Hi all I just got an Aqara T1 leg strip which is 2,5 meter long and I have 3 extensions to extend it to 5,5 meter. I was able to add the T1 in home assistant via ZHA and the main strip works as expected. However the main strip is unaware of the 3 extensions. They are not controlled at the same time as the main strip when used in colour mode. It works only in white modes.
The instructions in the T1 manual do state that extensions must be tuned via the app. Am I screwed?
Did anyone succeed in adding extended Aqara T1 in HA via ZHA?
If you already did that then it is more than likely you might need to either configure some attributes for the device or add/update ZHA Device Handler (quirk), regardless it probably a good idea to submit a new device request support issue (though it might also be a bug) to the ZHA Device Handlers for input from others there → https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha#how-to-add-support-for-new-and-unsupported-devices
If you pair the device through Aqara’s hub, everything works as expected. You can set the length of the strip and it will stick. However, adding this strip into Home Assistant via Matter while paired to the Aqara hub will result in only having access to color temperature and not RGB color, which will light up the entire strip with extensions.
If you add to ZHA, the extensions are not recognized for RGB colors, but you can get the entire strip to light up with using color temperature only.
When you pair it to the Aqara hub then want to re-pair it to ZHA natively, the device is reset, losing any memory of the extensions.
If anyone has development experience, I’m happy to spend some time to figure this out.
That means that not all attributes/entities are supported out-out-the-box and therefore that specific device needs a custom ZHA Device Handler (also known as a “quirk”) so follow the instructions to submit a device support request with the information needed by zha-quirks developers to begin looking into that, see → https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha#how-to-add-support-for-new-and-unsupported-devices
Hey, dumb question, how come your screenshot shows you have the option of changing the colors? When i go to the T1 led strip in Z2M i dont have that ability, and can only change the color temp (along with things like brightness and length, etc.
These looked like the perfect lights do to the extra white led for under cabinet lighting, too bad it’s not fully compatible with HA, without the hub.
So colour and scene cannot be used without the hub?
Does Z2M support per-segment control like the apps does? Look like it doesn’t but maybe you found something else.
If don’t have the Aqara Hub, can I still use the official Aqara Hub to control it to get the advanced effects like the segment control?
Can i use both the app AND home assistant at the same time to control the lights? I was thinking of just using the app to tune the advanced effects while using HA to automate the other aspects like when to turn on/off, brightness, etc.
