I’ve been using my fp300 for around a week now and it reacts more like a motion sensor at best, I can sit right infront of it and it doesn’t know I’m there. My old fp2 was brilliant and I assumed this would be an upgrade, they should if just named it the fp2 lite
Hi @nconlay
How do you have it configured? Dual mode, mmwave only or PIR only?
Have you seen this article?
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Hi @nconlay I‘m sure , if you configured the FP300 right, you will change your mind!
Give us more infos - also where you installed it. Zigbee mode or Matter, AI Spatial learning activated?
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Hello, I believe that most of the problems of inaccurate detection can be solved by adjusting the installation position. According to your statement, you can’t detect people when you install them in front of you. If possible, it is suggested that you can adjust the angle so that people don’t enter the equipment directly, and then adjust the sensitivity to high. Welcome more feedback, and we and the community will enthusiastically answer your questions.
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I invite you to take a look at this post. I hope it can be of help to you
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Mine is sitting in a drawer waiting for my Home Assistant stuff to show up.
It would be great if that was true. FP300 thread mode and M100 don’t work.
My main issue is that I run an automation in apple home to have a light on when presence detected and it comes on but goes off within 30 seconds although I’m still in the room, if I move slightly the light comes back on but it doesn’t stay on, my automation is correct as I have it to turn on when detected and never turn off but another automation running to turn off when no occupancy is detected
Totally get how frustrating this can be. I had to play around with mine a lot to get it working well. It’s a different experience than how you use something like a motion sensor. To me, this does sound like a placement issue. Please hear me out - in dual mode the sensor uses PIR to start the occupancy, but then retains it based on mmwave. So it’s catching your movement based on the sensitivity of the PIR, but not your presence.
You can check in the logs to see what it is doing. It will show you Infrared movement vs Presence. Can you do a test with your normal walking into a room and let us know if and when it detects Presence?
Where in the room is the sensor relative to where you are when it stops detecting? You have the sensitivity set to high, is it a small room?
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Thank you for your help in explaining that the operating mechanism is indeed like this.
If frequent false alarms lead to false light-off, please ensure that the condition of automatic use is the “absence” of radar. If necessary, you can provide screenshots of automation settings, and I will be happy to provide help and further explanation.
Hope this will help
Please have a look at my review and use case.
I’ve found this little device to work flawlessly.
Unfortunately my theory was incorrect. The sensor doesn’t work well on thread with HA either. No ZHA support yet, not sure why the “Works with Home Assistant” is on the box.
It doesn’t work with home assistant.
Edit: There is a custom quirk here for ZHA from the community. Aqara FP300 Presence Sensor · GitHub