# Ikea zigbee / Xiaomi mesh? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [August 26, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568 "2018-08-26T12:38:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Joey\_van\_der\_Beek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/joey_van_der_beek/32/8349_2.png) [@Joey\_van\_der\_Beek](https://community.homey.app/u/Joey_van_der_Beek)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/1 "2018-08-26T12:38:05Z")
Hi there! Possible i can find the answer somewhere but i just don’t know how to get the answer. My small question: do Ikea zigbee lights (e27) mesh up with Zigbee devices from the Xiaomi Aqara series? Do the doorsensors use the light as a master? Thanks in advance. Grtz, Joey ---
**Author:** ![Skorpion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/skorpion/32/275_2.png) [@Skorpion](https://community.homey.app/u/Skorpion)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/2 "2018-08-26T12:39:51Z")
Yes, they do. ---
**Author:** ![Marcel\_Visser](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marcel_visser/32/66024_2.png) [@Marcel\_Visser](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcel_Visser)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/3 "2018-08-26T13:47:02Z")
I do not understand your question? Mesh up? Im using both and they are working perfectly. What do you mean by, using the lights as a master? ---
**Author:** ![TedTolboom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tedtolboom/32/12081_2.png) [@TedTolboom](https://community.homey.app/u/TedTolboom)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/4 "2018-08-26T14:15:31Z")
Mesh up and not mess up… different brands on the same Zigbee (mesh) network will strengthen the mesh network: a battery powered sensor can use a light bulb to reach Homey… So indeed they will work together… ---
**Author:** ![Sytze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sytze/32/7846_2.png) [@Sytze](https://community.homey.app/u/Sytze)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/5 "2018-08-26T21:25:39Z")
They should, but in my experience this doesn’t happen as well as you’d expect. Every ZigBee device seems to connect straight to homey without mesh forming. ---
**Author:** ![Rob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rob/32/10272_2.png) [@Rob](https://community.homey.app/u/Rob)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/6 "2018-08-27T06:41:28Z")
It will work after the rewrite of the Homey Zigbee software. For now every device will connect directy to Homey as far as I know… ---
**Author:** ![TedTolboom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tedtolboom/32/12081_2.png) [@TedTolboom](https://community.homey.app/u/TedTolboom)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 7:13am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/7 "2018-08-27T07:13:01Z")
Please check the Zigbee node overview at: [https://developer.athom.com/tools/zigbee](https://developer.athom.com/tools/zigbee) AND wait for at least 1-2 minutes… at initial loading of the page, the node overview will only show the direct connections and will update the routes (which will take around 1-2 minutes) ---
**Author:** ![Sytze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sytze/32/7846_2.png) [@Sytze](https://community.homey.app/u/Sytze)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/8 "2018-08-27T07:50:37Z")
Thanks Ted, good to know! Will check again and wait longer. Guess I was too impatient, but the UI doesn’t signal that the routes will update either. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2018, 10:59am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/9 "2018-09-09T10:59:02Z")
> [@Sytze](#): > > Thanks Ted, good to know! Will check again and wait longer. Have you been able to check the routing? The routing doesn’t seem to update, even after several minutes. ![9-09-2018%2013-02-32b](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/1X/a9fa0b194dcc2d25e281716838d56f911196e308.png) ---
**Author:** ![DaneedeKruyff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/daneedekruyff/32/964_2.png) [@DaneedeKruyff](https://community.homey.app/u/DaneedeKruyff)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/10 "2018-09-09T14:25:02Z")
I think all your devices are battery operated, only a mains powered Zigbee device can act as an intermediate device. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/11 "2018-09-09T14:51:49Z")
OK, should have added the second half of the screen (below). Indeed, battery operated nodes can/will never act as a router. Makes sense since if they would, their batteries wouldn’t last the day. So, having established that there effectively are some routers in the mesh, I thought the value “0” would change over time for something else? But as it appears, there is no automatic “heal” function. You seem to be able to force it though (haven’t tried yet; will report back): > **[Information Only: ST not working 100%. Heal zigbee network](https://community.smartthings.com/t/information-only-st-not-working-100-heal-zigbee-network/109100/6)** > > They won’t start rebuilding until the hub comes back online. 😎 Once the hub comes back online, all the devices come out of panic mode but they understand that something has happened so that’s when they rebuild their neighbor tables. Br, ![9-09-2018%2016-49-30b](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/1X/0660c7fcbeed9b577158d443ba2827c499289f91.png) ---
**Author:** ![Sytze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sytze/32/7846_2.png) [@Sytze](https://community.homey.app/u/Sytze)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/12 "2018-09-09T15:37:38Z")
Yep, I checked this morning and saw some indirect routes to Homey! ---
**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:** [September 12, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/13 "2018-09-12T18:53:20Z")
sweet! Thnx! ---
**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:** [September 13, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/14 "2018-09-13T18:44:58Z")
Taking the power off, did the trick! I do have a nice mesh now. Thank you for your feedback! ---
**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:** [September 14, 2018, 7:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/15 "2018-09-14T07:05:14Z")
Not completely on-topic, but i am surprised to see that you have all kinds of Xiaomi and Ikea devices added directly to Homey. I have several of these devices that consequently refuse to connect to my Homey (all of them). I was told that this is due to bugs in the Zigbee software implementation of Homey and certainly not hardware related. But i assume we all install the same apps to control the devices and really don’t understand why it works for other users and not for me… 🤔 I have currently 1.5.12, but it didn’t work also with earlier versions… Which firmware do you have installed? ---
**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:** [September 23, 2018, 9:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/16 "2018-09-23T09:05:54Z")
[TedTolboom](https://community.homey.app/u/TedTolboom)Z-wave & Zigbee developer [6m](https://community.homey.app/t/xiaomi-aqara-smart-home-zigbee-app-v0-4-1/156/47?u=gert_beckers) There is a limitation that you are only able to add 25 battery powered `EndDevice` 's per (non-battery powered) `Router` device. As far as I’m aware this is within 1 Zigbee network… so having 2 HUE bridges / other zigbee networks should not matter. ---
**Author:** ![TedTolboom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tedtolboom/32/12081_2.png) [@TedTolboom](https://community.homey.app/u/TedTolboom)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2018, 9:58am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/17 "2018-09-23T09:58:06Z")
> [@Jan\_Peeters](#): > > There is a limitation that you are only able to add 25 battery powered `EndDevice` 's per (non-battery powered) `Router` device. I looked up the referenced issue and it’s actual 20 endDevices per routing device (including Homey). Updated original comment: [[APP] Aqara & Xiaomi Smart Home - A different kind of Smart Home solution (Zigbee App) - #47 by TedTolboom](https://community.homey.app/t/xiaomi-aqara-smart-home-zigbee-app-v0-4-1/156/47) ---
**Author:** ![Menne\_Talsma](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/menne_talsma/32/8752_2.png) [@Menne\_Talsma](https://community.homey.app/u/Menne_Talsma)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-zigbee-xiaomi-mesh/568/18 "2019-05-06T13:11:35Z")
My Xiaomi / Aqara doorsensors DO MESS up with Ikea Trafri. they Mesh up and it works fine for a while (usually a few days After a while the zigbee-network crahses or locks-up. All the Zigbee devices stop responding And I have to reboot Homey to get things working again, Anay one any Idea ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/f/f1a30b982a403a02cef6de77557254545a5b584e.png)