Have any of you tried pairing one of these recently? I had no problem with them when I first got them in June, but today I can not get any ‘new’ ones to work, though previously-working sensors are continuing to work.
Quick summary of my issue:
- Using SkyConnect Radio
- 10 previously-paired XHS2-UE contact sensors work fine
- Attempted to replace 1 of the working ones that was draining batteries.
- 5 different spare sensors all have the same behavior:
- Sensors pairs with zigbee easily
- Sensors respond to requests. For example, repeated ‘last_message_rssi’ returns -83, -75, -79. This is real updating data.
- Contact state (open/close) refuses to update
- No log messages occur when opening/closing contact with Zigbee integration diagnostic logging enabled
Some background:
I have a SkyConnect radio I am using for Zigbee, and I have a single SONOFF S40LITE repeater in my house.
I ordered 15 of these in June and set up 10 of them. They all worked great, save for the original batteries lasting only a week in nearly all of them. Probably been sitting in inventory for the last 5+ years, and replacing the batteries fixed most of the issues, except for one troublesome sensor.
One sensor would become “Unavailable” after a week or two, and replacing the battery is the only way to fix it. It went unavailable again today, and I wasn’t going to put a 4th battery in it, so decided to just use one of my spare sensors, and this is where the problems start.
I tried replacing the battery draining sensor with one of the spares. It immediately was recognized by Home Assistant and showed up as a contact/temperature sensor. However, the contact sensor never updates. It’s just stuck on ‘closed.’ After messing with it a bit, trying new batteries etc, I eventually tried some of my other spares. I tried 4 spares, and every one is acting the same. Pairs perfectly fine, refuses to update the contact sensor status.
I, just as typing this up, tried unplugging the SONOS repeater and pairing my 5th and final spare while sitting right next to the Skyconnect radio. Exact same behavior: Pairs great, refuses to update contact sensor.
Does anyone have any potential insight in to this? Or if you have a spare one of these sensors, could you test if pairing still works? I don’t think I have 5 faulty sensors, but am afraid to try any troubleshooting steps that will unpair my currently working sensors so am hoping someone else has some ideas