# Is there an Aqara hub that integrates with homey **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [August 27, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898 "2021-08-27T17:44:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Haxp1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/haxp1/32/16521_2.png) [@Haxp1](https://community.homey.app/u/Haxp1)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/1 "2021-08-27T17:44:15Z")
Noticed there are many topics about Aqara and the maximum number of zigbee-devices. I have 6 Aqara temp sensors, 3 mini switches and 1 motion detector. All directly connected to homey. After these I’m unavailable to add any more, they just don’t want to include. No error message no nothing. Tried pulling the plug like suggested in another topic. I don’t mind purchasing a hub as long as I can add more zigbee devices, at least a total of 15-20 of them. The rest of the house is z-wave and works fine. But, is there any hub that really integrates with Homey. And which one is it? I really don’t want to use another app for these sensors and switches. ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/2 "2021-08-27T17:45:32Z")
> [@Haxp1](#): > > But, is there any hub that really integrates with Homey. And which one is it? I really don’t want to use another app for these sensors and switches. Any solution that doesn’t use Homey’s Zigbee will require a specific app. ---
**Author:** ![Undertaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/undertaker/32/53278_2.png) [@Undertaker](https://community.homey.app/u/Undertaker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/3 "2021-08-27T18:02:28Z")
> [@Haxp1](#): > > But, is there any hub that really integrates with Homey. And which one is it? Yes, since I’ve been using the Conbee 2, I’ve no longer had any problems with the Zigbee network. Your devices mentioned above all work with the Conbee Stick. It is possible to add up to 512 devices. [https://phoscon.de/en/conbee](https://phoscon.de/en/conbee) [https://homey.app/de-de/app/de.dresden-elektronik.deconz/deCONZ/](https://homey.app/de-de/app/de.dresden-elektronik.deconz/deCONZ/) ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/4 "2021-08-27T18:32:43Z")
Why dont you add fe 5 zigbee routers and you can probably grow beyond 25 sensors… > **[Advice on building a stable Zigbee network](https://support.athom.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019239879-Advice-on-building-a-stable-Zigbee-network)** > > Zigbee is one of the wireless technologies in Homey, and is used by quite some popular brands like IKEA, Philips Hue, Xiaomi Aqara and more to control devices.  > The Zigbee technology creates its ow... See fe the bigger zigbee networks here [[Community Survey] Homey v5 ZigBee Health check and statistics collection (HomeyScript)](https://community.homey.app/t/community-survey-homey-v5-zigbee-health-check-and-statistics-collection-homeyscript/44231) ---
**Author:** ![UA84](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ua84/32/31840_2.png) [@UA84](https://community.homey.app/u/UA84)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/5 "2021-08-27T18:44:33Z")
I’ve got two of them, almost all my aqara sensors are connected to the gateway and in Homey with the Mi Homey and Xiaomi mi home app. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/e/dee0f77af2b19fc0dfd5a878eb405e4bc9ee0a9d.jpeg) Xiaomi gateway v2 (DGNWG02LM), Chinese version The Xiaomi Gateway 3 also seems to work, but didn’t test it myself: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/4/643a5e460008ae8637de3af7e570decbfc1835f5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/6 "2021-08-27T23:54:11Z")
@Haxp1 Weird, Stefan. I’ve 12 Aqara zigbee sensors placed throughout my home paired with Homey, without any router devices. Works flawless since februari. So it is possible. But please follow the “add router devices” advice I would say 😉. Which firmware are you using? Did you ever perform a zigbee reset if the fw is v5.0.0 or higher? **Note** zigbee reset causes all zigbee devices to be removed and they have to be paired again, and you’ll need to fix all flows with zigbee device cards used. ---
**Author:** ![Haxp1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/haxp1/32/16521_2.png) [@Haxp1](https://community.homey.app/u/Haxp1)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/7 "2021-08-28T13:19:26Z")
Thanks for all replies, I made a zigbee reset and then started adding the devices one by one and it actually worked 😀. So now there is 7 temperature sensors, 4 mini switches and 2 motion detectors. Will look into getting some routers for the future. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/8 "2021-12-06T21:02:09Z")
Wanted to jump on this thread as I’m facing the same issue. I have mostly Aqara and a few random ZigBee devices (IKEA, innr, osram) At the moment I connect some to Echo directly because they are not supported by Homey, and I also have maxed out my devices… Was planning on getting an Aqara hub, and looks like that would work with the majority of my devices but wondered, is this local control? Or does it have to navigate the web? Also, are all devices supported in this manner? Do all hubs work? How about the E1 Finally @Undertaker can you advise how you utilise Conbee? Does this need connecting to a PC or does it just need USB power? How does that get set up? ---
**Author:** ![Wout\_van\_den\_Dool](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wout_van_den_dool/32/391_2.png) [@Wout\_van\_den\_Dool](https://community.homey.app/u/Wout_van_den_Dool)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/9 "2021-12-06T21:21:57Z")
Which app version do you use? I cannot add the gateways themselves ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/10 "2021-12-06T21:33:18Z")
