[NEW] Tuya Zigbee Soil Tester

kkossev · July 24, 2024, 5:32am

There is a new Tuya Zigbee Soil Tester (temperature and humidity sensor) available on AliExpress :

AliExpress .us : (link)
AliExpress .com : (link)

Note: that this is the only one Zigbee model that I was able to find at the moment!
There are many other sensors that look similar, but they are have BT interface and can not be paired directly to Hubitat hubs.
If in doubt, ask the seller for a confirmation that what you order is really a Zigbee device.

~~Unlike the previous models (with the three metal probes), this one works very well!~~
EDIT: the soil moisture measurements are suspicious, need more time and more data gathered.

It is now supported in Hubitat - Tuya T/H custom driver. Make sure the driver is updated before you pair this device.

calinatl · July 27, 2024, 3:54am

Can anyone who has used one of these report on how well they work??
How long does the battery last?
Would love something like this that was solar powered...

kkossev · July 27, 2024, 4:52am

I am a bit disappointed with the humidity measurement of his sensor...

This is a 24 hours graph (I should do a weekly graph too), but the soil moisture is supposed to drop lower much faster in my opinion....

user4286 · August 5, 2024, 3:05pm

Mine dont seem to change much either - although I dont have any experience of how much moisture a lawn normally deviates by.

Will continue to monitor.

I do have some nice security camera footage of a fox taking one out of the lawn and giving it a good chew though!

kkossev · August 5, 2024, 4:07pm

Certainly this sensor will need a new dedicated driver … but we need to do some preparation work before that - read the theory of the capacitive moisture sensors , and research how the more expensive sensors of the same capacitive type are post-processing the raw data.

These sensors need some kind of individual calibration. Manual or automatic if possible.

What I noticed is that the humidity readings depend on the depth that the sensor is buried onto the soil.

Also, the soil type affects the readings.

Are you using any graphs in Hubitat?

user4286 · August 6, 2024, 9:01am

Still monitoring to see what is happening.

I am viewing mine via Home Assistant for simplicity.

The sensor on the left and middle are both in the same lawn, just on either sides about 2m apart. Both pushed down to the top of the blade of the sensor. Interesting that we had a storm last night which the one on the left experienced but the other one didnt. Not sure why this would happen. Both sensors seem to be sharing data and connected ok

The one on the right is indoor shoved into a pot among some orchid roots. It hasnt been watered yet and has deviated very little. Probably an expected reading so far.

PunchCardPgmr · August 6, 2024, 11:27pm

I'm following out of hope that one of these low price units will finally be worth the effort but even the ones based on capacitance (like this one) are proving to be unreliable.

There are a handful of youtubers that have run pretty fair testing confirming why the instruments that do this job well for Science & Ag cost many times more than what these coming out of the Ali-mills.

That said, if one came around that was actually fully waterproof, had good radio reach, battery life, and was reasonably accurate at indicting "moist vs dry" at ~5" inches down...I'd be satisfied.

kkossev · August 7, 2024, 4:25am

The reliability of this sensor continues to be questionable to me.

24 hours after the last watering the humidity reading of a pot inside the house remains 100% wet - it is definitely not!

The second pot is on the balcony and 24 hours later is showing a slight increase of the humidity (instead of the expected drop).

user4286 · August 7, 2024, 7:35am

My one in the pot was originally touching the side of the pot. When I moved it properly into the roots (there is no soil) it quickly flipped to 5-6% which is probably more accurate.

I wondered if the material of the pot was causing the probe to over read.

kkossev · August 7, 2024, 9:34am

I am going to crack open one of my 2 sensors in the next few days and check whether what I have received is not among the 82% of faulty sensors on the market... The symptoms are very similar to what is described in detail in this video 2 years ago.

user4286 · August 7, 2024, 10:29am

82% - that is a very precise figure! Was it obtained using a calculator purchased on Ali though?

kkossev · August 7, 2024, 10:34am

Yes - based on many sensors…. And the calculator is 99% from AE too…

Nowadays almost all of this stuff at this price comes from Ali ( AliExpress for the end customers, AliBaba for B2B )

Forgot Amazon - a lot of gadgets also coming from Ali drop-shipping sellers…

PunchCardPgmr · August 7, 2024, 3:18pm

yup, I think that's one of the videos I watched.

