Is there a way to connect to the devices without the Mi Gateway.
My air purifier is registered in my WIFI network. The smartphone app can connect directly to and I do not have the gateway (hardware gateway)
The app does only work when connected to tjhe internet and I would like to control my purifier directly from openhab in the local network.
I also installed the nodescript ( npm install -g miio)
all I get when i try to discover is:
ERROR Unsupported mode
best regards
Trigan 
It depends per device. If the device āspeaksā the miio protocol than you have high chance it can be controlled with the miio binding. If it is e.g. a wifi or zigbee device you may not control it without gateway
i can confirm this behaviour. Problem is a json misformat (which is not displayed in your dump).
"mmfree":27224,,"otu_stat" there are two , between otu_stat and mmfree. I think this string comes directly from the device, so maybe it has something to do with a missing configuration element or a newer (buggy) firmware
@marcel_verpaalen any chance you can fix this by checking / repairing the returned string first?
First of all, I would like to applogise. Iāve created post and Iāve been block by administration (itās probably standard routine), then iāve lost interest in this forum because block was remaind more then 3 daysā¦ iāve already fixed it in my local repository but iām not proud of it. Fix is working, but itās in very bad taste (āsmelly codeā). Iāve added something like this, before parsing json:
jsonFromXiaomi = jsonFromXiaomi.replecaAll(",,", ",");
The truth is that iāve no idea how to fix it better. Probably iāve should send bug report to xiaomi, because it their fault (filter is sending bad data) but iām too busy to do that.
The strange thing is: it stopped delivering wrong json after setting a name to the device in openhab paper uiā¦ so either this is a strange coincidence, or the api returns something based on the request.
TBH: i wouldāve fixed it the same way, easy but dirty workaround. clean(er) solution would be a json pattern replacement or using a āmalformed json repair libraryā
Well can you upload your compiled build? dont have a working development enviroment and maybe this helps the other people looking for a solution who are not as lucky as i am.
Items:
Number XAIR_humidity "Humidity [%d %%]" <humidity> (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:humidity"}
Number XAIR_temp "Temperature [%2.1f Ā°C]" <temperature> (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:temperature"}
String XAIR_mode "Mode Air Purifier" (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:mode"}
Switch XAIR_power "Power Air Purfier" <switch> (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:power"}
Number XAIR_airquality "PPM 2.5 [%d]" <chart> (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:aqi"}
Number XAIR_avgairquality "AVG PPM 2.5" <chart> (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:averageaqi"}
Switch XAIR_autodetect "Air Autodetect" (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:act_det"}
Number XAIR_filterlife "Filter Remaining Life Time [%d %%]" <pie> (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:filterlife"}
Number XAIR_filtermaxlife "Filter Max Life Time [%d hours]" <time> (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:filtermaxlife"}
Number XAIR_filterhours "Filter Hours [%d hours]" <time> (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:filterhours"}
Number XAIR_usedhours "Used Hours [%d hours]" <time> (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:usedhours"}
Number XAIR_motorspeed "Motor [%d rpm]" <flow> (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:motorspeed"}
Number XAIR_favlevel "Manual Level Speed" <wind> (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:favoritelevel"}
Number XAIR_purifiedvol "Purified air volume [%d m3]" <smoke> (gPersChng) {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:purifyvolume"}
String XAIR_commandchannel "Manual Command Channel XIAOMI" {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:actions#commands"}
Switch XAIR_led "Led [%s]" <slider> {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:led"}
Switch XAIR_buzzer "Buzzer [%s]" <soundvolume> {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:buzzer"}
Switch XAIR_childlock "Child lock [%s]" <lock> {channel="miio:basic:043A6817:childlock"}
Sitemap:
Text label="Air Purifier"{
Switch item=XAIR_mode label="Modus []" icon="fan" mappings=[auto=Auto, silent=Silent, favorite=Manual, idle=Off]
Switch item=XAIR_power
Text item=XAIR_humidity
Text item=XAIR_temp
Text item=XAIR_airquality
Text item=XAIR_avgairquality
//Text item=XAIR_autodetect
Text item=XAIR_filterlife
Text item=XAIR_filtermaxlife
Text item=XAIR_filterhours
Text item=XAIR_usedhours
Text item=XAIR_motorspeed
Text item=XAIR_purifiedvol
Setpoint item=XAIR_favlevel minValue=1 maxValue=16 step=1
Switch item=XAIR_led
Switch item=XAIR_buzzer
Switch item=XAIR_childlock
}
My remarks:
filterhours channels show nothing
Alltogether it work very very nice 
Thank you !
@wojciech.fred,
Indeed if this comes from the device, I think the json is flawed, this is probably specific to a firmware version.
Iām om holidays right now, but will implement such a hack/fix asap
Of course:
This is the latest version from marcelrv repository from xiaomi-miio branch with my āsmellyā patch.
Down below is actual patch:
Dropbox - xiaomi_air_broken_json_fix.patch - Simplify your life (iāll delete it as soon as possible, because i dont want to get bad reputation)
Iām fiddling with the binding with the humidifier zhimi.humidifier.v1. I got it up and running - power on/off is runnning like a charm. Since itās yet an unsupported device, I would like to try out the command channel you mention in your post. However, I donāt really understand how to use it. A short example would be great. Thanks a lot in advance!
Hallo @Chris69,
Yesterday evening I pushed a new release with humidifier support.
Pls delete your thing, update the binding than discovery again.
If things went well, you should have your humidifier as basic device
Thanks for you quick reply. I did what you said the humidifier was discovered as a basic device. However, no channels (besides the ones under āShow moreā) are shown.
Hallo @Chris69,
Give it a minute or 2 to get fully synced and updated. Than you may want to use F5 to refresh paperUI, as it not always picks up the thing changes well. With a little luck than the new channels are visible.
If not, PM me pls a log of the initiation (debug log, see xiaomi thread, first post on how) of the initiation of your thing.
(e.g in paperUI change the location of the thing, that will trigger it)
Thx for this Binding it works very well
I have the same āproblemā the filterhours Channel show 0.
Is there fix for that?
@derhelge I donāt know if the humidifier actually has that property.(I don;t have the device, so the supported channels is an educated guess)
Do you see it in the mi home app? If not, probaly it is not available, than I just need to remove the channel.
(you can see in the debug log if the property receives a value in the communication)
Pls let me know the result ( please let me know the exact model string you see in your config as these properties are different per model)
@marcel_verpaalen
I canāt see Filterhours in the MI App, the only thing the app show me is the remaining days on the Filter.
I also received my humidifier yesterday and already added it to openhab. Works like charm!
The humidifier shows a aqi channel which is not used. The Mode channel works with āsilent, medium and highā and the sethumidity channel with ā40,50,60,70,80ā, but is just shows these values and does not set the new one to the chosen value. I also have to find out, which channel is used if thereās no water left in it.
niceā¦ let me know if you find the commands, that they can be added to the db for the device
I think the error is in the ā/database/zhimi.humidifier.v1.jsonā where the Command for setHumidity is āset_led_bā instead of āset_limit_humā.:
{
"property": "limit_hum",
"friendlyName": "Humidity Set",
"channel": "setHumidity",
"type": "Number",
"refresh": true,
"ChannelGroup": "Status",
"actions": [
{
"command": "set_led_b",
"parameterType": "NUMBER"
}
]
},
yes, seems obvious
Can you see what it accepts (on off or a number)
it should accept a number (30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80)