Binding Xiaomi Mi home getway

Hi TBM.
Welcome to the forum and this topic.
I stopped looking at the issue late last year, and did not progress anyfurther than is mantioned in this thread. However I will be looking at in depth in this subject again in the next week or so. So your timing could not be much better.
My initial thoughts with regards to my plan to getting my Xiaomi gear working is to:

  1. Try the binding method of integration again, with a fresh mind, and (if lucky) some changes to the firmware that allows me to obtain the developers key.
  2. try the Zigbee2mqtt solution as mentioned in this (Xiaomi Mi Home Gateway) thread. Note: this thread goes into further detail of the issues I had with the gateway and others who gave suggestions… take a look.

Let me know how you get on.
Cheers,
Dan