TomG · August 8, 2024, 9:44pm

AE delivered two of these today.

Any way to tell if this is one of the flaky sensors?

TZE284_aao3yzhs

healthStatus : online
_info : installed
temperature : 80.7
battery : 70
humidity : 11

The sensor is in a planter in front of the house. I will make a graph of the humidity over 24 hours and report back.

This uses the TL555C chip

TomG · August 11, 2024, 2:46pm

This is a graph of the sensor showing temperature and humidity.

The temperature seems accurate. The humidity is dropping because my wife hasn’t watered the flowers yet.

The forecast calls for rain most of next week. This planter will get wet. Another graph will be posted in a few days.

PunchCardPgmr · August 11, 2024, 8:02pm

I'm surprised there isn't a gasket slotted in there between those case halves. Is that one meant to be used for indoor house plants?

TomG · August 12, 2024, 12:37am

The description is confusing about this.

I assumed the silicone cover would make it weather resistant, but not weatherproof.

jw970065 · September 3, 2024, 6:31am

Hi, kkossev
I tried 2 connections, and I got the results below.

Device pairing info

Manufacturer:	_TZE284_aao3yzhs
Endpoint 01 application:	4D
Endpoint 01 endpointId:	01
Endpoint 01 idAsInt:	1
Endpoint 01 inClusters:	0004,0005,EF00,0000,ED00
Endpoint 01 initialized:	true
Endpoint 01 manufacturer:	_TZE284_aao3yzhs
Endpoint 01 model:	TS0601
Endpoint 01 outClusters:	0019,000A
Endpoint 01 profileId:	0104
Endpoint 01 stage:	4

Can't I connect this product to HE via Matterbridge?

Summary

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:44.096 PMdebug토양 수분온도 측정기 Tuya check-in message (attribute 0001 reported: 4D)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:44.088 PMdebug토양 수분온도 측정기 parse() descMap =[raw:4913010000180100204DE2FF2038E4FF2000, dni:4913, endpoint:01, cluster:0000, size:18, attrId:0001, encoding:20, command:0A, value:4D, clusterInt:0, attrInt:1, additionalAttrs:[[value:38, encoding:20, attrId:FFE2, consumedBytes:4, attrInt:65506], [value:00, encoding:20, attrId:FFE4, consumedBytes:4, attrInt:65508]]] description = read attr - raw: 4913010000180100204DE2FF2038E4FF2000, dni: 4913, endpoint: 01, cluster: 0000, size: 18, attrId: 0001, encoding: 20, command: 0A, value: 4DE2FF2038E4FF2000

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:43.969 PMwarn토양 수분온도 측정기 Unprocessed Tuya cluster command: cluster=EF00 command=11 attrId=null value=null data=[00, 09, 76]

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:43.962 PMdebug토양 수분온도 측정기 parse() descMap =[raw:catchall: 0104 EF00 01 01 0040 00 4913 01 00 0000 11 01 000976, profileId:0104, clusterId:EF00, clusterInt:61184, sourceEndpoint:01, destinationEndpoint:01, options:0040, messageType:00, dni:4913, isClusterSpecific:true, isManufacturerSpecific:false, manufacturerId:0000, command:11, direction:01, data:[00, 09, 76]] description = catchall: 0104 EF00 01 01 0040 00 4913 01 00 0000 11 01 000976

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:43.840 PMdebug토양 수분온도 측정기 NOT PARSED : [raw:49130100000ACFFF214038, dni:4913, endpoint:01, cluster:0000, size:0A, attrId:FFCF, encoding:21, command:0A, value:3840, clusterInt:0, attrInt:65487]

