officially-supported-or-guaranteed-to-work-on-the-hubitat-elevation-platform-1" aria-label="Heading link"> NOTE: Although many users have had great success using them, Xiaomi / Aqara ZigBee devices are NOT officially supported or guaranteed to work on the Hubitat Elevation platform. I am maintaining a collection Xiaomi device drivers for Hubitat in a GitHub repository, at veeceeoh/xiaomi-hubitat . These …

[image] bertabcd1234: some people have created a dedicated Zigbee network just for their Xiaomi devices (and possibly known-good repeaters) to isolate them from problems caused by many standard repeaters. That's what I did and I don't regret it. It was cheaper for me to buy a new hubitat hub …

[image] joel_dj: So not sure they play well. They did on smart things though and rarely dropped with same setup . One thing you could try is to unplug any "bad" repeaters during pairing of the Xiaomi devices. This will force them to either connect directly to the hub or to go through a "good"…

Yeah well said. I'll have to either invest or get lucky with finding some Iris ones thanks

Or, if you have patience, you could wait to see what happens in the next month when the new Aqara devices (Zigbee 3.0 compliant?) come out. If they are as inexpensive as past models and are repeater agnostic, it could be a game-changer for a lot of folks.

I wasn't aware thanks! Will look them up!

[image] Xiaomi Aqara announced the anticipated Zigbee 3.0 line up today 🛎️ Get Help The long anticipated Zigbee 3.0 Xiaomi Aqara lineup was announced today, despite a few of their updated hubs and products already shipping with Zigbee 3.0. I'm anxious to get my hands on t…

I only have 1 but it's been connected for probably 6 months now and never dropped. I also have a couple of xbees but I think the leak sensor is connected directly to the hub, not through an xbee repeater.

I also have done problematic xiaomi devices with my 3asmart devices as repeaters. Drives me crazy.

Let's start a club. Ha. Keen to find out if the new ones will resolve the issues. It's not clear.

Looked at this, but it still talks about “T1” devices. Those aren’t the new (3.0) ones right?

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

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