Hi,
unfortunately I need to revert my last post. Even with an Ember based Dongle my setup is not working as expected.
Sometimes the dongle itself was “offline - connection error”, sometimes a device was “offline - gone”
I have decided to upgrade to the latest version to avoid any bugs that have already been fixed.
So my current setup is as follows:
Openhab 2.5.2
Dongle: Bitron Video (Ember)
Zigbee Version: Snapshot updated today (27.02.2020)
I have two Innr Smart Plugs which are working fine.
The Aqara devices are found by the binding, but the things is: Offline - Node has not completed discovery.
I am aware that the Aqara devices are not Zigbee standard devices and that they go into sleep mode very quickly.
I would like to understand a little more about the process of “adding a device”. I know there are two important times
- When a device joins the network
- The device is added as thing
When the device has not completed the discovery, how can I retrigger the discovery?
Is it required to reset the device? Is it required to delete the thing and add it again?
Is enough to start the binding discovery and wakeup the device by pushing the button several times?
Some clarification around that would be very helpful.
I found this post in the forum:
Start Zigbee Discovery
Reset the Aqara device by pressing the button until the led blinks.
Press the button of the Aqara device every second.
When it shows up in PaperUI, add the device
Most of the times the device isn’t discovered completely, so
Start Zigbee Discovery again
Press the button of the Aqara device every second.
Now it should be discovered completely. If not (which isn’t the case often), start again.
And as mentioned above this post:
In the past, it helped for me to put the zigbee binding in disovery mode (to find new devices), then long-press the button on the aqara sensor until the led flashes and then short-press the button several times.
Usually this helped to bring them back. I did not have to completely delete / rediscover them.
I guess Chris explained already somewhere in the forum how to read the DEBUG log. What are the steps that need to happen in which sequence? If so, where to find it?
Best regards,
Ralf