# Cant add more Aqara devices

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/cant-add-more-aqara-devices/43833>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** zigbee\
**Created:** [March 1, 2021, 9:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cant-add-more-aqara-devices/43833 "2021-03-01T09:18:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ludwig\_Hallgren](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ludwig_hallgren/32/10694_2.png) [@Ludwig\_Hallgren](https://community.homey.app/u/Ludwig_Hallgren)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 9:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cant-add-more-aqara-devices/43833/1 "2021-03-01T09:18:05Z")

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After updating to Homey v5 i cant add more aqara devices. All the old ones work great but when i try to add new 10cm from homey, the pairing wont start. I press the button so the devices go in to pairing mode but the app wont trigger anything, just stays on the press the pair button screen. Im on channel 11 in zigbee and that is stable. I have 15 devices.

Thanks for any help regarding this.

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**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cant-add-more-aqara-devices/43833/2 "2021-03-01T09:38:33Z")

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Because you already asked the question in the Aqara thread and don’t seem to have received a personal answer. I guess that you didn’t read the thread. Solutions are suggested there, e.g. resetting the Zigbee network. This should not be the case anymore with Homey FW v5.0.0, but it seems that one or the other user has to do it anyway. So I would also suggest to contact Athom additionally.

Zigbee channel: This can be disturbed by other Zigbee bridges or by the WLAN.  
There are also already various threads about this, including this one:

> [@Make the most of your zigbee network](https://community.homey.app/t/make-the-most-of-your-zigbee-network/13067):
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> A little help to optimize your zigbee network. To start with, Zigbee in homey is on channel 11, WiFi’s three non-overlapping channels (1, 6, and 11) use the exact same frequencies as ZigBee channels 11-22. Other hubs, like tradfri and hue, can also ‘live’ in other channels. Try to set them.all to 11, and make sure you sort out the best wifi channel to use. This means that you need to optimize your wifi / zigbee network. This could solve Wifi dropouts, and zigbee not working correct. This will…