Aqara at present launched a brand new Presence Sensor that’s designed to maintain good residence merchandise like lights turned on when somebody is within the room. The Presence Sensor FP1E makes use of Zigbee, however it’s in a position to connect with HomeKit and different good residence platforms via an Aqara Matter bridge.
The Presence Sensor FP1E makes use of millimeter wave expertise to detect even minute human actions for immediate presence detection that can be utilized to set off HomeKit automations. If you wish to have a light-weight come on within the laundry room whenever you go inside, for instance, you want a HomeKit-compatible sensor.
A Presence Sensor differs from a movement detection sensor by persevering with to acknowledge when somebody is within the room, holding the automation lively. An ordinary movement sensor may activate the lights, however will flip off on a timer reasonably than the continued presence of an individual. The FP1E is ready to decide that an individual is within the room even when the individual is sitting or mendacity nonetheless, plus it might acknowledge when an individual leaves the room to set off an automation to show off the lights or different residence product.
Aqara says that the brand new Presence Sensor is ready to detect presence inside a distance of as much as 20 ft, and it might monitor a room that’s as much as 538 sq. ft in measurement whether it is mounted on the ceiling. The sensor is ready to distinguish human motion from pets and inanimate objects like curtains that may shift from the air conditioner.
The FP1E Presence Sensor joins Aqara’s earlier Presence Sensor FP2, which affords multi-person detection and zone-based automation triggers. The FP1E Presence Sensor is extra reasonably priced at $50, and it may be bought from Amazon beginning at present.
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