# \[APP\] 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:** 43
**Author:** ![Rocodamelshekima](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rocodamelshekima/32/8209_2.png) [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 11:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/876 "2019-06-22T11:16:28Z")
It is also better to discuss Xiaomi/Aqara stuff here instead of flows on motion or timers starting/ending. Someone made a really nice post for that alr on the flows section. ---
**Author:** ![MarMel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marmel/32/12430_2.png) [@MarMel](https://community.homey.app/u/MarMel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 11:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/877 "2019-06-22T11:27:16Z")
Hi Guys, I paired 2 aqara motion sensor and 1 double switch to Homey. I am tried to discover these devices in Alexa App, but they are not found (Honey skill already linked to Alexa). Is it normal? Thanks in advice for help ---
**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:** [June 22, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/878 "2019-06-22T13:57:22Z")
Should have router capabilities. Since it does not work yet,can’t test ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jason_tan/32/12456_2.png) [@Jason\_Tan](https://community.homey.app/u/Jason_Tan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/879 "2019-06-23T00:37:42Z")
Hi all, for the aqara double wall switch, the second button does not show up as another button. So I create a virtual device and a flow to link to the 2nd button. But the problem of this is that when someone manually click on the switch, it does not send feedback to honey and show it as open. Is there a way for it to show open in honey? ---
**Author:** ![Michael](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michael/32/110520_2.png) [@Michael](https://community.homey.app/u/Michael)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/880 "2019-06-23T06:10:06Z")
@Jason_Tan > the problem of this is that when someone manually click on the switch, it does not send feedback to honey and show it as open If it’s connected to a light for example, if “light x” turns on set “virtual device y” to on. Can’t you do something like that? ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jason_tan/32/12456_2.png) [@Jason\_Tan](https://community.homey.app/u/Jason_Tan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 6:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/881 "2019-06-23T06:54:27Z")
Can’t, no option for that. ---
**Author:** ![Michael](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michael/32/110520_2.png) [@Michael](https://community.homey.app/u/Michael)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/882 "2019-06-23T07:16:49Z")
How come there is no option for that? You can’t make a flow that if device x goes on vd y turns on?? I do this all the time, what do you want to turn on/off with the button? ---
**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:** [June 23, 2019, 7:59am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/883 "2019-06-23T07:59:06Z")
It is correct that it does turn motion alarm off after the 60 seconds (or what you configure), even if there are motion in front of it during the time. It is a backside of Aqaras device. Philips Hues motion sensor for example does not turn of motion alarm until the movement in front of the sensor has calmed down, so that is better. But as people has described, you can work around it with the right combinations of countdown timers, even if I personally think that Philips way of doing it is better and gives better functions. But you can buy three Aqara sensors for the price of one Philips, so in my case I have more Aqara than Philips, and live with the backside effect. And as someone describes, the are many examples in the Flow section in how to solve it. ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jason_tan/32/12456_2.png) [@Jason\_Tan](https://community.homey.app/u/Jason_Tan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/884 "2019-06-23T08:36:42Z")
Ok, probably my explanation not very clear. Yes, I have assigned and created 2 flows for the virtual device to turn on and off the right switch from Homey. The issue is when I physically turn on the right switch, the virtual device does not register as turn on. ---
**Author:** ![Michael](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michael/32/110520_2.png) [@Michael](https://community.homey.app/u/Michael)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 8:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/885 "2019-06-23T08:48:28Z")
I do understand what you mean, ![46](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/c/cc8cdc3f6588376305f7a1b3e05a6c3bee8cd583.png) This isn’t the best example but when you turn on the “Kastlamp - Kast” with the button, Then Homey could see that and set your Virtual Device (button 2) in this example “Zonneschermen - Virtueel Apparaten” to ON. ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daniel_s/32/24881_2.png) [@Daniel\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/Daniel_S)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 10:58am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/886 "2019-06-23T10:58:49Z")
