Review on Xiaomi Mi Smart Sensor Set by Agata Paliga ᠌

So, I will briefly describe how to make this whole thing work without Chinese servers with their lags and glitches of MiHome itself. I’ll make a reservation right away, it will be necessary to invest another 3-4 thousand in addition to this set, then everything will rest on your desires and financial capabilities. The hub from the kit is for discarding, instead we need a Raspberry Pi 3B, a memory card, it would be better if the card is of class U3, but U1 will also work. Card capacity from 8Gb. And you also need to purchase a ZigBee module, look for CC2531 on any Chinese site (it is worth considering that the module needs to be flashed, you can do it anywhere where electronics are repaired, or you can flash it yourself, it takes 5 minutes). Once you have a raspberry and a module, do the following: We put a clean raspbian image without a graphical interface, it will not be useful here at all and roll Home Bridge onto it (There are a lot of manuals on the Internet), in fact, it all comes down to running one command in the console via SSH. Further, already in the web interface, you can add plugins for all devices in your home, ranging from these sensors, TVs and IP cameras, vacuum cleaners, and a bunch of everything, it’s not listed here. After spending a little time, you can work with these devices directly when you are at home on the same wi-fi network, or if you have an iPad, HomePod or Apple TV at home, then from anywhere in the world. All notifications from sensors arrive in the smartphone in 0.7-1.3 seconds. You don't depend on Chinese servers, you don't have to worry about selecting regions in MiHome. Everything will work in a native application from Apple - Home