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Aqara Unveils New Presence Senr at CES 2025 - SmartHomeScene (smarthomescene.com)
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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Neat multi-sensor gizmo. I just started with ZigBee stuff in home automation and this seems like it has a lot of possibilities. However, I passed over Aqara in general as they seem to work only with their own hubs. If I'm wrong, let me know, but I try to avoid product lock-in.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I have about thirty Aqara sensors that work with the Zigbee dongle for Homeassistant. I just pressed the sync button on the Aqara sensor and it shows up in my HA when I try to add a new Zigbee device.

    I can confirm that the magnet sensor, temperature/ humidity sensor and vibration sensors work without an Aqara hub, and directly with the HA ZigBee dongle.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Oh thanks! That's great news. Every box I've read says it needs the Aqara hub or doesn't work with 3rd party hubs. Especially on Amazon.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Their ceiling light (T1M) works but you lose some functionality - basically can’t use animations for the ring light. Besides that it’s been solid for me.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think all the animations are executed hub side so they don't show up on the ZHA/Zigbee2MQTT. Or they just aren't mapped (yet)

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You’re probably right. Would be cool to have on z2m, but it’s a pretty minor feature that I don’t think I’d use in reality.

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    • [–] 4 points 2 years ago*

    “As the mmWave sensor enters a low-power state when no motion is detected, it allows the Aqara FP300 to have a 2 year battery life while being powered by a pair of button cell CR2450 batteries.”

    Reading through the marketing bullshit since this is the only number mentioned: It’ll last 2 years if there’s nobody ever in that room. In reality, it’ll last a few months at best and probably less than that if there’s people constantly in the room, as the mmWave sensor will need to be powered non-stop.

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