Third-Party Zigbee Devices Compatibility for eWeLink CUBE I Tested

ward · February 20, 2024, 3:51am

Hey there,

As someone who’s really into smart homes, I tend to buy all sorts of gadgets for reviews or just to mess around with them.

Since I’ve got iHost, I’ve been testing every Zigbee device I buy with it. Personally, I think it’s neat to keep track of compatibility, so I’m gonna start a list based on my recent tests.

As Zigbee devices could act differently depending on the firmware version, all tests were based on the latest firmware.

Feel free to throw in your experiences! It’d be great to let each other know what’s working and what’s not.

Products	iHost 1.13.3	1.13.4
Third Reality Water Leakage Sensor		no link quality/battery
Third Reality Motion Sensor		no link quality/battery
IKEA TRÅDFRI Plug CN/AU	No link quality
IKEA VALLHORN Motion Sensor	Not Supported	Not Supported
IKEA PARASOLL Contact Sensor	Not Supported	Not Supported
IKEA BADRING Water Leakage Sensor		All Work
IKEA Ormanäs Light Strip	All Work	Not Supported
IKEA SOMRIG Wireless Button	Not Supported
IKEA TRÅDFRI signal repeater	All Work
Aqara Vibration Sensor T1	Not Supported	Not Supported
Aqara Wireless Mini Switch	Triggers Work, no battery/link quality
Philips Hue White and Color 800 Lumens (A19/9.5W)	All Work
Philips Hue White and Color 1600 Lumens (A67/15W)	All Work	�
Tuya TZ3000 (Zemismart) Contact Sensor	All Work	All Work
Tuya TYZ-B01 (Zemismart) Motion Sensor	All Work	All Work
IKEA TRÅDFRI Shortcut Button		Not Supported
IKEA TRÅDFRI Motion Sensor		no link quality/battery
IKEA TRÅDFRI Dimmer (ICTC-G-1)		Not Supported
IKEA TRÅDFRI LED bulb E27 600 lumen, dimmable, color, opal white		No Color Option
IKEA TRÅDFRI LED bulb E14 806 lumen (NEW), dimmable, color, opal white		All Work
IKEA TRÅDFRI LED bulb GU10 345 lumen (NEW), dimmable, opal white		All Work

About IKEA Zigbee Lights

All my IKEA TRÅDFRI series lights (old ones) work great, so I will skip these; The new energy-efficient version works perfectly too!

tasha · February 20, 2024, 5:42am

Thanks for sharing! It’s nice to have such a thread. A lot of certified zb 3.0 devices are not as “standardized” as expect to work with zigbee 3.0 gateways from different brands.

Alexie · February 20, 2024, 8:39am

We hope to make

IKEA VALLHORN Motion Sensor
IKEA PARASOLL Contact Sensor

these two products compatible, but we can’t buy these two models, I wonder if you are willing to cooperate with our follow-up debugging to make them compatible

ward · February 20, 2024, 8:52am

Glad to help! Actually, I have brought an extra two from German IKEA, and they are right on our dev’s desk

silviucd · February 21, 2024, 10:31am

I tried IKEA RODRET zigbee switch and it shows that its not supported yet, maybe you can make it work.

ward · February 22, 2024, 1:53am

RODRET is a nice one! I use it to directly connect a lamp without a gateway (Zigbee Light Link feature).

Back to your feedback, dimmer support is under our consideration, but right now we focus more on getting the very core device types to work better and more steady

matthewnmoore · February 23, 2024, 6:37am

Frient intelligent smoke and heat detectors are not compatible

ward · March 7, 2024, 3:20am

Hey all,

We have rolled out a new release 1.13.4, which optimized the strategy how eWeLink CUBE/iHost handles third-party Zigbee devices.

Some issues like false device types could be fixed in this version.

ger-maguire · March 20, 2024, 2:54pm

Has there been any progress with the IKEA Vallhorn devices ?

Thanks.

ward · March 21, 2024, 1:32am

Hey

It requires a major upgrade to the Zigbee2Cube component, which takes time and more testing before it’s ready for more devices.

ward · March 25, 2024, 2:00am

The list is updated with two Third Reality devices I recently got.

They both work perfectly with Zigbee2CUBE toggled off.

port4u · April 3, 2024, 6:02am

Got a water leakage sensor from IKEA, it works great