Xiaomi Aquara switch

Third party integrations
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Hello i am brand new in the Home Assistant world.

I bought a conbee and a Xiaomi Aquara switch “wxkg11lm” but i cannot get the switch to show up in Phoscon or Home Assistant. When i try using the the Conbee on a Windows machine i can get the switch to show up in Deconz but not in Phoscon or the old wireless control.

When i pair i found the best way is to use the old wireless control and use “open network”

I am running Hassio with Deconz plugin, and i have a Ikea tradfri light running that way without any problems but i cant get the wall switch up and running.

Best regards Jacques

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I’m not sure Xiaomi switches are visible in phoscon. For hass remotes are only exposed as events.

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Hello.

When i look int the “states” i have sensor showing up.

Example [sensor.lumiremoteb1acn01_2_battery_level] And i says state 78.

Do i need to add the sensor/switch in the yaml to use it in a script? When i trigger the switch it doesn’t show up in the log or change state.

What to do cannot work it out.

Best regards Jacques

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Yes, remotes can have their batteristatus exposed as a sensor.

No the remotes normal behavior is a hass event. Check deconz component documentation for examples.

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Okay i have 4 different sensor all with “battery level” in their name.

Shouldn’t the switches also show up in states?

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No, since they are events, which are not visible as opposed to entities.

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Okay but how do i find the correct event? are they listed? Sorry for the noob question :slight_smile:

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There should be an attribute in the battery giving the event name. Please read the documentation as well. If things are not clear from there I can also improve them.

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:slight_smile: i have been reading and watching youtube like a week just trying to figure out this question. This is like the last step before giving up.

I just talked to guy on FB who send med a screen shot where all the switches he uses are listed as entities, he uses the Xiaomi hub maybe that changes something, i don’t know.

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Ok

Well the Xiaomi gateway is a completely different implementation.

Recommendation here: enable debug as it is printed on the deconz component documentation. Press the button on your switch and then check the logs. You should see the event id and everything

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Hi,
same problem here, I can see the battery sensor and the switch events in the home assistant log but no switch entity at all.
Have you found a solution in the meanwhile? How I can use this events inside a automation?
Regards Jörg

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From the docs; Remote controls (ZHASwitch category) will not be exposed as regular entities, but as events

Just follow the instructions, there is also an example automation.

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perfect thx, I had overlook the example! I will try it this evening