Hello, I was thinking to buy aquara fp2 sensor but I am still not clear on the use case / automation once it’s placed into the living or bedroom. Does that sensor have any good use? Or it’s just waste of money and another electronic device… Thanks.

We can not really define your use case. Look at the many reviews/videos and then think about what you want solved with it.

Just cant find out even simple use case… Like it detects presence and if presence for example takes more then 10min and is still detectable do some action? Or keep light on? Nothing apart light or keep playing music come up to my mind. Saw some videos but still not much… Like nothing that one wil…

[image] phier: keep light on? This is probably the more common. The benefit of the mmWave sensors in general is that they can detect small movements of people in the room, so can keep track of people sitting at a desk or dining table, for example, which may not be detectable by a traditional…

I should also add that the fp2 has a couple of modes of operation, such as triggering events on entering / exiting a zone, or detecting continued presence in a zone.

[image] phier: Saw some videos but still not much… Like nothing that one will say that I need it for that… It is never a good idea to buy devices and then making up a use case. If you do not have a use case where that device will make you need it, then don’t buy it.

[image] WallyR: It is never a good idea to buy devices and then making up a use case @phier hasn’t purchased the fp2 yet, from what I have read, just considering it. But yes, I agree, best to have a use case in mind, which is why it is good to post questions like this to better understand wh…

so i found out with a use case to Detect person is sleeping, [image] Aquara fp2 - detect person is sleeping to kick off automation Configuration hello, does anyone have by any chance luck to detect sleep and how accurate is it? Thank you! No idea if anyone had a l…

I’m new to HA, so I may be missing some information. I have a new Aqara FP2 and have been unable to get HA to “see” it. I have read extensively on what others had to say and I can’t get far because it looks like Aqara has updated their software to V 4.2.1 and it does not give the screens reference…

You should make a new thread. Old threads are often seen as handled/solved, so not so many visit it and your problem is probably not related to the original thread as such.

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phier (john) January 9, 2024, 11:06am 8

so i found out with a use case to Detect person is sleeping,

No idea if anyone had a luck to test it?

thanks!