I know this is a common topic, but each situation is kind of unique, right?
Here are my basic requirements for quick reading:
Battery powered
Outdoor
HA Compatible
400ft signal range
Detect vehicles, humans, animals
Operate between -10 and 110 F
Not be YoLink
Here’s the detail: The end of my driveway is about 400ft away and there is a lot of traffic. Lots of vehicles driving by and many turning around in our driveway. I need to see when someone enters the driveway. I have a camera that shoots the entrance just fine but using motion sensing is not reliable. The distance makes it difficult to reliably setup motion detection both in the camera OS and in Blue Iris. I’ve been working on this for about a year, so I’ve exhausted all of those options. Plus the nighttime detection is nearly impossible.
I currently have a YoLink outdoor sensor. It was not my first choice - I don’t like the cloud reliance, but I wanted to try something. When it works, it’s great. But it doesn’t work very often. The sensor is well with in the LoRA range and the signal appears strong. But it misses motion all the time and sometimes does not reset to a “no motion” state. I even contacted them and got a new unit - no help.
Thanks in advance!
So I’m looking for a sensor that will reach 400ft, work with HA, and will reliably detect vehicles, humans and animals. I’m open to new hubs, new tech, pretty much anything other than a camera solution or YoLink. Oh, and cabling to the sensor is not going to happen.