New Aqara Zigbee 3.0 occupancy sensor (FP1) looks interesting

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So the US8 code works well to buy 2 at an average cost of $37.12 + tax.

(I always wonder about Aliexpress collecting sales tax... they collect it, but do they actually pay it to my state?)

Hi I'm having the same issue - paired the FP1 to HE but it won't respond to any motion.
What exactly did you do to get it working? What do you mean by "Repairing it without first removing it where it found an existing device"?

Hi @tonysunshine ,

You need to pair the FP1 to HE at least 2 times. The first Zigbee pairing usually doesn't work.
The second important detail is to pair it really close to the hub, from a distance less than 1 meter (this depends on how many Zigbee devices you have in your mesh and how much chatty they are).

Once the sensor starts working as expected when operated close to HE hub, you can move it to its final destination. The new Aqara devices are not 'sticky' as the previous generation, they will pick up a repeating device if needed later.

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@kkossev Thanks for the tips. I tinkered with it some more and got it working now!
Paired it the first time, then without removing the device, put the FP1 back in pairing mode, and tried to add another zigbee device to HE - came up as an existing device and now the FP1 is working. powerSource state changed from "?" to "dc".

One thing for me - for the first pairing, HE would only fully initialize the FP1 after shutting down the HE C7 hub for 3 minutes. Thats the trick that got me past the first pairing.

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I believe the issue is there is some device initialization that happens during pairing that is not occuring when you hit configure. It seems to only work correctly when it pairs with the correct driver. So once you change the device driver it re-uses that driver on subsequent pairings and then works.

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Obviously Aqara FP2 was introduced now:

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It's a WiFi device... Hopefully, with Matter coming around the corner...

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I feel like I'm losing my mind... I've tried re-pairing a dozen times, but since I have to delete the device and re-pair, it doesn't recognize the driver. Is there some method of re-triggering the pairing process on the sensor itself? I didn't see a button. Cycling power didn't seem to work either.

There's a button on the back behind the mount.

Thanks man, I couldn't get a hold of any user manual.

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Yeah I'm a dummy -- I didn't even try pulling on the unit. I didn't realize it had a stand built in. There's not a tiny hold underneath, but there's a button and LED. I wouldn't try sticking a pin in that hole.

Press and hold the button for about 5 seconds to re-pair.

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Man this works so well that I'm considering cancelling my QTY10 order for the EP1. I'd rather not use WiFi anyhow. Is there any benefit on having the Bluetooth stuff? At first I thought it was capable of doing indoor positioning via beacon or something, but I think it's just a Bluetooth proxy for less than smart devices.

Yep, I realized my mistake yesterday and edited my response.

So with regards to the FP1 in my powder room bathroom. I just walked by the closed door and noticed the sensor tripped (lights came on)... I think the door or door panels are composite but still that's pretty wild. It's about 8 ft or so from sensor to door.

The only ones I found are in Chinese.

I have 2 FP1s that I bought from Aqara via Aliexpress last month and were able to pair and use with my Hubitat C-7. Both worked fine... while they were working. But on Friday one fell off my mesh and on Saturday the other one fell off, too. Now I can't get either of them to reset or pair.

They are under a month old and I'm considering tossing them. I can't find anyway on Aliexpress to put in a claim on them. I'm sure even if I did Aqara would just tell me I need to use their hub.

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I had 2 of my 9 did that and I think they were the ones that originally didn't want to pair with my C7 hub. They also had problems I thought with interference.
After they fell off this last time I replaced them with new ones in the same locations so far no issues.
I took the old ones and they didn't want to pair to a different C5 hub or my C7 hub.
So I removed the 4 screws on the back of the fp1 (you will need a very small philps screw driver). There is another cover inside that just snaps out. Then the circuit board snaps out (be gentle pry on one side then the other).
Microchips are very small take a picture with your phone and zoom in on the picture look for any bad solder joints.
I took an exacto knife gently scratched between the RS0108 pins to make sure there was no bridging then sprayed contact cleaner on both side of the board waited about 5 minutes then before reassembling I tried pairing them. First one paired immediately to my C7 hub the second one took about thee attempts but it was on the second floor and that C5 hub was in the basement.
Then I reassembled them and put them in their new locations.
So far they are fine. It could be just dumb luck but 2 of them?

If that doesnt work you could unsolder usb power line and get some fine soldering sand and put the circuitboard on the sand in a pan on your oven to reseat the solder joints.

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Interesting, mine seems to become unresponsive after 15-20 minutes.

Dang I already got rid of mine. Would def like to have tried that... oh well.

E.

I'll 100% take them and pay for shipping before they go to waste. Worst case...I break them more :smiley:

So, I've found a pairing method that reliably worked for four devices with me about 15 ft from the hub.

  1. Put HE into pairing mode.
  2. Power up FP1.
  3. Press the button on the back.
  4. Should see it pair. Go through the prompts to name the device and assign to a room.
  5. Wait about 30 seconds (do nothing with the device page/device pairing/nothing).
  6. Put HE back into pairing mode.
  7. Press the button on the back of the FP1 (just a regular press).
  8. Should get the prompt showing a "previously paired device".

At that point, everything should populate for the device over the next 30 seconds or so. This worked flawlessly after having several fits with the first two I added and trying to reset the device holding the button on the back.

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