Ikea Tradfri Motion Sensor Drivers

[justahubitatuser]

Hi Everyone,

This is my very post, Just started my Home automation journey. Got some Nue Light switches / Nue Door sensors / Ikea Tradfri RBG Globes for lamps & few Ikea Tradfri Motion sensors.

So far all devices work fine except the Ikea Tradfri Motion sensors. I can detect them & add them as devices using the generic Zigbee Motion Senor drivers. But that's where it all stops.

I cannot create a rule to detect motion & turn on / off lights.

Anyone knows of custom drivers that are available?

[bertabcd1234]

The devices are not compatible with Hubitat (see List of Compatible Devices - Hubitat Documentation for a list known to work out of box, but many more can work with stock or custom drivers), and it's not just because there is no driver--they rely on odd behavior (group broadcasting only, at least for motion events) and it would require changes on the hub side. Here is some reading (yes, it's 2 years old, but there have been no significant Zigbee modfiications since then), and you can probably find more with additional searching:

New Tradfri Dimmer

We have had outbound zigbee group messaging for over a year, I don't believe ST has this even now. We don't support inbound group messaging, so yeah there is that. Ikea is the only current device manufacturer that I'm aware of that requires group messaging support on the coordinator for some of their devices, not all of them, just some of them. This simple fact, along with the fact that virtually every single device (bulbs aside) that Ikea produces works differently, even if they have simila…

[justahubitatuser]

Thank you for your reply,

In that case I will return the Motion sensors. but the question still stands, Which Motion Sensor should I buy to detect the motion sensor & turn lights on / off.

I am in Australia

[csteele]

There's a AUS/NZ topic where you might get very specific answers.

Hubitat for AUS/NZ Chat

G'day Hubbers I'm just prep'ing to take the home auto plunge and had thought I was settled on smartthings (which has just come to AUS) until I came across this hub and the benefits of local control. Edit: This thread has now morphed into a general support conversation for aussie users of hubitat and where to source quality products that work with the platform. We aussies are keen to elevate our home, and it is great to see so many here supporting each other. G.

🇦🇺 Australia

[rocketwiz]

@justahubitatuser

I am in Australia

For zigbee, Philips Hue (best but exxy - but also available in outdoor form), xiaomi/aqara (using 3rd party drivers you can find here on the forum), sonoff, cygnett. Probably others but these do work with HE (I have all of them!)

[Blunderbuss]

I have had the best luck with the Smart Things motion sensors. (haven't tried the Hue ones yet)

Xiaomi/Aqara works too, but they lack temperature sensing and they are more prone to get disconnected than others - also, they are more of a hassle to reconnect as well as change batteries in.

[justahubitatuser]

Thanks for your reply, does the Phillips Hue require a seperate hub or connects directly to HE?

[rocketwiz]

They'll work fine directly with HE.

[aaiyar]

@rocketwiz

work fine directly with HE

While I am not in AU, I second/third? the recommendation for Hue motion sensors. Pricier than others, but rock solid performers, and they look nice.

[PunchCardPgmr]

Curious if the HUE Motions have gone through a Version increment of significance whereby you don't want any prior to Version x.x ; kinda like the Iris ones caused a whole lot less problems after Version x.x ?

[Vincent_The_Staat]

@justahubitatuser

Which Motion Sensor should I buy to detect the motion sensor & turn lights on / off.

The ones from Sonoff are pretty reliable and there are community drivers for them. I got some and they work fine.

[makirules]

The only sonoff motion sensor I bought in Feb 2021 died yesterday. Not the battery.. its dead dead.

[justahubitatuser]

Thanks, I have ordered a couple, will arrive in the first week of Jan.

[justahubitatuser]

@rocketwiz does the Cygnett one require custom drivers or does it work with th OOB Hubtitat Generic drivers?

Talking about Cygnett, have you tried their Temp. / Humidity Sensors? Does that work with Hubitat?

[rocketwiz]

I use the 3rd party one that markus wrote for use with sonoff sensors (oh la labs), I'd guess that any sonoff compatible driver would work. . Also I don't have any other cygnett stuff - I bought this one on a whim when it was cheap at Harvey Norman.