I have a closet with four sliding doors, and I’d like to detect when any of them is moving in order to trigger the lights.
Now, I do plan to put door/window sensors (aqara zigbee) so that I can detect reliably when doors are closed and when they are just being opened, but thinking about it, that might not be possible for all doors, since they overlap and there might not be room to place the sensor for outer doors. Also, I don’t always close the doors completely, and I’d still like to detect when I open it further if it’s already open.
I got some aqara vibration sensors, which I thought would be able to detect when they are set in motion, but that is not working, since they apparently really are vibration sensors, meaning they get triggered when there’s a burst of different (short lasting) motions.
Any ideas how to solve this? Maybe there’s a more sensitive accelerometer sensor? Or sensitivity on aqara ones can be changed? Or perhaps something custom? I thought about PIR sensors, but they would trigger if door is half-open and I pass by through their field of vision, which would not be ideal.