I have an Aqara water leak sensor in my kitchen and weather sensor in my living room. I added them to the ZigBee network while they were in their permanent locations - heard that should help them stay connected. For some reason they keep becoming "unavailable" in Homeassistant. I've readded them four times now.
I have other ZigBee devices from other brands and haven't had any issues with them dropping. My ZigBee dongle is a Sonoff. I've never connected the Aqara devices to any Aqara app, and was also wondering if these get firmware updates. Any ideas why these two Aqara devices keep dropping?
3 Comments
comradegreetingcard@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Is your Sonoff dongle plugged directly into your HA server? I found that adding a short extension cable usually cleared up interference.
For what it's worth, I have a sky connect dongle and the Aqara water sensors. Haven't had an issue.
guttermonk@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
It is plugged directly into my HA server. I'll try adding an extension cable, since i haven't tried that yet. But if it's a matter of reception, it seems odd that it's isolated to the Aqara devices.
Thank you for the suggestion. I appreciate the tip.
corona@social.kendoo.eu · 1 pts · 2y
@guttermonk @comradegreetingcard bought an Aeotec Range Extender Zi | Zigbee Repeater - fixed the problem of range of xiaomi/aqara sensors for me