GiEX smart water valve with ZHA

Configuration Zigbee
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As the general thread on the GiEX valve gets a but to much loaded I decided to create a new which focus on the use with ZHA.

After some initial trouble I got it working now, but it will need some steps to achieve that.

  1. Be sure your valve has at least the firmware version: 0x0000004d. I not you need to get a Tuya smart hub and install the Smart live app to upgrade the firmware. I did update from version v1.0,9 to v1.0,13. See screenshot below.

  2. If you haven’t done you need to get custom quirks running on HA instance.
    See → https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha#how-to-add-support-for-new-and-unsupported-devices
    and → Zigbee Guide: How-to setup local custom device handler quirks in ZHA integration
    The quirk you will find here. zha-device-handlers/zhaquirks/tuya/ts0601_valve.py at 8317dc69c3b36e7ae5cabe40d7937c02ca259f77 · zigpy/zha-device-handlers · GitHub

I you have done this your valve should show similar as in this screenshot.

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And here the screenshot when you need to upgrade the firmware:
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Note, if you bought the valve from June / Juli 24 onwards it should come with the new firmware.

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Can you share what exact Tuya GW you have used to update te valve?

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I got it from GiEX directly.

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I have a GW018-DM. It’s available in the giex store, so should be ok.

I send a question using the Smart Life app. Hopefully that will help…