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Tuya PA-44Z in Home Assistant

Smoke & safety · Zigbee · Photoelectric smoke detector

Zigbee2MQTT Quirk included in ZHA 3 open reports

This device is known to both Zigbee integrations: Zigbee2MQTT has a definition for it, and ZHA has a quirk that adapts it.

Facts about this device

Brand
Tuya
Model
PA-44Z
Device type
Smoke & safety
Radio
Zigbee
Power
Battery
Reports itself as
_TZE200_m9skfctm, _TZE200_rccxox8p, _TZE284_rccxox8p, _TZE2841000000_rccxox8p, _TZE284_qvzsq3s2
Zigbee2MQTT
Device page on zigbee2mqtt.io

How the device gets into Home Assistant

  • official ZHA – with a Zigbee coordinator and the ZHA integration; the quirk the device needs is part of ZHA. Integration
  • official Tuya Zigbee gateway – paired with a Tuya Zigbee gateway and controlled through the Tuya cloud with the Tuya integration. Integration
  • add-on Zigbee2MQTT – Zigbee2MQTT runs as an add-on and passes the device on to Home Assistant over MQTT. Integration · Source

Known problems and fixes

Requests for ZHA support

  • support requested The Smoke Detector with battery and additional sensors is not fully supported in ZHA, and the request would address these issues for proper operation. since January 26, 2026 · zha-device-handlers #4687
  • support requested The smoke detector with code tze284_rccxox8p is not supported in ZHA. This request aims to add support so Home Assistant can detect smoke and trigger alarms. since December 2, 2025 · zha-device-handlers #4546
  • support requested A custom quirk for a Tuya smoke detector is not being applied, preventing it from functioning correctly in Home Assistant. since July 30, 2025 · zha-device-handlers #4212

Changes proposed for ZHA

  • pull request A pull request improves support for a Tuya smoke sensor with an external probe, addressing current limitations in ZHA to ensure accurate smoke detection and reporting. since September 23, 2026 · zha-device-handlers #5369
  • pull request A proposed improvement for a Tuya smoke sensor would allow it to work better with Home Assistant, but it is not yet merged into the system. since May 9, 2025 · zha-device-handlers #4054

ZHA quirks for this device

Quirk included in ZHA Recommended quirk

Part of ZHA – Home Assistant uses it on its own, nothing to install.

Adds: Battery low Tamper Silence alarm Self test result Motion sensitivity

Source: zha-device-handlers · since zha-quirks 2.2.2
Signature: _TZE200_m9skfctm / TS0601

17 more quirks for this device

All quirks in the ZHA quirk database →

Alternatives

The same job from other makers – devices of the same type and radio that work with Home Assistant too.

Sources: Zigbee2MQTT, ZHA quirks, Z-Wave JS, the Matter certification database, Shelly, ESPHome, Tasmota, Tuya Local and the issue trackers on GitHub. Reports are assigned to a device by the identifiers they contain; the sentences come from the integration pages, where a language model writes them from the titles.

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