Strange temperature on aqara motion sensor

SKAL · April 29, 2020, 4:53pm

In deconz UI => Devices => Sensors

I’m talking about this

francisp · April 29, 2020, 4:54pm

Then deconz is wrong. The aqara motion sensor has no hardware on board to measure temperature.

SKAL · April 29, 2020, 5:00pm

this is why I was astonished… thank you

larsvb88 · February 8, 2021, 3:30pm

yes it has https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/RTCGQ11LM.html

Dixey · February 24, 2021, 12:37am

I have several, the temp variations are fro 2 - 7 degrees. They also only report in Centigrade. To solve it I made this little ditty sensor for each one and adjust the variations.

kitchen_temperature:
  friendly_name: Kitchen temperature
  unit_of_measurement: "°F"
  value_template: '{{((((states.sensor.kitchen_motion.attributes.temperature)-3)*9/5)+32)|round(1)}}'
  entity_id: sensor.kitchen_motion

BTW, I don’t get the temp attribute reported when using ZHA, only Deconz.

CFC · June 7, 2021, 2:51pm

Thanks for this.
Am I interpreting the template correctly that you are using a 3 degree offset (in C) from the reading, and then converting it to F?
Just connected my sensor yesterday through Zigbee2MQTT and the temp is well off ~8 deg F too high.

CFC

dbrunt · September 2, 2021, 3:06am

I’ve just discovered that Zigbee2mqtt Home Assistant add-on permits configuring a temperature_calibration value to offset the RTCGQ11LM reported value via its devices.yaml and I now have sensible readings!

'0x00158d0004632138':
  friendly_name: Shower Motion
'0x00158d00044d15a2':
  friendly_name: Bathroom Motion
  temperature_calibration: -5
  temperature_precision: 1
'0x00158d00053fbc19':
  friendly_name: Bedroom Motion
  temperature_calibration: -7
  temperature_precision: 1
'0x00158d0004869868':
  friendly_name: Living Room Motion
  temperature_calibration: -9
  temperature_precision: 1
'0x00158d000485f1d2':
  friendly_name: Office Motion
  temperature_calibration: -7
  temperature_precision: 1

(Shower Motion is just a RTCGQ01LM so no temp sensor)

tottow · September 29, 2021, 8:42am

Hmm I tried this and can’t get it to work. Tried both your setup and this:


'0x00158d00047beb6b':
  friendly_name: aqara_motion_2
  temperature_calibration: -8

Howeve, I’m not seeing any calibration, even when I force report the sensor again. Thoughts?

dbrunt · September 29, 2021, 3:33pm

Did you restart the add-on?

My /config/zigbee2mqtt/devices.yaml:

'0x00158d0004632138':
  friendly_name: Outside Motion
'0x00158d00044d15a2':
  friendly_name: Bathroom Motion
  temperature_calibration: -5
  temperature_precision: 1
'0x00158d00053fbc19':
  friendly_name: Bedroom Motion
  temperature_calibration: -7
  temperature_precision: 1
'0x00158d0004869868':
  friendly_name: Living Room Motion
  temperature_calibration: -9
  temperature_precision: 1
'0x00158d000485f1d2':
  friendly_name: Office Motion
  temperature_calibration: -7
  temperature_precision: 1
'0xb0ce18140301b932':
  friendly_name: Office Light 1
'0xb0ce181403014ff2':
  friendly_name: Office Light 2
'0xb0ce181403010f0a':
  friendly_name: Office Light 3
'0xb0ce181403016c90':
  friendly_name: Bedroom Lamp 1
'0xb0ce181403011043':
  friendly_name: Bedroom Lamp 2
'0x04cf8cdf3c7d2e8a':
  friendly_name: Living Room Lux
'0x04cf8cdf3c7723ef':
  friendly_name: South Patio
'0x00158d0002b3488d':
  friendly_name: Outside Weather
'0x00158d0005940c5b':
  friendly_name: Aquarium Light
'0x00158d000572c90f':
  friendly_name: Button 1
'0x00124b001e728770':
  friendly_name: Cactus Light
'0x001788010926fed5':
  friendly_name: Phillips Hue Switch
'0x00124b0023b3687f':
  friendly_name: Kitchen Motion

And my version:

jaycs · February 22, 2022, 10:59pm

FWIW I just received one today. Paired it using ZHA. It includes the temperature, that temperature is in F and it measures 16 degrees on the high side (F). I’ll watch it to see if it’s consistent but chances are I’ll only be relying on the motion and lux.

J

rcruikshank · March 14, 2022, 11:38pm

I’ve made this change but doesn’t seem to work adjusting temperature down by 8 Deg. Running zigbee2mqtt version 1.18.1-1 on HassOS 2022.3.0.

francisp · March 15, 2022, 4:21am

That is a really old version of Zigbee2mqtt, we’re on 1.24.0 already. I suspect you still run the deprecated daniel welch add-on. Switch to the official one:

rcruikshank · March 15, 2022, 5:26am

@francisp but when I look at availability of upgrades there are none:

I also had trouble with a newer version of zigbee2mqtt (1.22.1) on a different HA implementation and ended up implementing ZHA. Just couldn’t get it to work. So thought I’d leave this old version until an official upgrade came along. See here

How do I upgrade Z2MQTT to a newer version when it’s not appearing as an available upgrade?

Thanks
Rob

francisp · March 15, 2022, 5:28am

Remove the daniel welch repository, and add the official one. No need to change settings.

rcruikshank · March 15, 2022, 6:54am

@francisp thanks for that, but how do I remove the repository when it’s in use?

rcruikshank · March 15, 2022, 7:21am

Or do I just install the new repository and reinstall Z2MQTT over the top of the old version?

francisp · March 17, 2022, 5:14am

You need to add the addon from the new repository, turn off the old addon. Copy your settings from the old addon’s settings place to the new one’s and start the new addon. After you have confirmed that everything is working with the new, then you can remove the old addon.

mkuhnke · December 23, 2022, 9:22pm

I have this issue as well using Aqara P1 and ZHA - did you ever resolve it for yourself? I sent a message to Aqara but I’m not holding my breath. I find that all 12 of my sensors are off by 16F or 8F roughly

dbrasco · February 10, 2023, 9:42pm

Hey @mkuhnke - did you ever figure this out? I’ve paired Aqara + ZHA and motion works great but my temperature registered at 95 F and that’s what it’s stuck at.

mkuhnke · February 17, 2023, 4:55pm

nope, I just live with the fact that they are only somewhat close to accurate