sick bone
Hello guys, i'm new to HA and I want to know what would you choose if you have to make an automatic lightning for a staircase.
I'm using HA for device recognition with mqtt and zigbee2mqtt and node red for the automation. I've got the SONOFF SNZB-03 but there is some issue I think.
When i go in front of the motion sensor, the data is sent to my mqtt 1 or 2 minutes after the passage 😦
halcyon salmon
Sonoff's sensors aren't great
mmWave would be good - Apollo Automation do some
Otherwise 3Reality or Aqara
sick bone
Aqara needs a hub no ?
sick bone
You mean this ? https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/SNZB-03.html
sick bone
Okay i ll see what will be the best 🙂
halcyon salmon
Well, yes but no, but that's why I suggested mmWave
All PIR sensors have a blind time
That means they stop looking for X seconds after they detected motion
sick bone
In my case The led in the stair case will light on if the door is opened, when the door is closec, i start a timer of 30s and the light will go off.
In the other case, when i go down my stair, i need a motion sensor that will enable the light for 30s
halcyon salmon
The Aqara P1 can be tuned a lot lower than one min
sick bone
That means that i don't really care if they "go off" for X minutes
halcyon salmon
The Apollo mmWave sensors will report where people are
Stick one at the top or bottom and you can track people up and down the stairs
pure lantern
The Apollo mmWave sensors will report where people are
This only applies to the MTR-1. The MSR-2 only reports people in one of 3 zones (proximity to the sensor). The MTR-1 allows for configured zones and will track up to three targets in three zones.
Left is the MSR-2, right is the MSR-1
halcyon salmon
Can you tune the zone distances?
pure lantern
Yeah
halcyon salmon
Perfect - beyond stairs, on stairs past stairs
blazing crown
you don't need human presence detector for your use case. A combo motion sensor and contact closure (to measure door open/close) would do the trick. Check out SensorNode - it's designed for exactly that and it will not burn through batteries - https://tnbtechnologies.com/sensornode
