Introduce new ping mechanism (‘basic’) and use it for Xiaomi. https://github.com/Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt/issues/1248

lib/extension/xiaomi.js

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class Xiaomi {
     }
 
     ping(ieeeAddr) {
-        this.zigbee.ping(ieeeAddr);
+        this.zigbee.ping(ieeeAddr, 'error', null, 'basic');
     }
 
     handleInterval() {

lib/zigbee.js

@@ -275,26 +275,41 @@ class Zigbee {
         });
     }
 
-    ping(ieeeAddr, errorLogLevel='error', cb) {
-        const device = this.shepherd._findDevByAddr(ieeeAddr);
+    ping(ieeeAddr, errorLogLevel='error', cb, mechanism='default') {
+        const callback = (error) => {
+            if (error) {
+                logger[errorLogLevel](`Failed to ping ${ieeeAddr}`);
+            } else {
+                logger.debug(`Successfully pinged ${ieeeAddr}`);
+            }
 
-        if (device) {
-            this.queue.push(ieeeAddr, (queueCallback) => {
-                logger.debug(`Ping ${ieeeAddr}`);
-                this.shepherd.controller.checkOnline(device, (error) => {
-                    if (error) {
-                        logger[errorLogLevel](`Failed to ping ${ieeeAddr}`);
-                    } else {
-                        logger.debug(`Successfully pinged ${ieeeAddr}`);
-                    }
+            if (cb) {
+                cb(error);
+            }
+        };
 
-                    if (cb) {
-                        cb(error);
-                    }
-
-                    queueCallback(error);
+        if (mechanism === 'default') {
+            const device = this.shepherd._findDevByAddr(ieeeAddr);
+            if (device) {
+                logger.debug(`Ping ${ieeeAddr} (default)`);
+                this.queue.push(ieeeAddr, (queueCallback) => {
+                    this.shepherd.controller.checkOnline(device, (error) => {
+                        callback(error);
+                        queueCallback(error);
+                    });
                 });
-            });
+            }
+        } else if (mechanism === 'basic') {
+            const endpoint = this.getEndpoint(ieeeAddr, null);
+            if (endpoint) {
+                logger.debug(`Ping ${ieeeAddr} (basic)`);
+                this.queue.push(ieeeAddr, (queueCallback) => {
+                    endpoint.foundation('genBasic', 'read', [{attrId: 0}], (error) => {
+                        callback(error);
+                        queueCallback(error);
+                    });
+                });
+            }
         }
     }