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:43.835 PMdebug토양 수분온도 측정기 parse() descMap =[raw:49130100000ACFFF214038, dni:4913, endpoint:01, cluster:0000, size:0A, attrId:FFCF, encoding:21, command:0A, value:3840, clusterInt:0, attrInt:65487] description = read attr - raw: 49130100000ACFFF214038, dni: 4913, endpoint: 01, cluster: 0000, size: 0A, attrId: FFCF, encoding: 21, command: 0A, value: 4038

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:39.509 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 Temperature scale reported by device is: Celsius

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:39.507 PMtrace토양 수분온도 측정기 dp_id=4 dp=9 fncmd=0 fncmd_len=1 (index=21)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:39.504 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 battery_state (0x0E) is 2

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:39.500 PMtrace토양 수분온도 측정기 dp_id=4 dp=14 fncmd=2 fncmd_len=1 (index=16)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:39.495 PMdebug토양 수분온도 측정기 getBatteryPercentageResult: rawValue = 168 -> 84%

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:39.489 PMtrace토양 수분온도 측정기 dp_id=2 dp=15 fncmd=84 fncmd_len=4 (index=8)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:39.478 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 temperature is 27.5 °C

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:39.460 PMtrace토양 수분온도 측정기 dp_id=2 dp=5 fncmd=275 fncmd_len=4 (index=0)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:39.447 PMdebug토양 수분온도 측정기 parse() descMap =[raw:catchall: 0104 EF00 01 01 0040 00 4913 01 00 0000 02 01 000805020004000001130F020004000000540E040001020904000100, profileId:0104, clusterId:EF00, clusterInt:61184, sourceEndpoint:01, destinationEndpoint:01, options:0040, messageType:00, dni:4913, isClusterSpecific:true, isManufacturerSpecific:false, manufacturerId:0000, command:02, direction:01, data:[00, 08, 05, 02, 00, 04, 00, 00, 01, 13, 0F, 02, 00, 04, 00, 00, 00, 54, 0E, 04, 00, 01, 02, 09, 04, 00, 01, 00]] description = catchall: 0104 EF00 01 01 0040 00 4913 01 00 0000 02 01 000805020004000001130F020004000000540E040001020904000100

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:27.881 PMtrace토양 수분온도 측정기 sendZigbeeCommands(cmd=)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:27.879 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 Debug logging will be turned off after 24 hours

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:27.852 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 Debug logging is true; Description text logging is true

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:27.849 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 Updating 토양 수분온도 측정기 (Tuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock) model TS0601 manufacturer _TZE284_aao3yzhs modelGroupPreference = Auto detect (TS0601_Soil_II)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:27.380 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 Received Write Attribute Response for cluster:0000 , data=[00] (Status: Success)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:27.375 PMdebug토양 수분온도 측정기 parse() descMap =[raw:catchall: 0104 0000 01 01 0040 00 4913 00 00 0000 04 01 00, profileId:0104, clusterId:0000, clusterInt:0, sourceEndpoint:01, destinationEndpoint:01, options:0040, messageType:00, dni:4913, isClusterSpecific:false, isManufacturerSpecific:false, manufacturerId:0000, command:04, direction:01, data:[00]] description = catchall: 0104 0000 01 01 0040 00 4913 00 00 0000 04 01 00

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:27.364 PMdebug토양 수분온도 측정기 NOT PARSED : [raw:491301000068040042105F545A453238345F61616F33797A68730000002003010000204D05000042065453303630310700003003FEFF003000, dni:4913, endpoint:01, cluster:0000, size:68, attrId:0004, encoding:42, command:01, value:_TZE284_aao3yzhs, clusterInt:0, attrInt:4, additionalAttrs:[[value:03, encoding:20, attrId:0000, consumedBytes:4, attrInt:0], [value:4D, encoding:20, attrId:0001, consumedBytes:4, attrInt:1], [value:TS0601, encoding:42, attrId:0005, consumedBytes:9, attrInt:5]]]

