Xiaomi gateway 2

Hello,

I am looking into the Xiaomi eco-system.
I know there are some compatibility issues, so I want to make sure before buying.
The xiaomi gateway component page says the supported models are “lumi.gateway.v2, lumi.gateway.v3”. This is kind of unclear as I have not seen any products with these names.
The newest model I’ve come across is this, is it one of the two mentioned? or better yet, how can I check it myself?

p.s.,
Xiaomi users, is the integration with hassio straightforward?

Thanks,
Felix.

This is the one I have:

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got the same one.

Hey, thanks, that’s good.
But also, do you happen to know how one can verify if this is indeed “lumi.gateway.v2, lumi.gateway.v3”? Does it say it anywhere?

mine doesn’t say anywhere. I believe “Xiaomi Gateway 2” is the last version that works as I’ve seen reports that the latest Xiaomi Aqara gateway doesnt’ work with HA / 3rd party hubs

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I see, good to know. Thanks a lot!

I’ve got a V3 when I’m not completely wrong.
It’s working a little bit. The issue is the multicast traffic throu the network.
When you didn’t bought it yet I advice you to check out ZigBee2MQTT by konekk

What do you mean by “working a little bit”? I basically want to use the gateway for some motion sensors + light switches (preferably through hassio).
I read some of the wiki on ZigBee2MQTT, this really seems like a lot of work to get running :sweat_smile:

I just rechecked - It was a Lumi.gatewav.v3.I used the Router from my ISP - Quite a regular, not too bad thing.
The used lumi.sensor_switch.v2 (aka round button) worked the first 30 Secconds very well… But when i let them leave a little bit they where dead. “Invalid key” was in the error log. Had also many outages.
see https://image.ibb.co/d4DgQd/Lux2.jpg

The problem here was the ADB VV 2220 - the Network doesn’t handled multicast traffic properly.

I had more work to friggle with the xiaomi gateway. To run zigbee2mqtt you buy the 3 things (stick, flasher and the cable) flash it and set up the addon. Currently 35 devices in my Network.
only 5-10% of the xiaomi component users got this problem btw

I use quite a lot of the xiaomi eco system.

I use gateway lumi v3, smart buttons, temp sensors, motion sensors, smart plugs, xiaomi Phillips light bulbs they all work very well. I use 2 gateways as I have quite a few devices now and have them evenly spread out. Key notes ensure your gateways are close enough to your wireless network as the wireless antenna in them is really low gain. Next ensure your wireless network and zigbee frequency are separated and you shouldn’t encounter too many issues I don’t have any issues with any of mine and I’d be getting close to 50 odd deployed around the house.

As for integration I found it really straight forward using an Android phone to extract tokens required for integration but I have read those on ios cam struggle.

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I have xiaomi hub 2, can someone guide his to add the hub to home assistant?