Light automation thoughts
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You could build your own. https://community.home-assistant.io/t/mmwave-presence-detection-esphome-style/382778
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This one, while geared to HA, uses MQTT over wifi.
https://lab.evishome.com/esphome-mmwave-radar-pir-ble-tracking/ -
Here’s a wifi mm wave sensor that people have been raving about. Not sure if it’ll work with anything else other than Home Assistant though
This sensor has a very good concept, not only movement but also human presence.
Many people have had great results, but I bought 3, and I'm having a problem, as not installed right on top, of the roof of the house, he loses much sensitivity, and I'm getting soment 2m.
Today I finished a drawing to print in 3D cover to change and expose the sensor because other people have reported a similar problem, and took the cover, and worked fine.
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This one, while geared to HA, uses MQTT over wifi.
https://lab.evishome.com/esphome-mmwave-radar-pir-ble-tracking/@rogero said in Light automation thoughts:
This one, while geared to HA, uses MQTT over wifi.
https://lab.evishome.com/esphome-mmwave-radar-pir-ble-tracking/Oddly I can't get to that domain
C
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This sensor has a very good concept, not only movement but also human presence.
Many people have had great results, but I bought 3, and I'm having a problem, as not installed right on top, of the roof of the house, he loses much sensitivity, and I'm getting soment 2m.
Today I finished a drawing to print in 3D cover to change and expose the sensor because other people have reported a similar problem, and took the cover, and worked fine.
@wmarcolin said in Light automation thoughts:
This sensor has a very good concept, not only movement but also human presence.
Many people have had great results, but I bought 3, and I'm having a problem, as not installed right on top, of the roof of the house, he loses much sensitivity, and I'm getting soment 2m.
Today I finished a drawing to print in 3D cover to change and expose the sensor because other people have reported a similar problem, and took the cover, and worked fine.
Which sensor is that?
Cheers
C
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@rogero said in Light automation thoughts:
This one, while geared to HA, uses MQTT over wifi.
https://lab.evishome.com/esphome-mmwave-radar-pir-ble-tracking/Oddly I can't get to that domain
C
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@catmanv2 Yeah, it quit working for me as well. Could view it in the wayback machine though.
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Thanks
Been looking around and I'm pretty convinced that mm wave sensors can be integrated simpler than that (although perhaps not as neat)
I'm planning on checking out something like this:
Which appears to have switched outputs, and connect it to either a Fibaro implant / binary sensor or even cheaper a Shelly.
Another option may be something like this:
Which I hope will have it's own web interface....
C
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@wmarcolin said in Light automation thoughts:
This sensor has a very good concept, not only movement but also human presence.
Many people have had great results, but I bought 3, and I'm having a problem, as not installed right on top, of the roof of the house, he loses much sensitivity, and I'm getting soment 2m.
Today I finished a drawing to print in 3D cover to change and expose the sensor because other people have reported a similar problem, and took the cover, and worked fine.
Which sensor is that?
Cheers
C
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@wmarcolin said in Light automation thoughts:
Aqara FP1
Needs HA again though. I'd rather like to avoid another system, personally.
C
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interesting idea....
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Aquara FP2 seems a game changer. I’ll probably try a couple of them later this summer, when I hope I’ll have more free time for our true mission
the fact that I could detect people standing, walking or sitting is a game changer for my use cases (large open space and master bedroom).
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Lately every automation conversation I've had ends with "Dude. You should really get Home Assistant."
@LibraSun said in Light automation thoughts:
Lately every automation conversation I've had ends with "Dude. You should really get Home Assistant."
Honestly, Home Assistant impresses me everyday. I really have not come across any shortcomings with it.. the community is great, it supports almost any product and its very very stable. Paired with MSR its unstoppable.
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@CatmanV2 I just installed HA stable under Docker on my Synology NAS. Will kick the tires a while.
@LibraSun cheers. I've got on VM on my workhorse Mac server. So far so rock solid, but I'm only using it to do Alexa TTS. I might get look at some of the other things it's claimed to discover on my network (My Volumio players, for example, as well as my DNLA server) so it's hardly loaded.
What I am trying to think is can I just pick up the config and move it to a dedicated host / install at some point, or is it going to get snotty about changes?Tangentially I should really think about an backup / upgrade path for my main OpenLuup / MSR install but I keep putting it off.....
Cheers
C