Hey there,
I´m a beginner with a network of Aqara producs and Philips Hue lights, plus some 433 MHz devices. This far, it has been quite amazing what can be accomplished with the homey bridge and its flows.
Anyway, today I encountered my first big obstacle when trying to set up a couple of new Aqara devices.
I have read about zigbee-limitations but I don’t think that is the problem here since the number of devices isn’t that huge.
In total, I have about 15 Philips hue lights connected to Hue bridge (also zigbee) and 6 connected Aqara devices. No routers, just homey bridge+end devices. When trying to add the 7th device, homey app simply doesn’t recognize the devices, no error message, just a search prompt that doesn’t find the aqara-devices. It can’t find any new devices (temperature sensors/water leak sensors).
I have tried reseting the zigbee-network and re-adding all the devices (quite a tedious task). I also tried changing the zigbee-channel for Hue. I cannot change the zigbee-channel for Homey bridge (a homey pro feature?)
Restart the bridge and immediately after the boot/reconnect add the new device. This works every time. Later if the ZigBee network and all end devices are online again you can’t add the device anymore.
I’m sorry to say this didn’t work for me. I tried multiple times with different devices.
Do you mean reset the zigbee-network or simply powering on/off homey bridge?
I just tried rebooting homey bridge by unplugging the cable.
It works, do it as I told you. As I said, before the other devices reconnect you can add more.
I have over 20 ZigBee end devices on homey cloud. No issue at all. Just when I want to connect a new one I proceed as explained.
One more hint. I always pair the devices very close to the bridge, less than one meter.
