Zemismart M1 is primarily a Zigbee hub that exposes Tuya Zigbee child devices to any Matter platform – Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings, Home Assistant, Homey, etc..
Now, Tuya Matter Bridges can also be used with Hubitat :
Although this project is focused on Zemismart M1 Matter Bridge (because of the Tuya Zigbee devices specific support), the same driver should be working with any other hub that provides Matter Gateway functionality - such as:
Nice. I was looking for edge routers. This could potentially solve some tuya product driver issues. Now, hopefully this can work locally after setting it up. I ordered one. Lets see how it goes.
I have successfully bridged 3 Tuya Zigbee devices to Apple Home (HomePod mini).
I tested only 3 devices for now - one combined motion and scene switch , Zemismart curtain robot, and the very problematic UK plug TS011F _TZ3000_okaz9tjs that does not like the C-8 radio and will not pair to Hubitat.
The Tuya devices are operational in Apple Home, but there are still a lot of problems and bugs to be fixed. The plug appeared as a 5 gangs switch (only one switch is working, of course), with no power and energy monitoring, the blinds motor can be seen stuck on 'closing/opening' on Apple Home, etc.
I had no luck pairing the Zemismart M1 Matter bridge to Home Assistant and to SmartThings (V3).
But this is just the beginning, hopefully, all the bugs and other issues will be fixed in the future.
No idea how long it will take to get the device, but I'll give it a whirl with the MMwave sensors I have and perhaps join the Hubitat beta to see if the Matter matters.
Only individual Matter devices are currently supported on the HE beta. They did say bridge support is being developed but not ready yet. I think the full bridge support would allow you to pair this Zemismart bridge directly to HE and import all the devices from it (similar to integrating a Hue bridge).
and the virtual switch w/ presence in Hubitat linked to Apple Home via HE inbuilt HomeKit integration is following the occupancy state of the Linptech radar paired to the Zemismart M1 hub:
After some time - the Apple Home Matter controller in the middle will not be needed anymore!
Nice. The promise is there. If we can corral the Tuya devices onto a Tuya Matter hub and then bridge it successfully with all the granular data being pulled into HE then things could be really simple! Crossing my fingers that can be possible some day.
Hi. I hope someone here can help me. I just got the zemismart M1 hub and I can't pair it with my smartphone. I've tried it with both the tuya and the smart life's app. With the qr code and the automatical way, but it never shows. It's connected with rj25 cable to my router. I've reset the hub, turn of and on the router... nothing.
Had the same problem with my Matter enabled Lorex DVR and Google Home. Spent a total of near 4 hours on the phone with Google & Lorex, they're mostly clueless, but polite.
Matter is supposed to allow control of the lights & siren via Google home
Hi @tanialimacosta ,
Can you check whether your smartphone is using the 2.4Ghz LAN when discovering this device?
You may need to put the Zemismart Bridge into pairing mode at the Smart Life mobile app discovery/pairing time - hold the reset button for 5 or more seconds.
Anyone with a Zemismart M1 Matter bridge (or another brand Tuya-Matter-Gateway) and some spare Tuya Zigbee gadgets and is willing to participate in the very early alpha tests of the custom Matter Bridge driver - please send me a DM.
