Hello everyone, I am the manufacturer of GIEX SMART. Our company produces smart kits for garden irrigation and agricultural irrigation. I hope to listen to your feedback on our products here and provide after-sales service and assistance. Your support is greatly helpful for the improvement of our products. Our email is [email protected]. Feel free to contact me with any questions regarding product quality or usage. Thank you very much.
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I am learning to use ZHA so that I can provide services for ZHA users in the future. I followed the tutorial from some experts on the website to add the GX-02 to ZHA. However, I noticed that in newly produced products, Tuya seems to have updated the chip model to _TZE284_7ytb3h8u instead of _TZE204_7ytb3h8u as mentioned in the tutorial. I tried replacing the code in the file from ‘_TZE204_7ytb3h8u’ to ‘_TZE284_7ytb3h8u’, but it still doesn’t work. Could any ZHA experts guide me on this?
ZHA matches on clusters also, make sure that there isn’t an additional input cluster, you can confirm in ZHA by looking at the device signature. Also, if you are the manufacturer anything Tuya is a giant pain to support, if your device follows Zigbee standards instead, it will just work and make all of our lives easier. I get that Tuya makes it easier as a manufacturer, just always want to advocate for standards compliance when I can.
Thank you so much for your advice. I’ll definitely take your suggestion into consideration. I’m currently exploring other Zigbee solutions on the market. In the meantime, I’d love to learn how to properly match my Tuya devices with ZHA. This way, I can better guide my users on how to use them with ZHA.
Thanks again for your help!
Best regards,
Raul
GIEX
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If you still have issues getting the valve quirk right post the signature and we can look at it further. I also saw someone was asking about your soil moisture sensor, might be good to get that one working as well.
Thank you so much for your help! However, I’m not yet sure how to post my device signature. I’m still new to this and recently set up a NAS to run Home Assistant, so I’m in the process of figuring things out. I’ll learn how to post the signature and let you know once I have it.
You seem to be quite experienced with ZHA. I have a new product coming soon—a 2-zone Tuya Zigbee water valve. Could you help me add it to ZHA’s quirk list? I’m worried that some regular users might have trouble using it with ZHA after purchasing. If you’re interested, I can send you the product for testing and feedback. It’s clear that learning ZHA is not an easy task for me, and I think I’ll need more time before I can properly guide my users on how to use our devices with ZHA.
Thanks again for your assistance!
To get the signature, go to settings, zha, find the device, click the three dot menu, and then choose manage device.
I downloaded the quirks from this website.
Are these data sufficient for you to proceed with the testing?
OK, that’s what I expected, I saw the cluster 0xed00 show up on a Tuya soil sensor I added support for a few weeks ago. Try the quirk below and see if it works for you.
class GiexValveVar02(CustomDevice):
"""GiEX valve device, variant 2."""
signature = {
MODELS_INFO: [
("_TZE284_7ytb3h8u", "TS0601"),
],
ENDPOINTS: {
# <SimpleDescriptor endpoint=1 profile=260 device_type=0x0051
# input_clusters=[0x0000, 0x0004, 0x0005, 0xed00, 0xef00]
# output_clusters=[0x000a, 0x0019]>
1: {
PROFILE_ID: zha.PROFILE_ID,
DEVICE_TYPE: zha.DeviceType.SMART_PLUG,
INPUT_CLUSTERS: [
Basic.cluster_id,
Groups.cluster_id,
Scenes.cluster_id,
0xed00,
GiexValveManufCluster.cluster_id,
],
OUTPUT_CLUSTERS: [Time.cluster_id, Ota.cluster_id],
}
},
}
replacement = {
ENDPOINTS: {
1: {
DEVICE_TYPE: zha.DeviceType.ON_OFF_SWITCH,
INPUT_CLUSTERS: [
Basic.cluster_id,
Groups.cluster_id,
Scenes.cluster_id,
TuyaOnOffNM,
TuyaPowerConfigurationCluster,
TuyaValveWaterConsumed,
GiexValveManufCluster,
],
OUTPUT_CLUSTERS: [Time.cluster_id, Ota.cluster_id],
}
}
}
You’re amazing! It actually worked in ZHA. May I ask you a few more questions? The first question: Why is it that the GXM-01 soil moisture sensor can pair with ZHA and display both humidity and temperature directly without needing a quirks file, while the GX-02 water valve requires a quirks file to work properly? The second question: I noticed that the GX-02 has fewer functions in ZHA compared to 2MQTT. In ZHA, it only has the function to turn the water on and off, while in 2MQTT, almost all functions are available. Can I write these functions into the quirks file (e.g., how many gallons watered, watering time in seconds, watering cycles, etc.) so that ZHA can also have these features?
