# \[APP\] Aqara & Xiaomi Smart Home - Simplify your life with a smarter home **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, zigbee\ **Created:** [August 22, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156 "2018-08-22T20:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 36
**Author:** ![Harold\_Tierie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/harold_tierie/32/8471_2.png) [@Harold\_Tierie](https://community.homey.app/u/Harold_Tierie)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/729 "2019-04-29T15:40:38Z")
Maybe someone can help me? I have the Aqara motion sensor as in this link (not for this insane price. but for example) > **[US $24.97 |Nieuwe Bijgewerkte Xiaomi Aqara Human Body Sensor Smart Lichaam...](https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/New-Updated-Xiaomi-Aqara-Human-Body-Sensor-Smart-Body-Movement-Motion-Sensor-Zigbee-Connection-Mihome-App/32816832608.html)** > > Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com And made a flow to turn on my HUE lights. It works. The motion is detected. And the lights go on. I have set in the config. The motionsensor should "refresh after 60 seconds. And my lights dim after 120 seconds. But the sensor keeps on giving a motion detected and will not refresh after 60 seconds. but maybe after a minute or 4. sometimes 6 minutes. Not a steady value. So if i am still in the same room. The lights dim after 2 minutes. And the sensor does not pick up a new movement. so i am in the dark. Until the motion alarm is off. after several minutes. And then detects a movement again. and turn on the lights. So no steady refresh after 60 seconds. Am i doing something wrong? ---
**Author:** ![neluz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/neluz/32/8853_2.png) [@neluz](https://community.homey.app/u/neluz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 6:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/730 "2019-04-30T06:18:35Z")
Did you set the ‘reset alarm after’ setting at the correct value? Please show us the flow you’ve made. ---
**Author:** ![PetervdK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/petervdk/32/20669_2.png) [@PetervdK](https://community.homey.app/u/PetervdK)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/731 "2019-04-30T10:51:17Z")
As i assume, most movement sensors have a value for “blindness” (the time all movements will be ignored after the first movement) and a value for “reset” (put the the alarm state to “false” after movement). In your case, the second one is the most important and should be set to a desired value. But if the blind time exceeds that value, still no movement will be registered. ---
**Author:** ![Stefan\_Wempe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/stefan_wempe/32/9572_2.png) [@Stefan\_Wempe](https://community.homey.app/u/Stefan_Wempe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/732 "2019-04-30T11:03:55Z")
i encountered this as well… Min value for this parameter is 90 sec. ---
**Author:** ![Harold\_Tierie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/harold_tierie/32/8471_2.png) [@Harold\_Tierie](https://community.homey.app/u/Harold_Tierie)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/733 "2019-04-30T17:24:29Z")
Thank you guys for the respons. first i had a flow to put on the lights. And in the same “then” side. I had a command to turn of the lights with a 60 seconds delay. With that config i had problems. Now i have a sepered flow for turning of the lights. With a countdown counter. of 60 seconds. And this is working like a charm. So i think all is good now. Tnx !! ---
**Author:** ![Stefan\_Wempe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/stefan_wempe/32/9572_2.png) [@Stefan\_Wempe](https://community.homey.app/u/Stefan_Wempe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/734 "2019-05-01T05:24:17Z")
Yeah untill you stay in that area for longer than 60sec 😉 ---
**Author:** ![neluz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/neluz/32/8853_2.png) [@neluz](https://community.homey.app/u/neluz)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/735 "2019-05-01T06:24:32Z")
> [@Harold\_Tierie](#): > > Now i have a sepered flow for turning of the lights. With a countdown counter. of 60 seconds. And this is working like a charm. So i think all is good now. Why don’t create a flow which turns on the lights if there is movement, and another flow which turns it off when the motion sensor doesn’t see movement any more? (depending on the refresh rate of the sensor) You can even have it turned on only if lux is beneath a certain value 😉 ![47](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/9/97d8eb05a2a5dabf71ff6f40b32bea712613bdbd.jpeg) ![54](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/b/b81d0c7180e31bd32f91ad726af71b27c0756877.png) (Sorry if this is too much off-topic) ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Peeters](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jan_peeters/32/86660_2.png) [@Jan\_Peeters](https://community.homey.app/u/Jan_Peeters)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 7:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/736 "2019-05-01T07:28:27Z")
