Home Assistant Aqara wireless switch Homekit integration

Configuration
, ,
1

I have an Aqara hub connected through homekit integration with HA with many devices working fine. I have two wireless, 2 buttons, wall switches: https://www.aqara.com/us/wireless_remote_switch.html
HA sees them, and it made a battery instance for each that is working ok. Yet there is no other instance so I cannot read states from it. I tried subscribing to the state-changed event and took a pick while I pressed buttons. Nothing.

In MiHome App I can watch for click left, click right, double click left, long click left, click both. Neither of these gestures is available for me.

2

There will be no entity for the state, instead button presses will be events. Listen to all events with * and press a button, the event will be something like xiaomi_event or homekit_event.

1 Like
3

Thanks for your help!

I tried that, subscribed to *, and didn’t see any event.

I have a list of aviable events in a right panel on the events section. There is no xiaomi or homekit instance there.

I installed homeassistant manually using pip so I’m guessing it could be a matter of missing packages. I’m going to research that now.

4

I see now that wireless switches like the one you use are not support yet through homekit, but the support should come soon see this post/topis

1 Like
5

Ok, thanks. You saved me a lot of time.
I guess for now I can manage to make automatizations in MiHome, as I used to do.
I’m waiting for a CC-2531 to arrive soon. If I pair the switch directly to HA, will I have the events working?

6

Yes, they will work this way.

1 Like
7

Awesome. Looking forward then.

Thanks so much for your help, and the speed!, it was like googling!. :slight_smile:

2 Likes