skunkiechris Posted April 9 Posted April 9 (edited) There are a variety of threads on this topic, with varying degrees of success, but no central place to look, and most of the posts are older, before much of the Zigbee support was added. I am testing and will report back on several units. Feel free to ask any questions, or suggest any other zigbee presence sensors to look at (or that anyone has had experience with!) - not that I can test every one out there, but I can probably do another couple of there are suggestions. Sonoff SNZB-06P Pros: Paired easily, provides one node for occupancy. Sensitivity seems great, I've tried to lie in a still position and I can never get it to go "unoccupied" as long as I'm in the room. Relatively inexpensive. Cons: Design looks a bit too much like a camera to be used in sensitive places. Latency is good, not great, I'll probably continue to use motions for triggering the "on" event. Detects my 70lb dogs as occupants (although this seems likely with all models from what I've read.) No extra fields like coming/going, number of occupants, etc. Haozee ZY-M100 Pros: Unobtrusive design Cons: Doesn't work with IoX. It is detected, and one "main" node is added with no content, the interview just times out. Tried repeatedly. I know it said requires Tuaya hub in the description, just thought I'd give it a try. @Chris Jahn if you want any info from this device for support, let me know - not sure how realistic that is. Aqara FP1E As expected does not complete the initial interview with IoX. This would honestly be going back anyway, as it has an attached USB-A cable....making it very inflexible with wiring solutions. Also a bit expensive comparatively. Seeed via Tasmota NS (thanks to @EWhite's write up here.) FYI these are half the price from Seeed directly vs Amazon. Pros: Easy setup following the guide posted linked above. Multiple parameters visible in IoX Cons: Form factor is larger and much thicker than expected. I cannot reliably get the node server to update on status changes from the device. I've tried two and the same results. It's immediate to detect/not detect on its web interface, but IoX update sporadically, doesn't always catch status changes and when it does, they seem to be very delayed. Edit: It seems the devices do not proactively report a status change, they wait for the MQTT poll. That's a big downer IMO. Edited Tuesday at 03:49 PM by skunkiechris Quote
maxnorth Posted April 10 Posted April 10 If you can use the Home Assistant to ISY integration and ESP Home, Apollo MSR-2 presence sensor. Uses a LD2410B mmWave board. Radar. Very sensitive and very configurable. It completely solves all of my presence issues. Also has an issue with false positives, so it is best used for "off" programs only, not "on." You can also build your own using a C3Mini ESP-32 board. Quote
Andy P Posted April 10 Posted April 10 I use the Aqara FP2. Unfortunately, it does not connect with the EISY directly. I am using it with Apple Home(kit). I like how you can set up zones and count the number of people and duration of presence. Quote
skunkiechris Posted April 10 Author Posted April 10 4 minutes ago, Andy P said: I use the Aqara FP2. Unfortunately, it does not connect with the EISY directly. I am using it with Apple Home(kit). I like how you can set up zones and count the number of people and duration of presence. Yeah, trying to keep everything withing PG3x/IoX, but those are awesome features! 7 hours ago, maxnorth said: If you can use the Home Assistant to ISY integration and ESP Home, Apollo MSR-2 presence sensor. Uses a LD2410B mmWave board. Radar. Very sensitive and very configurable. It completely solves all of my presence issues. Also has an issue with false positives, so it is best used for "off" programs only, not "on." You can also build your own using a C3Mini ESP-32 board. Yup, I reached the same conclusion about "on" events. Thanks for the info! Quote
drprm1 Posted Tuesday at 01:33 PM Posted Tuesday at 01:33 PM Got the Sonoff sensor. I can get it to add to AC and it shows two nodes but it doesn’t respond.”Can’t communicate with sensor”… Zigbee is on auto in AC. Tried many times to add, remove, and reboot. Would appreciate any tricks to get it to work. Quote
skunkiechris Posted 17 hours ago Author Posted 17 hours ago I've had zero problems with them....weird. The only two things I can think of is 1) do you have a strong zigbee network or are you adding it close to your eISY/Polisy? 2) My zigbee is on "on", no idea what the difference is though, maybe try flipping it? 22 hours ago, drprm1 said: Got the Sonoff sensor. I can get it to add to AC and it shows two nodes but it doesn’t respond.”Can’t communicate with sensor”… Zigbee is on auto in AC. Tried many times to add, remove, and reboot. Would appreciate any tricks to get it to work. Quote
drprm1 Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago Don’t know if it was turning Zigbee to “on” from “auto” or trying to add it for the seventeenth time but it is now working. Thanks Quote
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