In my case I paired the Xiaomi motion sensor first with the conbee, as a sensor, works first time. Then I moved the sensor to its final location, started searching for lights in phoscon, pressed the pair button on the Xiaomi device (single press to wake, not a long press to reset), and checked a few minutes later to see it was detecting motion. No need to make any other changes in deconz, phoscon or Hass. I’ve checked in vnc and it is routed via one of the hue light bulbs.
ok, thats a different approach, gonna try that next time
so you search for lights, and not a sensor , strange
but its maybe because hue and xiaomi works maybe better together then ikea and xiaomi
I think the button that starts the Light search in phoscon is a generic ‘ask all existing mesh devices to be open for new nodes that want to connect’ command, so when you begin this process and then press the pair button on the Xiaomi this triggers the Xiaomi to find a ‘better’ mains-powered parent than the one it’s currently connected to.
I think the Xiaomi struggles to find the coordinator via the mesh.
I might be completely wrong but this is my impression.
ok, interesting, gonna try out next time!
thnx for that tip
Is there a way to create a Deconz firmware version sensor?
And then have an automation/script checking against Dresden Electronics if there is a firmware update?
Maybe a feature for the official addon, so one can set a parameter, a sensor is created with state update available (false/true) and attributes; system and new version number)?
This way a notification can be received when its time to update Deconz.
Just tried to add SONOFF Zigbee.
I tried to add as a light in the Phoscon App and it never showed up there. It has shown up in the VNC Map though.
No trace of it in HA in the integration
I’m on HASSIO with the HASSIO Add-on , Phoscon Version 2.05.69
EDIT: added it with the old web app and now shows up in Phoscon and HA Integration
Cool. Look at deconz wiki on how to share information so they can create even better support
I find that my lights have a soft start dim on / dim off type feel to them when you turn them on and off. I queried this over on the deconz github page and was told its the transition time, but I don’t think I can change any defaults to make the transition time to 0. Aparently there is a secret trick when calling the api to make 0 work.
Would it be posisble to implement this so that a standard on and off from HA would give instant on and off ?
Try it with the deConz configure service
Hmm, doesn’t help 
Logged in phosxon, did search lights, pressed single button on my xiaomi pir sensor… But they stay connected to conbee, even if I took them close like 10 cm to an Ikea plug…
I don’t have any ikea plugs, have you any bulbs nearby that it could pair with?
I can’t remember how many times I pressed the pair button the Xiaomi sensor: don’t do a long press but try a few button presses to keep the device ‘alive’.
There are lots of odd little quirks to zigbee devices, like when I was adding tradfri bulbs I had to make sure phoscon was in search mode before I reset the lights. I didn’t have to do this with hue bulbs.
Edit: I recalled seeing some users having issues with xiaomi devices being fussy about routers they will connect to: https://github.com/Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt/issues/1119
This could be a general limitation of the Xiaomi devices and not necessarily a deconz issue. In my case I know the Xiaomi motion sensor is definitely and reliably routed through a hue bulb.
i dont have any bulbs to test… but gonna stop testing now 
i moved my conbee stick somewhere else now, so back in business
Anyone else that can give me another tip how to pair a xiaomi with a router? If I can do it, I can ditch another hardware on my house 
I want to pair a xiaomi pir with an Ikea smart plug… But i can’t succeed :(. Seems it always want to pair with conbee itself
I was experimenting with different frequency settings for the Conbee, but found that for my environment, the default channel 15 was the best.
While returning the channel back to 15, I noticed that one of the Xiaomi temp/humidity sensors had decided to connect to an Ikea range extender. This is the first time I have ever seen one of my Xiaomi sensors pair with something other than the Conbee.
Yes, I know it’s possible… I have 4 xiaomi, one is already connected to an Ikea smart plug , no idea how I did it…but I succeeded once
Already here on 15 channel
Ah, seems I am on 20, not 15… So I can try it…
Did you do the repair process for the xiaomi? Of did they automatically used the Ikea as router?
I tried switching to channel 11, and found that the Xiaomi sensors could not communicate with the Conbee. (Ikea devices were OK)
I then returned the channel to 15, upon which I noticed that one of the Xiaomi temp sensors had linked to the Ikea range extender. I did not perform any repair processes.
Ok, gonna try it also
My Conbe//Deconz//HA setup is very reliable since I added powered devices. When I first started out I only had Xiaomi sensors on the network and they would disconnect.
I am adding on average two new devices per week.
I have downlights from 3A Smarthome from Zemismart
I have light bulbs from Ikea.
I have previoiusly had a Hue downlight however found it expensive for what it did so returned it without fully installing into the ceiling.
I have about a dozen Xiaomi sensors including door, vibration, PIR and climate.
My mesh looks like a mess.
I have replaced nearly all my wifi devices with zigbee and could not be happier.
I too replaced a lot of wifi devices with zigbee.
I had some wifi LED strips and garden lights but they were not reliable (partly due to the rubbish router from my ISP at the time).
I have a real mix of bulbs spread around the house so my end device sensors always work really well and respond instantly.
Ikea GU10 x5
Ikea e14 x5
Hue e27 colour x3
Hue white e27 x4
Aldi tint e14 colour temp x1
Aldi tint e27 colour temp x2
Aldi tint GU10 RGBW x2
Osram e27 RGBW x3
Osram plug x1
Osram gardenpoles RGBW x1
Osram lightify plex RGBW x1
And my end devices:
Ikea round dimmer x4
Ikea remote x1
Hue dimmer x2
Ikea motion x3
Hue motion x1
Osram motion x2
So yeah, as you can probably imagine my mesh looks a total mess!