PIR Motion sensor not working

Configuration Zigbee
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Hi

Yesterday I received these 2 PIR non-LUX sensors I’ve orderded from Aliexpress

I’ve hold the reset button for 3 seconds and after a while it connected with zigbee router.
All fine, the device shows up in the HA interface.

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But somehow, nothing after that works.
For the purpose of testing, I’ve put the sensor in a empty room. Came back 30min later, I do see the red light blink once, so it’s noticing my presence, but it’s not communicated and/or seen by HA

In the log the PIR sensor is sending data, but somehow ZHA isn’t processing/ignore it?
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Did I just order a crap sensor that doesn’t follow the zigbee rules? Or maybe the wrong product, because the automation thinks it’s a smoke detector

Thanks in advance!
PS, sorry I’m posting in the wrong topic/thread, this is my first post

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Looks like:

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Yes, that’s exactly the one. I tried to find it in the supported devices, but somehow the links they provided to Aliexpress either are deadlinks or have a different boxing

Oke, so I have to order one that is supported bij ZHA.
The feature request you’re pointing is from 2021 and last response was 2022 and still not implemented. I don’t think they will implemented it somewhere soon

Thanks for your help!

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Well, “they” likely do not have enough information (or interest) to implement it. If it works with Z2M, there is no reason it won’t work with ZHA.
If you don’t plan to do anything with them, I’ll be more than happy to get one to see what can be done…

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Well, I really wish I could help, but my Python knowledge is low (I’m a PHP programmer)
But still, if it works in Z2M it shouldn’t be that difficult to make it work in ZHA

I ordered 2 of these sensors, if you want I can send you one so you can debug it

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Are you in the EU?
Otherwise, it’s probably not worth the hassle/price to send the PIR. I’ll just buy one one of those days.

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Yes, I live in the NL, so sending to Belgium shouldn’t be a big deal (around ~E10)

From AliExpress they also cost E10,05 (for me) And above E10 they deliver it in 12 days (fast delivery)

Let me know what you want. Or contact me in private for your address

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Hi guys, these seem to be really good bang for buck!
Got me interested too.

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I have these, they look exactly the same but different zigbee model, they work with ZHA and they blink blue when there is motion. I guess you can buy from a store that does not offer the lux option.
The store no longer exist.

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My sensors looks the same as others but it seems to me that they are not the same. I integrated them with z2m.

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Yeah, not worth the re-shipping.
I bet your model is without “bright lux” (whatever that means)?

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Not sure how to separate them apart, they look very similar
But the only way I know for now, the boxing is different. This version has a cubical box see https://smarthomescene.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/aubess-pir-motion-sensor.jpg.webp

And on the box they mention Model: ZG-204Z

And the one that is supported by ZHA, is a different boxing , see https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/A84d473f173d44c2f86746e6b94f8ca6aB.jpg

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Yes, I have the non-lux version
I think the other one also signals if light brightness goes up or something? Couldn’t find anything in the specifications about it

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All of my Tuya ZigBee PIR, ZigBee mmwave radar and ZigBee window/door switches stopped updating the corresponding sensors in HA a few days ago, many people are reporting the same.

Hope it will be fixed soon.

Ironically, I have a few sonoff ZigBee PIR connected to my Tuya gateway and they still work fine.

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Did you by chance order and/or have any time too look into this sensor?
If not, all fine, maybe I will give it a chance myself or I need to order the other version that HA supports

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I ordered one initially from Amazon for a test. It performed very well at sensing time and integrated immediately into ZHA. My only complaint was range from my Sonoff coordinator. Zigbee routers seem to be the solution there.

Then I ordered 4 more to start the replacement of my existing motion sensors. When they arrived they appeared to have a different firmware that shows in ZHA as a smoke detector and behaved as described above with a flash of the red light and no activity in ZHA. After about an hour, they appeared unavailable.

Hoping it was a firmware problem, after about a month I ordered another 4 and got the same result. Here’s the status:

1 - ZG-204Z that works great. Blue flash and super fast detection
8 - ZG-204Z that do not work and appear in ZHA as smoke

TIA

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Hi
Same for me !
It’s detected as a smoke and even if a red flash detects a move, nothing refered to HA…
super disappointed !!
If someone has an idea …

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Hi
Solved using this method

it should work
because your model is like the same mine : TZE200_3towulqd

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