Aqara switch module with no event in HASS

Hardware
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Hello,

I’ve bought and installed an Aqara T1 (no neutral) switch behind my doorbell (old style), and I’m able to make it ring from HA (well, not really usefull I must say).
However, when I press my old doorbell button, the doorbell rings but I don’t manage to capture any event in NodeRed or HASS Dev Tools : It’s really a shame, because I’d like to detect when someone rings and trigger automations …

Does anyone faced such issue ?

Thanks
Paul

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I think that is a zigbee device. How do you have is integrated into home assistant? ZHA? Xiaomi Gateway? Zigbee2mqtt?

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Hi @nickrout !
Yes, it’s a zigbee device that I have integrated on my ConbeeII with ZHA.
Home assistant is running on a Pi3.

Paul

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Supports on/off, not events.

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I’m so disappointed :frowning:
How do you know ? Is it written somewhere ?

Does it mean there is no solution for my old school doorbell (without neutral) ?

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What entity does it create in ha?

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Only one entity is created : the one that is able to turn on/off the light (doorbell in my situation)

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And are you saying that that entity doesn’t change state when you press the switch?

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No, the current situation is the following :

  • This entity is able to command the module (meaning make the doorbell ring)
  • When I press the doorbell button, the doorbell rings (that’s ok) BUT I don’t have any event in ZHA, meaning I can’t use the doorbel lto trigger any automation.

It’s very strange because on every other module I have for my switches (Sonoff), there is an event that is sent to ZHA…

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How is it wired?

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Like this :
2021-09-07 23_17_16-单路控制模块 T1 单火线（海外版）说明书
I’m assuming it’s wired correctly as the doorbell rings when I press the button (meaning when S0 and S1 are in contact)

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What entity is created by home assistant? What is its state when the doorbell is pressed. It should turn on and off (in ha)

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It’s a Switch entity that is created in HA :

2021-09-08 09_24_00-Configuration - Home Assistant
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It commands the doorbell, so the doorbell rings as long as the entity is “on”. Nothing special here…

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If you won’t answer the questions, I cannot help you.

I’ll try again.

Look in dev-tools | states. Does the state of this entity change when you press the doorbell? (I don’t know how much simpler I can make it).

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Hi @nickrout ,
thanks for you comment, I didn’t understand exactly what you expected, but now it’s ok: due to your last message, I’ve seen that state is changing when I push on the button, so I’ve been able to capture the interaction with an Event State node in node red :wink:

Thanks again,
Paul

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No problem, my last post probably sounded a little harsh, sorry about that.

I know little about node red, but you can certainly trigger an automation in HA based on the state.

Glad you worked it out.

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After few tests, I found that node-red trigger is not triggered everytime it should be : I’ll try with a HA automation instead…