Aqara Water Leak Sensor in Home Assistant via Zigbee2MQTT (No Hub)
Pair the Aqara SJCGQ11LM or SJCGQ12LM to Home Assistant locally via Zigbee2MQTT — no hub, no cloud. Full setup, automations, and placement guide.
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Aqara Cube T1 Pro: Home Assistant Automations via Zigbee2MQTT (Full Guide)
Aqara Cube T1 Pro: Home Assistant Automations via Zigbee2MQTT The Aqara Cube T1 Pro gives you physical controls for Home Assistant: shake to toggle a light, rotate to change brightness, or turn a numbered face upwards to select a scene. The useful part is choosing a small set of gestures that people can remember. This…
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Aqara Door Sensor in Home Assistant via Zigbee2MQTT (No Hub)
Aqara contact sensors can tell Home Assistant when a door, window, drawer, or cupboard opens. With Zigbee2MQTT they pair to your own coordinator, so you can build local lighting and household alerts without an Aqara hub, Mi Home app, or Aqara account. This guide covers the older MCCGQ11LM and the MCCGQ14LM E1, known as 门窗传感器…
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Aqara Hub M3 as a Matter Bridge for Home Assistant: True Local Setup Guide
The Aqara Hub M3 can run supported automations on the hub and expose devices to Home Assistant over Matter or HomeKit. Those are separate connections: a local HA integration does not make every Aqara app feature work offline. This guide covers both HA routes, the M3’s separate Thread border-router role, IR options, and an offline…
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Valetudo on Xiaomi Vacuum: Cloud-Free Local Control with Home Assistant
A robot vacuum’s app can depend on a vendor account and cloud connection even when the vacuum is on your home Wi-Fi. If you want its controls and map available locally, Valetudo is an option for specifically supported models. Valetudo replaces the cloud service used by the robot; it is not a replacement firmware. It…
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Aqara P1 Motion Sensor + Home Assistant: Full Local Setup via Zigbee2MQTT
The Aqara P1 (RTCGQ14LM, also sold as MS-S02) lets you adjust motion sensitivity and the interval between reports in Zigbee2MQTT. It runs on two CR2450 batteries and reports movement and illuminance to Home Assistant through your Zigbee coordinator. An Aqara hub or account is unnecessary for this route. There is one setting worth understanding before…
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Does Aqara Collect Data in Local Mode? The 2026 Privacy Policy Explained
Aqara's March 2026 privacy policy update explicitly addresses local mode data collection. Here's what it says, what it doesn't cover, and how to verify it.
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Aqara Hub M2 vs M3: Which One Actually Works Locally Without Cloud?
Both the Aqara M2 and M3 support local automation. The M3 adds a Thread border router, Matter controller features, and PoE. For Home Assistant, the useful comparison is which devices and controls each hub exposes, and which parts of your setup still need internet access. Below are the protocol differences, HA integration choices, and checks…
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Aqara E1 Hub with Home Assistant: Complete Local Setup (No Cloud Required)
The Aqara Hub E1 bridges supported Aqara Zigbee devices to Home Assistant over HomeKit. The hub manages the Zigbee network; HA receives the accessories exposed by its firmware. That gives local control without turning the E1 into a ZHA or Z2M coordinator. If the E1 is already in Apple Home, remove that HomeKit binding without…
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Xiaomi Zigbee Devices in Home Assistant via Zigbee2MQTT: 100% Local, No Cloud
Many Xiaomi and Aqara Zigbee sensors work with Home Assistant through Zigbee2MQTT. Pair them with your own coordinator and HA can receive their readings without a vendor hub or account. Check the supported-device entry for the exact model first. The local path is device → Zigbee coordinator → Z2M → MQTT → HA. Your automations…