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:27.350 PMdebug토양 수분온도 측정기 parse() descMap =[raw:491301000068040042105F545A453238345F61616F33797A68730000002003010000204D05000042065453303630310700003003FEFF003000, dni:4913, endpoint:01, cluster:0000, size:68, attrId:0004, encoding:42, command:01, value:_TZE284_aao3yzhs, clusterInt:0, attrInt:4, additionalAttrs:[[value:03, encoding:20, attrId:0000, consumedBytes:4, attrInt:0], [value:4D, encoding:20, attrId:0001, consumedBytes:4, attrInt:1], [value:TS0601, encoding:42, attrId:0005, consumedBytes:9, attrInt:5]]] description = read attr - raw: 491301000068040042105F545A453238345F61616F33797A68730000002003010000204D05000042065453303630310700003003FEFF003000, dni: 4913, endpoint: 01, cluster: 0000, size: 68, attrId: 0004, encoding: 42, command: 01, value: 105F545A453238345F61616F33797A68730000002003010000204D05000042065453303630310700003003FEFF003000

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:27.339 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 device announcement

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:27.333 PMdebug토양 수분온도 측정기 parse() descMap =[raw:catchall: 0000 0013 00 00 0040 00 4913 00 00 0000 00 00 0613495B218FF58F38C1A480, profileId:0000, clusterId:0013, clusterInt:19, sourceEndpoint:00, destinationEndpoint:00, options:0040, messageType:00, dni:4913, isClusterSpecific:false, isManufacturerSpecific:false, manufacturerId:0000, command:00, direction:00, data:[06, 13, 49, 5B, 21, 8F, F5, 8F, 38, C1, A4, 80]] description = catchall: 0000 0013 00 00 0040 00 4913 00 00 0000 00 00 0613495B218FF58F38C1A480

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:26.783 PMtrace토양 수분온도 측정기 sendZigbeeCommands(cmd=[he raw 0x4913 1 0x01 0x0000 {10 00 00 04 00 00 00 01 00 05 00 07 00 FE FF}, delay 200, he wattr 0x4913 0x01 0x0000 0xFFDE 0x20 {13} {}, delay 200, delay 299])

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:26.781 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 initializeDevice...

dev:1352024-09-03 03:28:26.777 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 configure()..

dev:1352024-09-03 03:26:14.904 PMtrace토양 수분온도 측정기 sendZigbeeCommands(cmd=)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:26:14.902 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 Debug logging will be turned off after 24 hours

dev:1352024-09-03 03:26:14.872 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 Debug logging is true; Description text logging is true

dev:1352024-09-03 03:26:14.870 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 Updating 토양 수분온도 측정기 (Tuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock) model TS0601 manufacturer _TZE284_aao3yzhs modelGroupPreference = Auto detect (TS0601_Soil_II)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:26:10.857 PMtrace토양 수분온도 측정기 sendZigbeeCommands(cmd=)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:26:10.854 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 Debug logging will be turned off after 24 hours

dev:1352024-09-03 03:26:10.818 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 Debug logging is true; Description text logging is true

dev:1352024-09-03 03:26:10.815 PMinfo토양 수분온도 측정기 Updating 토양 수분온도 측정기 (Tuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock) model TS0601 manufacturer _TZE284_aao3yzhs modelGroupPreference = Auto detect (TS0601_Soil_II)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:20.634 PMdebugTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock Tuya check-in message (attribute 0001 reported: 4D)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:20.623 PMdebugTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock parse() descMap =[raw:8515010000180100204DE2FF2038E4FF2001, dni:8515, endpoint:01, cluster:0000, size:18, attrId:0001, encoding:20, command:0A, value:4D, clusterInt:0, attrInt:1, additionalAttrs:[[value:38, encoding:20, attrId:FFE2, consumedBytes:4, attrInt:65506], [value:01, encoding:20, attrId:FFE4, consumedBytes:4, attrInt:65508]]] description = read attr - raw: 8515010000180100204DE2FF2038E4FF2001, dni: 8515, endpoint: 01, cluster: 0000, size: 18, attrId: 0001, encoding: 20, command: 0A, value: 4DE2FF2038E4FF2001