Two possibilities, either there is already a quirk for the GXM-01 added, or it uses standard ZCL clusters and is supported by default. If you have the device signature, I could answer that.
The original quirk developer added the logic for those data points already, zha-device-handlers/zhaquirks/tuya/ts0601_valve.py at d9c9df9768731e8ad7a3d167cfd8c8e565547c50 · zigpy/zha-device-handlers · GitHub. I would expect that you would see a metering sensor, in liters, that is built, zha-device-handlers/zhaquirks/tuya/ts0601_valve.py at d9c9df9768731e8ad7a3d167cfd8c8e565547c50 · zigpy/zha-device-handlers · GitHub. The rest would need to be mapped to an appropriate cluster similar to the volume sensor.
Based on your feedback, I created a PR for that device, Add GIEX Smart Valve Var02 (_TZE284_7ytb3h8u) by prairiesnpr · Pull Request #3378 · zigpy/zha-device-handlers (github.com)
Hello, I’d like to use this group to explain the issues I’m encountering with the GIEX Valve model QT06_2 while using it with Z2M. I have two of these valves, and they are working quite well in Home Assistant. I can view and interact with all the values they expose, but I have to replace the batteries every 2–3 months in both equipment. My Zigbee network has nearly 25 components, many of which also act as routers. The closest router to the QT06_2 is approximately 1 meter away. Would it be possible to improve the baterry life? Replacing the batteries every 2-3 months is not practical.
Hope someone can help me, and thanks in advance.
Hello all,
I have a GiEX GX02 valve that is set up with Z2M (I do not have a hub). When I paired it initially, it worked fine and I was able to control it and recieve status. The signal is very good since my repeater (light switch) is located just on the other side of the wall. I used it multiple times during the day and had no trouble controlling it.
However, after a long period of no use, I am no longer to comand the valve via Z2M. The device is still present and I get the on/off status when I manually controll it by pressing the button on the valve, but I am not able to control it.
This has happened a few times already and it is a consistent problem. I can remedy it by re-pairing but the problem comes back.
Also, the response time is very slow. It takes 5 seconds to get a status change.
Has anybody experienced this problem?
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Here’s some info from Z2M:
Availability, Online
Device type, EndDevice
Zigbee Model, TS0601
Zigbee Manufacturer, _TZE204_7ytb3h8u
Description, Water valve
Support status, Supported
IEEE Address, 0xa4c13859760e9760
Network address, 0x34A2 / 13474
Manufacturer, [GiEX]
Model, [GX02]
Power, Battery 100%
Interview completed, True
MQTT Discovery Data for the switch:
availability:
- topic: zigbee2mqtt/bridge/state
value_template: '{{ value_json.state }}'
- topic: zigbee2mqtt/East Garden Hose/availability
value_template: '{{ value_json.state }}'
availability_mode: all
command_topic: zigbee2mqtt/East Garden Hose/set/state
device:
hw_version: 1
identifiers:
- zigbee2mqtt_0xa4c13859760e9760
manufacturer: GiEX
model: Water valve
model_id: GX02
via_device: zigbee2mqtt_bridge_0x84b4dbfffebc5d2b
name: East Garden Hose
object_id: east_garden_hose_state
origin:
sw_version: 2.1.1
support_url: https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io
name: Zigbee2MQTT
payload_off: 'OFF'
payload_on: 'ON'
state_topic: zigbee2mqtt/East Garden Hose
unique_id: 0xa4c13859760e9760_switch_state_zigbee2mqtt
value_template: '{{ value_json.state }}'
name: State
I have just received a GX-03ZG which I have added to my HA via MQTT. The issue I have is that when I turn on and off valve 1 it works fine. But if I turn on and off valve 2, it also turns on and off valve1?
How can I fix this?
Alan Scott
Fantastic that @Giex is trying to get this working on HA.
I just received 3 x GXM-01 soil sensors from them that I would like to have connected to HA directly and not trough TUYA.
I seem to be able to connect it to HA directly, but I get no information through it.
It just says that lqi and rssi are disabled…
I would love to have this work directly with HA so I can automate watering when I am on holiday and when I am lazy.
Any ideas on how I can get this to work or how I can help getting this to work?
Tomas
I also have 3x SGW08 that I haven’t connected yet, but I hope they work directly in ha