Hi Aqara community,
I wanted to share a more advanced automation setup that connects my Lefant M210 robot vacuum to Aqara Home using Home Assistant, Tuya Local, and the Home Assistant Matter Hub addon.
This project originally started with one simple goal: to use devices inside the Aqara Home ecosystem that aren’t officially Matter-compatible. Thanks to the power of Home Assistant, Matter bridging and Aqara ecosystem, I was able to make it work and even add some smart logic along the way.
My setup:
- Home Assistant (locally hosted)
- Integration: Tuya Local (for local control of the Wi-Fi-based Lefant M210)
- Home Assistant Matter Server (to expose the vacuum into Matter)
- Aqara Hub M3 (as Matter controller)
- Aqara Home app (used for the final automation)
Useful resources:
- Lefant M210 robot vacuum: https://www.lefantlife.com/products/lefant-m210
- Tuya Local: GitHub - make-all/tuya-local: Local support for Tuya devices in Home Assistant
- Home Assistant Matter integration: Matter - Home Assistant
- Home Assistant Matter Hub: GitHub - t0bst4r/home-assistant-matter-hub: Publish your Home-Assistant Instance using Matter.
Automation logic – cold-aware cleaning robot
I live in eastern Canada, where winter temperatures can be extremely low. I have a small entrance room adjacent to the house where my Lefant M210 runs. This room is not heated, and after some failed cold-starts, I decided to add temperature logic to protect the robot (and my nerves).
Here’s what I created:
- The vacuum runs 3 times per week at 2:00 AM
- Only if the Aqara alarm is set to Night mode
- And if the outside temperature is higher than 5°C
If any of those conditions aren’t met, the robot simply won’t start by design. This helps avoid any weird behavior when it’s -20°C in January.
Why I did it
I love Home Assistant’s flexibility. It lets me integrate almost anything, including older Wi-Fi devices like the Lefant. But when it comes to managing automations or toggling things on/off quickly, Aqara Home’s simplicity is hard to beat. So now I use Home Assistant for the heavy lifting, and Aqara for easy automation logic and scheduling.
The one big annoyance
Right now, every time I want to add a new Matter device to the Aqara Hub M3, I’m forced to factory reset the matter hub and re-pair everything. That’s frustrating, especially for users like me combining multiple Matter endpoints.
This seems to be a known issue on Aqara’s side, hoping for a fix soon!
Conclusion
Using Matter, Tuya Local, and Home Assistant together has allowed me to breathe new life into an older vacuum robot, all while integrating it cleanly into the Aqara ecosystem.
It’s reliable, efficient, and temperature-smart and it quietly cleans my cold mudroom while I sleep (as long as Mother Nature allows it).
Now if only it could also shovel snow…
Thanks to the Aqara team for supporting Matter and enabling this kind of hybrid smart home magic.
Cheers,
Marc
MatterWithAqaraHome
