Is Zigbee Fixed on the C8?

[abraham]

@rlithgow1

A lot of people have the aqara and xiaomi stuff drop off. They don't quite properly follow the zigbee protocol 100%. People have used ikea repeaters to stabelize... YMMV.... I gave up on them and sonoff. I got Moes and they've been rock solid.

Same here. I sold all my aqara stuff, and I'm considering moving into Moes, after reading some opinions. Your voice is only confirming my initial choice.

[rlithgow1]

My favorites are NYCE and the xfinity for contact sensors...

[abraham]

@rlithgow1

My favorites are NYCE and the xfinity for contact sensors...

I recently found very nice looking "MEIAN" Door Window Sensors (DW01), and I will give them a chance, I did not test them yet. Reasonably small, and looks in modern way.

They are looking that way.

They cost approx 10 € / pcs, when buying them is 6x pack.

[rlithgow1]

@abraham

MEIAN

These are the xfinity, really small

[abraham]

@rlithgow1

@abraham

MEIAN

These are the xfinity, really small

They are looking nice too, thanks for sharing them with us.

[rlithgow1]

Buy them in lots of 10 on eBay new, they average $4.00 each

[rlithgow1]

These are at $5

Lot of 10 XFINITY Security Visonic XHS2-UE Door Window Sensor Zigbee...

[abraham]

@rlithgow1

These are at $5

And they are mostly in USA. For USA citizens they are indeed good choice, but when adding cost of shipment and import fees, for EU citizens they will cost only a bit less than buying other from china / ali express.

[rlithgow1]

Didn't realize you were in the EU

[rjterry21]

What's your battery life on these? I've seen reports they chew through batteries every 4 months.

[rlithgow1]

All of mine have been in around 9 months now and show in the 90's for battery. (stock battery). I monitor them for drop off and none have. So far my best zigbee devices. (along with my NYCE sensors)

[anthony4]

+1 on this issue. I am having the same issues with adding new Zigbee devices and having the Zigbee radio fall offline and be irrecoverable until a reboot of the hub.

C8 Issues with Adding and Controlling Sengled Devices

Another thing to note on this, My Zigbee Radio keeps failing and/or crashing. It is up for a couple of days, then all of a sudden I can't control any Zigbee devices. I log onto the Hubitat and find that the Radio is stuck on Initializing / Initialising. I try to rebuild, reboot the radio from the Hubitat, nothing restores it. The logs show that it flipps between offline and online a couple of times before I have logged on to troubleshoot. Only thing that restores the radio to functional is …

[rjterry21]

I'm still seeing this message with this driver.

[jlv]

@abraham

I recently found very nice looking "MEIAN" Door Window Sensors (DW01)

I have one (branded iAlarm). While it works, I wasn't particularly impressed.

Request adding fingerprints for iAlarm/Meian devices

I recently got some iAlarm devices for review (for free) and needed to manually set the type. Here are the fingerprints - maybe they could be added? These are sold by iAlarm, but the manufacturer stamps on the devices is Meian. FWIW, I don't recommend any of these. While the devices all work fine, but I'm not particularly impressed with them. They don't seem to do regular updates, so you'll never know if they stop working. I personally like sensors that report in at least once a day to that I …

[abraham]

@jlv

@abraham

I recently found very nice looking "MEIAN" Door Window Sensors (DW01)

I have one (branded iAlarm). While it works, I wasn't particularly impressed.
Request adding fingerprints for iAlarm/Meian devices

Thanks for info. I will observe them, especially watching status update issues. If I will not be satisfied, then I may decide to use upcoming Aqara sensors, latest generation which supports Matter / Thread.

Edited: I send back "MEIAN" Door Window Sensors (DW01), they was too bulky for me, not fitting my windows.

[PeterontheMoor]

I had the same problem with all new zigbee devices. I switched back to C7 and they all pair.

[andrepinto]

I’m still unable to pair a Tuya thermometer that works flawlessly on C7.

[rlithgow1]

What happens when you try to pair it?

[andrepinto]

It fails pairing (the device is discovered and appears fine but after the initial appearance no further communication.) @mike.maxwell received a sample device and is aware of it. Cc: @kkossev @abraham

[j715]

I just noticed that mine has been doing this for some time.