#Am I using this correctly?

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floral light
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Hello. I just got my EP1 and switched out my old aeotec motion sensor. I use it in a basic motion-activated-light automation. I noticed the PIR sensor isn't really picking up motion all the time even at closer ranges and with wide movements. After slightly tuning the mmwave sensor, I opted to use it in my automations instead because it reacts better. I ended changing entity type from occupancy to motion in order to use it in my automations because I couldn't find the 'mmwave started detecting motion' option until I made that change.

I'm just trying to make sure I'm using the device in the right way.

raw python
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You don't need to change the type to motion for automations but there is no harm in doing so

floral light
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Got it. I have my sensor in our living room facing the bedroom door, once my wife opens the door in the morning it triggers our good morning automation. The PIR sensor doesn't pick up the door opening, I'd have to take a step before it picks it up. The mmwave on the other hand picks up the door handle turning so it triggers the automation instantly.

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Ah yes, PIR's will only trigger on sources of heat moving as they work by infrared (the IR in PIR)

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So movement of objects won't trigger them, that's the case for all PIRs

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So yes there is no issue with using the mmwave in that case if that's what works well

floral light
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Oh that makes more sense now. Thank you!
You mentioned that I didn't need to change the mmwave entity from Occupancy to Motion in order to use it in the above mentioned automation but I found that when I used "mmwave became occupied" as the trigger, it didn't trigger the automation. Then after changing entity's "show as" to Motion I got the "mmwave started detecting motion" option which wasn't available before and that successfully triggered the automation.

raw python