Light automation thoughts
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Hi all
Looking for some ideas about how I might be able to automate my lights.
Currently I have Fibaro FGMS001 (combined lux / motion / temperature sensors)
I can currently get the lights to come on in a room by simply implying that lux <100 and the movement sensor is tripped. That's not so bad, although it's a bit crude.
Struggling more with:
Keeping them on: I've turned the motion sensitivity up quite a lot, but when (fore example) reading in bed, they trip off
Extending a timer (so there's a minimum time of 'on' after trip) needs to get quite high, such that you might be in a room for 10 seconds, and the lights stay on for 20 minutes.Any bright ideas?
Cheers
C
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https://shop.everythingsmart.io/en-us. Had a nice mmwave presence sensor.
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Ah, this is the good old “Wasp in the Box” problem.
Anything you can do to “ring fence” the room, such that entry/exit activity is caught, could achieve this without requiring a sensor to be able to detect a stationary person.
There was lots of discussions of this on the original MCV forum (and copied to the newer one, so can be accessed there.) Just search for “Wasp in the Box”.
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Slightly sad that the Zigbee folks seem to have an out of the box for this, cheap and readily available mm wave detectors.
I don't really want to get a Zigbee dongle and / or some Zigbee 2 mqtt server, just seems more complex. I may go down the route of trying some commercial mm wave sensors and tying their output to a Fibaro binary sensor.C
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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
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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....