A long time back I posted in the Xiaomi gateway megathread about some new devices that were found in the FCC website.
E.g. square switch, new temp sensor etc
These eventually came to market.
On of the interesting things about the FCC site was that the company submitting the devices for certification is Lumi.
Seems that there is a group of related companies developing, marketing and selling these Zigbee devices:
Xiaomi, Aqara, Lumi… and also one called EigenStone.
I saw previously that Aqara and EigenStone both have (almost identical) iOS apps, but that I could not use the apps because a china phone number was required to register.
A few days back the EigenStone app now allows registration by email… so I had a play.
In the app there is a screen much like the Xiaomi home app, where you can add new devices.
This is what I saw…
New devices!
USB Dongle - zigbee dongle?
Thermostat
Dual Channel controller
Smart Lock
Aqara Smart Lock
Dimmer (I assume it’s an LED single colour/white dimmer)
RGB Dimming Controller (I assume it’s an RGB LED controller)
Color Temperature (I assume it’s a CW/WW LED controller and dimmer)
Also on the eigenstone website you can see the what I think is the Aqara vibration sensor… Looks like the square temperature sensor, but with parallel “wobbly lines” logo.
There are some very interesting potential new items in this app!
Actually you are almost right. This company is 100% share hold by Lumi Company, which means that it is Lumi’s sub-company. So all productions it offer would be under Lumi’s brand.
I didnt see anything from a quick search on gearbest…
Could be vapourware, but I would think its a lot of work to design icons and app support for things that will never exist.
Unfortunately though I was not able to get my (essentially useless for home assistant) version 1 Xiaomi gateway to connect to the Eigenstone app. Could be because the gateway was previously associated with a Xiaomi account, could be that Eigenstone app requires version 2 gateway? Who knows? I was not prepared to jeoparise my V2 gateway HA set up to play.
Dual-Control-Modul ist für die Beleuchtung und industrielle Steuerung Design von energiesparenden und intelligenten Produkten konzipiert, die Installation ist schnell und einfach zu pflegen einfach, mit der ZigBee-Technologie können Sie mit dem Multifunktions-Gateway zu kommunizieren, und dann erreichen Remote-APP oder Linkage Kontrolle von Haushaltsgeräten benutzerdefinierte Schalter, kann für Beleuchtung, frische Luft, Motor und andere Leistungsschalter-Steuerung verwendet werden, für Multi-Szene, Multi-Device flexible Anwendungen. Neben der Unterstützung der Macht Statistik-Funktion, Echtzeit-Erkennung von Back-End-Geräte Stromverbrauch.
This one use BLE. Later this month, Xiaomi will publish a new gateway with BLE, which can pair with this or other BLE devices such as Mi Flora Sensor, Lock Smart Door Lock… So after linking to gateway, it can use WIFI indirectly for automation, remote control or Xiaomi AI Speaker Voice Control.
https://yadi.sk/i/b11ML1U63UKFxz - find aqara presentation, look at 46-47 page - new devices, that founded hijinx in start post, in presentation some more description.
Wow! I’m looking forward to the USB hub potentially being released - it would be a (probably) cheaper alternative to the Wifi gateway for local control (perfect for HASS!).
Nice link and channel.
I’m interested that he’s using the Aqara app not the mi home app.
I wonder if the aqara light will be zigbee and cheap/good enough to challenge Ikea.
Recently I’ve managed to aquire 4 units of the relay in order to complete my home setup. The information I’ve had from the company is that this is an old product and that it has been discontinued. I haven’t yet tested it’s integration with Home assistant but it’s detected and works with the hub.
