Is there a way to get Aqara FP1E sensors detect me while sleeping?

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Hello,
I have two Aqara FP1Es for room presence detection, and they work completely fine during the day, even when I am not moving that much, they still keep the lights on. But when I am sleeping, the sensors (even have one above my bed on the angled roof wall behind me) only detect me very inconsistently…
Is there a way (better placement, settings, …) to get them to detect me while sleeping?

Best regards
Aaron

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Hi, not an answer but more asking… how (!) did you get them to be reliable? With me they cannot even detect me in the chair when I am sitting about 80cm away from them in front.

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How are you getting them into HA?
I first tried ZHA, but with that they acted like traditional PIR sensors (so no static, non-moving detection, just movement) until I switched to Zigbee2MQTT and it works fine now except for when I am sleeping (with relatively thick covers, which may be the issue that keeps it from detecting…).

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Did you install a custom quirk? I did and it has worked out great for me. The custom quirk I used just recently became a part of HA with 2024.12 so there is now support out of the box in ZHA as well.

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I only have Z2M and it does a lot of things right, zone, left>right or vv ,etc.
But… I acquired this rather expensive stuff to detect me without (!) moving and this ‘sucks’…see the 80 (or less) cm tests I did.
Possibly I have some initial devices with poor components/firmware/??
Just wanted to know if you have done something ‘special’ to make them reliable