Looking for Affordable Motion Sensors with Fast Recovery Time for Hubitat

No, unfortunately, I can't find NYCE in Europe. I do notice that many products supported by Hubitat are geared towards American devices, which makes sense since Hubitat is developed in the U.S.

I guess I'll have to stick with Hue, which unfortunately costs around $40 per piece

FWIW, the cool down period (motion retrigger) in the Sonoff motion sensors I linked to is adjusted based on the motion reset time.

Also, you can have them paired to HASS, but use them in Hubitat. There's an HA/HE integration called HADB that many of us use. And adjusting the motion reset time is trivial in HA using z2m.

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hello aaiyar,

is this the:

That you can set the motion sensor timeout in Hubitat and it is working? In HASS, there was indeed an option to set the timeout lower, but the Sonoff did not accept that setting due to its internal settings.

Not that one. The one I linked to is the SNZB-03P. And I have verified that setting the timeout in z2m works for this sensor.

Okay, but this model is not listed in Hubitat's support list. My apologies for asking many questions, but I understand that this one also works?

You register it as a "standard Zigbee device," and then it gets recognized and works?

I realize that I still have a lot to learn because I tend to stick to Hubitat's list. I don't quite understand how devices that are not officially supported can still function properly and continue to work.

A device will work as long as there is a driver for it. There is no list of "supported" devices. Compatible devices are ones for which Hubitat engineers have written a driver, and this driver is provided with the hub.

There are hundreds (thousands?) or devices for which community developers, like @kkossev, have written drivers. Hubitat permits the end-user to add any driver of their choice. The SNZB-03P works with a community driver. In this case, one written by @kkossev.

Hubitat Package Manager, about which you asked earlier, is just a tool to add a community driver (or app). It is also possible to add a community driver without using this tool.

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Are those really 1.1" x 1.3" x 1.1"? That's a pretty small motion sensor if that's correct. Would love to see a pic of one of them in your hand.

Ah...found a couple. Pretty small little bugger. Nice.

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Perfect, and thanks for the coin for context. Somehow haven't seen these before but will include them in my "try next time I buy" list... :smiley:

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I have one of those. Not the most versatile in my experience due to the narrow field.

However, that can be advantageous as well. I use mine on the side of some steps to turn on strip lights.

How narrow...? Glad you mentioned, I had meant to ask about that.

So many motion sensors available with that same form factor. I can’t remember who makes mine but it’s not Tuya, or at least it wasn’t branded that way originally. It’s quite old. I think it’s 110° on mine, but when you look up the spec on the Tuya available today, they say 120°.

Thanks for the info. Yeah, hard to keep track w/those more "generic" devices from the many Tuya/releated vendors... :slight_smile:

Was out of the house and couldn’t check before. It’s a Konke 2AJZ4KPBS that I bought back in 2019.

The Tuya Zigbee 3.0 versions sound like they’re much better.

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What happened to NYCE? I can’t find products on Amazon now.

Seems like they still exist (or their website does, at least).

I’m guessing they stopped making the ZHA versions of their sensors and sell the Control4 versions only now.

The ZHA sensors pop up on eBay sometimes.

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Hi there. just came across your post. I have a very similar looking motion sensor (could be the same). May Icheck the exact driver you are using?

I installed kkossev's Tuya Multi Sensor 4 In 1 , but unable to see where I can adjust the motion sensor's reset time. Would appreciate your guidance please. Thank you.

I am using the same 4in1 driver and do not have any ability to adjust reset time for motion. What is the use case that you need to adjust the reset time? Mine resets after 60 seconds.
Make sure your using the Sonoff/EWe Link device profile under "preferences"

Mine resets after 62sec.

Thought I can adjust the number, to open up more possibility of other automations. As of now, no specific use case yet.