Xiaomi gateway integration - help needed

Installation Home Assistant OS
1

hi,

i tried to integrate the xiaomi gateway into my hass.io installtion by following this tutorial:

i also tried all the hints at the end of the page. unfortunately it did not work, the log files shows this:

2017-10-03 00:29:42 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of xiaomi_aqara is taking over 10 seconds.
2017-10-03 00:30:22 ERROR (SyncWorker_12) [homeassistant.components.xiaomi_aqara] No gateway discovered
2017-10-03 00:30:22 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup failed for xiaomi_aqara: Component failed to initialize.

my config file looks that way:

xiaomi_aqara:
discovery_retry: 10
gateways:

  • mac:
    key: 166EFD08A226xxxx

i can see the gateway in the admin-area of the rooter, it is on the same network as all other devices.

do you have any hints why this does not work?

2

try lowercase letters for the mac and key

3

i tried this before, that didn’t work either.

4

check your formatting, this is mine that works

5

ok, thanks, i’ll try in the evening!

6

well, this did not work either, formatting was the same, i have just added: discovery_retry: 10

7

Do you know the ip of your gateway? Just extend the configuration:

xiaomi_aqara:
  gateways:
   - host: 192.168.x.x
     mac: 286c078882xx
     key: xhebx....
8

oh, thanks, that’s a new idea, i didn’t read about and try before! i’ll give it a try in the evening and let you know.

9

great, thanks! that was the thing i was looking for for a couple of days :slight_smile:

it now shows the gateway on the start page, i see the status and can click to see the brightness level and the color, but i can’t change any of these. do you have a hint regarding this?

10

my log file says:

  2017-10-04 20:48:58 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.xiaomi_aqara] Static address (10.0.0.2:9898) of the gateway provided. Discovery of this host will be skipped.
2017-10-04 20:49:09 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of sensor is taking over 10 seconds.
2017-10-04 20:49:09 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of weather is taking over 10 seconds.
2017-10-04 20:49:13 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of tts is taking over 10 seconds.
2017-10-04 20:49:35 WARNING (SyncWorker_7) [netdisco.ssdp] Error fetching description at 10.0.0.11
2017-10-04 20:49:41 WARNING (SyncWorker_7) [netdisco.ssdp] Error fetching description at http://192.168.1.250:49152/description.xml
2017-10-04 20:49:50 ERROR (SyncWorker_3) [PyXiaomiGateway] Got error element in data {"error":"Invalid key"}
2017-10-04 20:49:56 ERROR (SyncWorker_18) [PyXiaomiGateway] Got error element in data {"error":"Invalid key"}
2017-10-04 20:50:04 ERROR (SyncWorker_4) [PyXiaomiGateway] Got error element in data {"error":"Invalid key"}

i’m running HA on an raspberry pi3, 10.0.0.11 is my notebook from which i configure pi.

11

Did you guys manage to find the issue, I have the same errors.
The gateway is basically just acting as a bridge, I can’t interact play ringtones, switch on gateway light etc.

2017-10-12 21:38:38 ERROR (Thread-2) [PyXiaomiGateway] Got error element in data {“error”:“Invalid key”}

12

unfortunately not. i think this thread might more interesting to you:

13

Does your router definitely support multicast?
If not then I understand that the GW will not work.
Not sure if you’d even get as far as you have with out multicast, but worth mentioning…

14

@syssi - who maintains the component docs for xiaomi_aqara?
It might be worth updating to include mention of the multicast requirement - I dont see it there.

15

Everybody is encouraged to update/change the docs. There is no maintainer in particular.

16

PR submitted :wink:

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17

Merged.
Now you are just 3 pr from getting a free T-shirt :slight_smile:

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18

I’ve got it working on Openhab 2, i suspect my router is multicast enabled. Does anyone else have this issue that may have a multicast enabled router?

19

Hi,

I dunno if some router can enable/disable multicast. But i’m sure that there are someones, that block multicast, and then the gateway can’t be discovered.

In my case i have a livebox, that this one blocked me the multicast and i needed to chage it by other one.

20

Thanks for the reply Garvarma, will move my secondary gateway to a different router and test and provide feedback.