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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Awesome, glad that it's working. Please add mains powered devices to increase range and stability. I've got these smart switches which are awesome.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMg26em

Good luck

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bought one of those as well! You previously mentioned them so I got one.

With the humidity sensor, it reports the last update was almost an hour ago. Does that mean it's no longer connected? I can't seem to see any indicator in HA as to whether something is currently connected or not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In HA if you go to the device, there's an option Zigbee info which shows latest seen.

If humidity doesn't change it won't update it, to save battery, at least that's how I understand it.

At the start I've struggled a lot with devices that became unresponsive. Adding a bunch of mains powered devices solved that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, I'll keep an eye on it. It's literally sitting right next to the Skyconnect dongle so shouldn't be a range problem. I'm pretty sure the temperature would have changed so I'll try re-pairing and see if that helps.

If it goes out of range then back in, does it automatically reconnect? And do you know if the button on the humidity sensor does anything other than holding it in for 5 seconds puts it in pairing mode? Wondering if you press it briefly does it turn it off or reset the connection or anything.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So... Zigbee should be self correcting / fixing. But I've had sensors become unresponsive and had to re Add them to ZHA. Don't have to delete them first.

The button wakes up the sensor if pressed briefly, something you should do when you click reconfigure. I've never had luck with reconfigure though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks, that's helpful! I've readded and it seems to be working now. Humidity went from 48% at 20C to 65% at 20C in an hour or two, presumably from cooking dinner.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great that it's working! Enjoy :) And yes it's interesting to see the charts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Glad to help! Any questions, just ask :)