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:16.603 PMtraceTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock sendZigbeeCommands(cmd=)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:16.600 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock Debug logging will be turned off after 24 hours

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:16.575 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock Debug logging is true; Description text logging is true

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:16.572 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock Updating null (Tuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock) model TS0601 manufacturer _TZE284_aao3yzhs modelGroupPreference = Auto detect (TS0601_Soil_II)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:16.092 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock Received Write Attribute Response for cluster:0000 , data=[00] (Status: Success)

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:16.082 PMdebugTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock parse() descMap =[raw:catchall: 0104 0000 01 01 0040 00 8515 00 00 0000 04 01 00, profileId:0104, clusterId:0000, clusterInt:0, sourceEndpoint:01, destinationEndpoint:01, options:0040, messageType:00, dni:8515, isClusterSpecific:false, isManufacturerSpecific:false, manufacturerId:0000, command:04, direction:01, data:[00]] description = catchall: 0104 0000 01 01 0040 00 8515 00 00 0000 04 01 00

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.773 PMdebugTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock NOT PARSED : [raw:851501000068040042105F545A453238345F61616F33797A68730000002003010000204D05000042065453303630310700003003FEFF003000, dni:8515, endpoint:01, cluster:0000, size:68, attrId:0004, encoding:42, command:01, value:_TZE284_aao3yzhs, clusterInt:0, attrInt:4, additionalAttrs:[[value:03, encoding:20, attrId:0000, consumedBytes:4, attrInt:0], [value:4D, encoding:20, attrId:0001, consumedBytes:4, attrInt:1], [value:TS0601, encoding:42, attrId:0005, consumedBytes:9, attrInt:5]]]

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.648 PMdebugTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock parse() descMap =[raw:851501000068040042105F545A453238345F61616F33797A68730000002003010000204D05000042065453303630310700003003FEFF003000, dni:8515, endpoint:01, cluster:0000, size:68, attrId:0004, encoding:42, command:01, value:_TZE284_aao3yzhs, clusterInt:0, attrInt:4, additionalAttrs:[[value:03, encoding:20, attrId:0000, consumedBytes:4, attrInt:0], [value:4D, encoding:20, attrId:0001, consumedBytes:4, attrInt:1], [value:TS0601, encoding:42, attrId:0005, consumedBytes:9, attrInt:5]]] description = read attr - raw: 851501000068040042105F545A453238345F61616F33797A68730000002003010000204D05000042065453303630310700003003FEFF003000, dni: 8515, endpoint: 01, cluster: 0000, size: 68, attrId: 0004, encoding: 42, command: 01, value: 105F545A453238345F61616F33797A68730000002003010000204D05000042065453303630310700003003FEFF003000

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.642 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock is present

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.487 PMtraceTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock sendZigbeeCommands(cmd=[he raw 0x8515 1 0x01 0x0000 {10 00 00 04 00 00 00 01 00 05 00 07 00 FE FF}, delay 200, he wattr 0x8515 0x01 0x0000 0xFFDE 0x20 {13} {}, delay 200, delay 299])

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.481 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock initializeDevice...

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.442 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock configure()..

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.378 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock Statistics were reset. Press F5 to refresh the device page

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.370 PMwarnTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock All Defaults Loaded! F5 to refresh

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.364 PMdebugTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock All child devices DELETED

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.354 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock All States DELETED

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.352 PMdebugTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock Deleted states:

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.341 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock All scheduled jobs DELETED

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.333 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock All current states (attributes) DELETED

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.331 PMdebugTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock Deleted attributes: temperature, checkInterval, humidity, rtt, battery, illuminance, healthStatus, _info,

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.297 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock All settings (preferences) DELETED

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.291 PMdebugTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock Deleted settings: txtEnable (true), logEnable (true), modelGroupPreference (0), advancedOptions (false),

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.265 PMinfoTuya Temperature Humidity Illuminance LCD Display with a Clock InitializeVars()... fullInit = true

dev:1352024-09-03 03:25:15.247 PM