![Screenshot_20211206-223249_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/3/9381ac02b9931db7971927b233ed77c97f7f792f.jpeg) ---
**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:** [December 6, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/11 "2021-12-06T21:43:02Z")
Thanks for your help… 🙄 I am able to Google thank you but it doesn’t help explain how it integrates into Homey (in fact the homey link on their page is dead…) ---
**Author:** ![UA84](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ua84/32/31840_2.png) [@UA84](https://community.homey.app/u/UA84)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/12 "2021-12-07T06:07:47Z")
You don’t add the gateways the way you add the sensors. You add them threw More-Apps-Mi Homey (or in my case also Xiaomi Mi Home) and fill in the token. Only Gateway v2 (Chinese) works. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/13 "2021-12-07T13:34:13Z")
I thought you asked this > [@vaderag](#): > > how you utilise Conbee? Does this need connecting to a PC or does it just need USB power? How does that get set up? The 1st search result, the phoscon site explains it all. That’s why I got the impression you can’t or didn’t search 🙄🙄 What you ask now > [@vaderag](#): > > it doesn’t help explain how it integrates into Homey (in fact the homey link on their page is dead…) is something else, and here’s a pointer: The Deconz app is still in the community store. If you haven’t, first install the community store app: > **[Homey Community Store](https://store.homey.community/hcs)** > > The Homey Community Store (HCS) provides an alternative App Store for your Homey. If that succeded, install the Deconz app: > **[Homey Community Store](https://store.homey.community/app/de.dresden-elektronik.deconz)** > > The Homey Community Store (HCS) provides an alternative App Store for your Homey. > [@vaderag](#): > > (in fact the homey link on their page is dead…) That happened very recently and you couldn’t know. It’s very not user friendly of Athom to just display a 404 error instead of a little explanation imho… Some background buzz: > [@\*\*Undertaker out of order\*\*](https://community.homey.app/t/undertaker-out-of-order/55917): > > @MadMonkey: Da ich mit athom super unzufrieden bin (und @Emile persönlich) habe ich beschlossen, die Arbeit an dieser App einzustellen und sie aus dem Store zu entfernen. Tut mir leid, Leute, wenn ihr dies nicht diskutieren wollt, könnt ihr dies mit athom tun, ich werde für jeglichen Support im Zusammenhang mit Homey nicht zur Verfügung stehen. Es ist schon schade, dass Athom unfähig zu sein scheint, ein vernünftiges Zigbee Netzwerk zu programmieren. Wenn j… ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/15 "2021-12-07T13:48:53Z")
> [@Peter\_Kawa](#): > > The 1st search result, the phoscon site explains it all. That’s why I got the impression you can’t or didn’t search 🙄🙄 Actually, I really don’t think it does… “The ConBee II turns minicomputers like Raspberry Pi and Intel NUC as well as PCs and laptops into universal Zigbee gateways.” Okay, but does it turn them into that wirelessly or using software on said machine? I see mention of a web interface, so that implies remote control, but then the installation instructions do not refer to that and seemingly required another machine… If it needs to connect to another machine then it seems it _isn’t_ a solution for Homey unless I have another machine running it all times, unless Homey has a USB slot I don’t know of? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/16 "2021-12-07T13:50:24Z")
> [@vaderag](#): > > Actually, I really don’t think it does… > > “The ConBee II turns minicomputers like Raspberry Pi and Intel NUC as well as PCs and laptops into universal Zigbee gateways.” Yes, that’s the hardware to connect the Conbee stick to. [https://www.phoscon.de/en/conbee2/install](https://www.phoscon.de/en/conbee2/install) ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/17 "2021-12-07T13:52:00Z")
Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about. It’s not exactly clear on usage and I still don’t see how I use it with homey unless I have another machine running full time ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/18 "2021-12-07T13:54:22Z")
Do you know USB devices that don’t require specific software support (either in the form of kernel support or software you install on top of the OS) running on the hardware you plug them into? ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/19 "2021-12-07T13:55:05Z")
How come only Chinese and V2 are supported? ---
**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:** [December 7, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/20 "2021-12-07T13:56:37Z")
Yes, plenty of devices run via a usb port without running the software on the machine in question… Homey itself being one (I could power it from a suitable machine and it run independently)… Usb provides power, any form factor could be applied to that! Also Aqara have one (the E1) which appears to be exactly this ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898/21 "2021-12-07T13:59:29Z")
Okay fair enough. I guess that mentioning actual computers like an RPi, Intel NUC, PC’s and laptops (as opposed to “plug it into any power bank or USB power supply”) doesn’t make it clear enough for some people that it actually requires additional software 😬 [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-aqara-hub-that-integrates-with-homey/50898.md?page=2)