Hi All,
I read the thread about the Multi-State Sensor P100 competition.
This is my use case in Australia, where there is day light savings and the amount of day light changes seasonally, so sunset times change continuously.
Devices & Environment
- 1x Aqara E1 Hub
- 5x Aquara Zigbee P100 Sensors
- 1x Aquara Zigbee button
- 14x wifi lights with varying brands
- 5x different rooms spanning 3 levels
- Google + Aquara ecosystem
- Tri-band WiFi 6 AX network
Setup & Use Cases
- Each room has 1x Zigbee P100 sensor and at least 1x WiFi light
- At daylight savings sunset only, enable room 1, 2, 3 lights to turn on when movement is detected in the room
- At all times (because it’s darker), enable room 4, 5 lights to turn on when movement is detected in the room
- For all rooms and sensors, turn off the light after 30 seconds of no movement
- Single press Zigbee button to turn on/toggle one specific light
- Double less Zigbee button to turn on /toggle multiple lights
- Long press Zigbee button (hold) to turn on /toggle all lights
This is extremely useful for hands free operation of lights, to enable visibility when it’s not possible to turn on lights.
** Advantages**
- Walking out of garage in the basement with hands full of groceries and the light switch is on the other side of the door - the P100 Zigbee sensor paired with wifi lights do a great job of turning on lights and then turning off with no movement.
- Handy in rooms when it’s in the middle of the night and you need to get out of bed but don’t want to wake anyone in the room by turning on the room light, so by the time you walk into the specific room the sensor will trigger and the relevant light will turn on
- The button is useful for going to the toilet at midnight and lighting up the way (single press), going into another room at midnight and turning on the relevant light in that room (double press), and finally turning on all the lights (long press) if you hear a strange noise at night and want all lights on
Disadvantages
- Zigbee and WiFi do not integrate well with Google Home and Aquara Home apps
- Aquara Home can not enable or detect long press, double press functions in Google Home (e.g. it does not work)
- Integration with the two apps poor, and it often doesn’t work or fails
- If it does work, then it works sporadically before experiencing failure*
I did not receive the review unit.