I can confirm for others, that Aqara relay is seen as a router and it works as zigbee mesh extender. So far I have connected it as a generic zigbee device. Now waiting for Ted to implement it in the app 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Eternity](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/eternity/32/102113_2.png) [@Eternity](https://community.homey.app/u/Eternity)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/887 "2019-06-23T12:51:01Z")
@Daniel_S Good to know! What type of switch is supposed to be used; momentary? ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Tan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jason_tan/32/12456_2.png) [@Jason\_Tan](https://community.homey.app/u/Jason_Tan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/888 "2019-06-23T15:13:34Z")
Thank you! I manage to get it working! It also mean I got 25 x 2 flows to work with… ---
**Author:** ![JohanE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/johane/32/10365_2.png) [@JohanE](https://community.homey.app/u/JohanE)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/889 "2019-06-23T18:41:19Z")
Dear Ted, I am also interested in using the Two-way relay controller. Regards ---
**Author:** ![Daniel\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daniel_s/32/24881_2.png) [@Daniel\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/Daniel_S)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/890 "2019-06-23T20:04:13Z")
Send him some beers too to encourage him 🙂 But I know Ted is already working on it. I am now able to control my gardenhouse light which is around 15 meters far from house. I can also add the door sensor there which was not possible untill now because of the weak zigbee signal. Now all works like a charm on the distance. ---
**Author:** ![Otter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/otter/32/11467_2.png) [@Otter](https://community.homey.app/u/Otter)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/891 "2019-06-23T21:10:07Z")
You have to add a scene i think there are all the button combinations ![SmartSelect_20190623-231111_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/4/4c7876b2694f16501a10fd999f8d93d785d64aa8.jpeg) ![SmartSelect_20190623-231127_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/7/7b5b4a40316e7d5b04bca9f8fda211be0078725f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Otter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/otter/32/11467_2.png) [@Otter](https://community.homey.app/u/Otter)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/892 "2019-06-24T05:52:11Z")
Have changed it a bit since it didnt work that good. If the sensor was triggered again the timer would start again but also ended after 90 seconds from the previous flow overruling the new timer. I did this: created a timer ‘Washok’ Motion set to 60 sec Hourglass set to 80 Motion on: IF washok sensor triggers THEN turn on lights at 100% and turn hourglass Motion off: IF hourglass washok is empty THEN turn off light washok So everytime it trigger it will turn the hourglass. So i got 20 seconds between the sensor not registering movement before turning off, could tweak this a bit. Motion on: ![SmartSelect_20190624-074629_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/d/da8cb00723c9475fa41bad1b81f282b6323f89de.jpeg) ![SmartSelect_20190624-074641_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/7/7f385b95b9dee2749524d2b2cc53fadb24a6c3e4.jpeg) Motion off: ![SmartSelect_20190624-074655_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/3/3bb46bce8f15ca64b181961e850c60d84413aa33.jpeg) ![SmartSelect_20190624-074706_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/1/1a5d3be0488be509064e505a72362c7269e38142.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wolf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marcel_wolf/32/8087_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wolf](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcel_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/893 "2019-06-27T06:16:38Z")
I we give @TedTolboom to much beer he can’t think straight 😉 But @Ted. Can you give us a glimp how far you are? The relay is already implemented in my wall but i can only use 1 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:** [June 28, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/894 "2019-06-28T09:57:43Z")
Any news about the integration? ---
**Author:** ![Barry\_de\_Haan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/barry_de_haan/32/8967_2.png) [@Barry\_de\_Haan](https://community.homey.app/u/Barry_de_Haan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/895 "2019-06-29T15:39:49Z")
I try to add Mi door sensors ( **MCCGQ01LM** ), but i get all the time the message that it took to long adding those devices. I added without any problems a Mi motion sensor, after that i tried again to add a door sensor, but without luck. I keep the device awake to press the button in the hole every 2 sec. as mentioned. Also tried to connect when very close to Homey. [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156.md?page=42) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156.md?page=44)