> [@TedTolboom](#): > > If there are more people requesting this device to be added and supporting to buy one of these devices, I will order one and add support for it to this app. @TedTolboom: could I possibly paypal you to speed up development? [https://community.homey.app/t/homey-community-app-requests/2713/113?u=jan\_peeters](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-community-app-requests/2713/113) ---
**Author:** ![StefanS](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/stefans/32/8499_2.png) [@StefanS](https://community.homey.app/u/StefanS)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 8:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/737 "2019-05-01T08:05:39Z")
Hi. The Aqara Temperature and Humidity Sensor, do you guys use it outdoors? Can it stand some rain and that kind of weather? And also, inside fridge and freezer? /Stefan ---
**Author:** ![vaderag](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vaderag/32/150_2.png) [@vaderag](https://community.homey.app/u/vaderag)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 8:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/738 "2019-05-01T08:23:44Z")
Silly question perhaps, but what would this be used for\>? ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_van\_der\_Aart](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martin_van_der_aart/32/9658_2.png) [@Martin\_van\_der\_Aart](https://community.homey.app/u/Martin_van_der_Aart)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/739 "2019-05-01T08:40:42Z")
Works fine inside my fridge, haven’t tried a freezer yet. ---
**Author:** ![Fred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fred/32/61727_2.png) [@Fred](https://community.homey.app/u/Fred)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 8:44am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/740 "2019-05-01T08:44:34Z")
I use the Aqara Temperature and Humidity Sensor outsite in my garden for 3,5 months now and no problems. But when it’s freezing the battery show a little bit lower 3 or 4 %, but if it is warmer then the battery show a little bit higher, and now the battery is still 100%. ---
**Author:** ![Damon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/damon/32/8194_2.png) [@Damon](https://community.homey.app/u/Damon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/741 "2019-05-01T09:10:16Z")
Exactly how I did it with 0 problems ---
**Author:** ![Michiel85](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michiel85/32/3549_2.png) [@Michiel85](https://community.homey.app/u/Michiel85)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/742 "2019-05-01T09:50:20Z")
Freezer works fine (only about 2 weeks now). I put it inside a “boterhamzakje” and pulled the air out just to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Damon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/damon/32/8194_2.png) [@Damon](https://community.homey.app/u/Damon)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 10:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/743 "2019-05-01T10:43:25Z")
Humidity won’t work then right? ---
**Author:** ![Harold\_Tierie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/harold_tierie/32/8471_2.png) [@Harold\_Tierie](https://community.homey.app/u/Harold_Tierie)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/744 "2019-05-01T12:15:47Z")
@neluz Tnx… i have copied your flows. Works great. ! ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/745 "2019-05-01T12:33:41Z")
I placed one with in the freezer it stopped working and displays as -100c, it was placed with in a water tight bag. You might want to check out @danone project > [@Making an Aqara Door/Window Sensor Ingress Protection](https://community.homey.app/t/making-an-aqara-door-window-sensor-ingress-protection/11551): > > Thought I would share the below with others that maybe looking for an IP rated door/window sensor. I have been looking for an Ingress Protected door/window sensor to go out in the weather on my front gate. Since I could not find any, I’ve decided to try and mod an existing indoor rated sensor. Xiaomi are quite cheap comparing with Fibaro or Aeotec so I gave it a go. I used heat shrink of two sizes to fit both the length and the width of this sensor. 1/ 20mm which I fitted on the width and t… ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Peeters](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jan_peeters/32/86660_2.png) [@Jan\_Peeters](https://community.homey.app/u/Jan_Peeters)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/746 "2019-05-01T13:02:34Z")
Switching devices ---
**Author:** ![vaderag](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/vaderag/32/150_2.png) [@vaderag](https://community.homey.app/u/vaderag)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/747 "2019-05-01T13:13:46Z")
Why not just use a switch? ---
**Author:** ![Jan\_Peeters](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jan_peeters/32/86660_2.png) [@Jan\_Peeters](https://community.homey.app/u/Jan_Peeters)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/748 "2019-05-01T13:34:48Z")
Because it can be integrated. In a device or behind a wall switch [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156.md?page=35) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156.md?page=37)