
Aqara Panel Hub S1 Plus: Home Assistant Local Setup
Add the Aqara Panel Hub S1 Plus (MP-K03D) to Home Assistant via Matter or HomeKit Controller — what bridges locally, what doesn't, and why.

Add the Aqara Panel Hub S1 Plus (MP-K03D) to Home Assistant via Matter or HomeKit Controller — what bridges locally, what doesn't, and why.

Set up the Smartmi Humidifier 2 (zhimi.humidifier.ca1/cb1) in Home Assistant with local polling, no Mi Home cloud. Includes the token-retrieval gotcha.

Pairing the Aqara E1 Mini Switch (WXKG20LM) with Zigbee2MQTT skips the hub. Here's every entity it exposes and how to automate it in Home Assistant.

Pairing, entities, decoupled mode, and Zigbee2MQTT setup for the Aqara H1 no-neutral triple switch (QBKG29LM), and how it differs from the with-neutral version.

Pair the discontinued Xiaomi WXKG01LM wireless switch to Zigbee2MQTT and Home Assistant with no Mi Home app. Actions, mesh placement, and the legacy-event fix.

How go2rtc's native Xiaomi source pulls Mi/Mijia camera video onto your LAN, what still touches Xiaomi's servers, and which models actually work.

The Aqara H2 EU switch (WS-K07E) ships in Thread mode by default, but Zigbee2MQTT exposes more config. Here's how to pick a protocol and pair it locally.

Not every Mi Home 'gateway' runs automations locally. Learn to tell hub, sub-gateway, and blind gateway apart before building a local-first setup.

Pair the Aqara ZNXNKG01LM wired rotary knob with Zigbee2MQTT, control all three relay loads in Home Assistant, and use rotation events in automations.

Set up the Aqara W500 (UT-A01E) floor heating thermostat with Zigbee2MQTT and Home Assistant — Thread-to-Zigbee mode switch, pairing, full entity list, preset automations, and OTA updates.