I have a Aqara System tile that has Home Away Night and off settings.
It shows HE1-GEO1 so it is the usb hub.
What do these relate to in the home kit eco system.
What you are seeing in HomeKit is Aqara’s security system alarm panel tile that comes from your Aqara Hub.
Apple Home sees it as a security accessory with those 4 different modes. One of many nice features of the Aqara Hub
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Most Aqara hubs comes with a basic alarm function for Apple Home. As far as I know it still cannot be disabled, but here is how it works. You have to start in the Aqara app by pairing devices as security sensors under the “Basic Guard” function. You can set your Home, Away, and Night Modes and include certain sensors. For example on a Home mode, you would want to skip interior motion sensors. Once your modes are set up, then the alarm exposed in Apple Home can be used with Siri or in different automations (e.g., When Last Person Leaves the Property, set alarm to Away).
What purpose and benefit does this have? Your hub can act as a siren when the alarm is triggered. When something happens, you can now receive “critical alerts” on your phone that push through Focus Modes and Silent phones.
All set to off