[APP] Aqara & Xiaomi Smart Home - A different kind of Smart Home solution (Zigbee App)

@TedTolboom
Any update to share on the progress? :slight_smile:
Not putting any pressure on you. Just nice to know what’s going on.

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Hello I am sorry for the delay indeed I am in version 5 rc36

Sorry rc26

That is the reason. The app is currently not compatible with Homey FW 5.x. But it was announced by Athom, for those people who had activated „Experimental Updates“.

ok ok but it is possible to go back by rebooting for example

A brief update regarding progress of the app update:

All sensor, button and wall controller devices, in total 17 drivers, have been converted to work on SDK3:

The majority are tested and are working as they should… but I am also running into a few issues that are difficult to solve, will require clarification (or fixes / updates) from Athom.

Main remaining open issues for these devices:

  1. customCluster specification is not bound to device space, but app space; to be clarified / fixed by Athom (all devices)
  2. Single click attribute parsing (onOff), linked to 1. (Wireless switch | Aqara Wireless Remote Switch Single | Aqara Wireless Remote Switch Double)
  3. Tilt angle calculation will need new calibration, just work (Vibration sensor)

Not the progress I wanted to have, but slowly we are getting there…

Next up are the wall switches, plugs, light and curtain controllers (12 drivers)…

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It is possible but not with simple reboot. Search how to get back to stable version. Why are you on the RC in the first place? RC is beta channel and not meant for general users (like you and me).

I dont have aqara sdk3… How to get it? Tanks

The latest version of this app hasnt released yet so if you are running the beta version 5 firmware you cant use this app at the moment… Just downgrade your homey or wait till the app works on firmware version 5…

So nice to get updates @TedTolboom. I think most of us understand that this quite time consuming, even-though we are not developers.
I think you are making great progress, after all, this is not what you do for a living.

Keep up the good work, in the pace you are comfortable with. :wink:

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Hi @TedTolboom, next time maybe it would be great to have to SDK automated convertor, right ? :wink: Not sure if it’s even possible, must be really challenge to re-write everything. But anyway, while not speaking about ETA, does it mean that new version will be not released until Athom will fix issue Nr.1 ? Thank you for sharing update with us.

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That is my interpretation of it, but I will not answer for Ted. Anyway, I think Athom sees the potential in getting Xiaomi devices up and running also, so I think will act accordingly

Well, that has to be a hell of a converter… even for apps based on the formal Zigbee specification.
Please keep in mind that Xiaomi / Aqara, specifically for the “older” devices, have their own (not-documented) interpretation of the Zigbee specification, that I needed to reverse engineer to get it to work with Homey.
So the same attribute ID (e.g. onOff) for the onOff Cluster, which is the most common used attribute, will have a different structure for one device to another.

Well, this topic has been clarified already and can’t / won’t be fixed because of the specific nature…
but luckly enough, the new Zigbee implementation does provide an option to work around it. So I have a direction how to resolve, but will need to test if this is robust (enough)…

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I think the report frequency of the battery driven temperature and humidity sensors is dependent on temperature change. Mine report frequently when there are changes and may go hours (4 hours yesterday between 18 and 22, see image) when values are stable.

Almost there…


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Wow you are great

Just 1.96m…

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Truly amazing!

Nice work!

Does this update from Athoms side also opens the possibility to support the oppo switches?