A good PIR motion sensor NOT on battery but always with power?

Hardware
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I think that a good PIR needs to be operating all time, all battery powered are not always on.

Any suggestion for a main powered PIR motion sensor (possibly also light sensor) whatever technology (RF433, zigbee, zwave)?

Or maybe just a simple one, to be connected to a cheap binary sensor???

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@rpitera any luck with the bruh multi sensors yet?

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Aeon Labs gen 6 multisensor. I’ve got one (so far) and have been quite happy with it.

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I ordered all the pieces, awaiting the shipmenty from China … sooo long …

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it does not wait 60 seconds between two triggers (like battery powered) correct?

And is the trigger istanteneous?

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If it isn’t instantaneous, it’s so close I can’t tell the difference.

As for time between triggers, there doesn’t seem to be a minimum (either in battery or mains powered setups). The configuration choices are simply for sensitivity, and how long after the last motion detection to wait before clearing the status.

To be honest, the battery powered Fibaro motion sensor has similar configuration options, and is also near instantaneous on the default settings. I’ve got one of each, and the only meaningful difference is that the Fibaro doesn’t support humidity measurements. At their defaults, both are slightly more sensitive than my house alarm’s sensors.

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While having AC power, may be a good thing, I don’t think its a requirement.

I have a pair of EcoLink PIR’s (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FB1TBKS/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1) that I have had for a year with no problem. They are very responsive and still operating on the original battery.

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I’ve made Arduino based multisensor with PIR, light, temp and humidity. PIR turnaround time is about 1 sec to see the status in Web UI. Not military class, but more than good for me. BTW PIR itself is always on and wakes Arduino with interrupt. Arduino talks to Hass via nRF24 radio.

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You can change the amount of time between triggers on the Aeon Multisensor.

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Like @Tinkerer I own both, the Fibaro FGMS and the Aeon Labs Multisensor.
They trigger instantly and their battery consumption is minimal with halfway conservative settings.
I have had the Fibaro since end of October 2016 and the Aeotec since mid March 2017.
Both are still at 100% battery power.

The Aeotec sensor has humidity and can be powered via USB, so you might prefer that one.
But I don’t think it’s a necessity to have AC power.
The batteries are relatively expensive, though and the Aeotec sensor ships without batteries while the Fibaro includes some.

Sebastian