Aqara Wireless Remote Switch H1 (Double Rocker)

[tomillr]

Device

• Product name: Aqara Wireless Remote Switch H1 (Double Rocker)
• Manufacturer: Lumi
• Model identifier: lumi.remote.b28ac1
• Device type :
  • Switch

Screenshots

[tomillr]

Anything I can do to help getting this devices integrated? Can I send you one of those switches perhaps?

Aqara is about to release a bunch of new Zigbee 3.0-version of their popular switches and sensors btw.

[netnetaip]

I'm also intrested to see H1 switch integrated in ConBee II or RaspBee II devices

[SwoopX]

You guys might want to give the latest firmware a try (http://deconz.dresden-elektronik.de/deconz-firmware/beta), since it has some new builtin specialties for Xiaomi. We recently discovered that the latest Xiaomi's require the coodinator to have a Xiaomi manufacturer code to eventually reveal their full set of clusters, which I feel is the case here. This is too less for a dual rocker.

With the new FW, please also make sure to reset and re-pair the device and push all buttons a couple of times while device search is running.

[tomillr]

Ok, so I've updated my Conbee 2 stick to the latest beta firmware andsetup a completely new and clean test system. I've only connect a single INNR smart plug as well as the Aqara H1 Wireless Double Rocker:

For the Aqara H1 decenz gui now presents me some additional values, which were previously missing (like the manufacture name):

[SwoopX]

Have you also pushed both buttons simultaneously? I'd expect to also have an endpoint 02. Cyn you also please check if meanwhile the lumi specific cluster FCC0 has occurred?

[tomillr]

Have you also pushed both buttons simultaneously? I'd expect to also have an endpoint 02.

Yes, I've pushed both buttons in different combinations and length. Where should I look for endpoint 02 in the Devons GUI btw?

[SwoopX]

ok, 2nd screenshot of your last post. Would you be able to compile the plugin for testing?

[tomillr]

ok, 2nd screenshot of your last post.

So basically every possible button (left, right, left+right) should show up as its own section like "01" and "03" shown here?

Would you be able to compile the plugin for testing?

Never done this before, but I'd gladly give it a try. Do you have some kind of guide I can work with?

[SwoopX]

Sure, can do. I just need 1-2 days more as I want to pass you a nice experimental gimmick to sniff the communication 😉

[tomillr]

Played around with those switches a bit more and tried to connect them to a SmartThings Hub as well.

I've noticed, that the switch seems to automatically connect itself to a random Zigbee light or smart plug. This also happens when there's no Zigbee Hub connect at all and I've manually reset every device beforehand.

Could it be, that the new Aqara H1 switches are by default configured to establish a direct connection to the light source. Similar to how those TRÅDFRI remotes from Ikea come pre-connected to the Zigbee light bulb and work without the need for a Zigbee hub?

[SwoopX]

Alright, so the first code to test is ready. Please find the instructions how to compile below

git clone --branch=h1 https://github.com/swoopx/deconz-rest-plugin.git h1       # Clone repository
cd ./h1
qmake && make -j2                                                               # Compile
sudo systemctl stop deconz                                                      # Stop deCONZ headless (in case it is running)
sudo systemctl stop deconz-gui                                                  # Stop deCONZ GUI (in case it is running)
sudo cp /usr/share/deCONZ/plugins/libde_rest_plugin.so /usr/share/deCONZ/plugins/bak_libde_rest_plugin.so  # Make plugin backup
sudo cp ../libde_rest_plugin.so /usr/share/deCONZ/plugins/                      # Copy newly compiled plugin to deCONZ plugin folder
/usr/bin/deCONZ --dbg-info=2 --dbg-error=2 > h1_debug                           # Run deCONZ with GUI and debug output

Please make sure to collect around 15 mins of debug data and reset and re-pair the device as very first action. Also, be sure to try out all thinkable combination of presses (single, double, tripple, hold) for each button. When done, please share the created file h1_debug from the h1 folder.

If required, you can restore the original plugin after deCONZ has been closed:

sudo cp /usr/share/deCONZ/plugins/bak_libde_rest_plugin.so /usr/share/deCONZ/plugins/libde_rest_plugin.so

and start deCONZ again in ONE preferred mode

sudo systemctl start deconz              # Start deCONZ headless
sudo systemctl start deconz-gui          # Start deCONZ GUI

Could it be, that the new Aqara H1 switches are by default configured to establish a direct connection to the light source. Similar to how those TRÅDFRI remotes from Ikea come pre-connected to the Zigbee light bulb and work without the need for a Zigbee hub?

Yes, kind of. If appropriately configured, switches can control lights, etc. directly without the need of a coordinator. Switches typically get predefined groups they send their commands to. If the to be controlled devices subscribes to that group, the coordinator is not required any more.

It could be that the switch has also an alternate mode of operation. Maybe the generated debug output gives some hints about that.

[SwoopX]

Ah, you're missing the deconz dev package.

sudo apt-get install deconz-dev should do the trick.

Qtcreator is a bit too much, but ok 😄

[tomillr]

So, I've finally managed to setup a new Debian environment and try compiling you plugin. Provided I followed your instruction correctly, I wasn't able to have the switch join the the newly setup network. Maybe the log can provide some details:

https://pastebin.com/KJMZzGdV

First, I manually reset the H1 switch a couple of times and tried to pair it using the Phoscon webapp. After that didn't work, I tried to pair a INNR smart plug to check the connection with the Conbee 2 stick, which didn't show up also.

Maybe I can just have you send you one of the actually switches? Might that help?

https://www.amazon.de/WRS-R02-WIRELESS-REMOTE-SWITCH-version/dp/B094QL17GY/

[SwoopX]

Lemme check what you shared. I recall we recently had quite some strange reports that devices "refuse" to join. Interestingly, a restart of deconz seems to let the device appear automagically.