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QOTO QT-05M

Solar powered garden watering timer. Works with Zigbee2MQTT with no vendor hub or cloud: it pairs with a Zigbee stick and shows up in Home Assistant.

Vendor
QOTO
Model
QT-05M
Type
Other devices
Power
battery: an end device, does not extend the mesh
Firmware updates (OTA)
no

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What it exposes

FeaturePropertyValuesControl
Water flowwater_flow%read only
Last watering durationlast_watering_durationsecread only
Remaining watering timeremaining_watering_timesecread only
Valve statevalve_state% · 0…100settable
Valve state auto shutdownvalve_state_auto_shutdown% · 0…100settable
Shutdown timershutdown_timersec · 0…14400settable
Batterybattery% · 0…100read only

MQTT: state and commands

Zigbee2MQTT publishes the device state to zigbee2mqtt/my_device (my_device is the name you give the device). An example message:

{
  "water_flow": 0,
  "last_watering_duration": 0,
  "remaining_watering_time": 0,
  "valve_state": 50,
  "valve_state_auto_shutdown": 50,
  "shutdown_timer": 7200,
  "battery": 87,
  "linkquality": 120
}

The device only reports data and takes no commands.

Watch the topics live from the browser: MQTT client.

How to pair it

  1. In Zigbee2MQTT click Permit join.
  2. Put the device in pairing mode: usually a long press of the reset button (5–10 s) until the LED blinks; bulbs: switch the power off and on 5–6 times.
  3. Keep the device close to the coordinator or a router while pairing.
  4. Give it a clear name: MQTT topics and Home Assistant entities are built from it.

Exact procedure and model notes: the device page in the Zigbee2MQTT docs. No coordinator yet: coordinator picker.

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