My vibration sensor automation did not work out

I just lately purchased an Aqara vibration sensor with the plan of affixing it to our eating room desk for the aim of establishing a movement in Homey such that if it’s nighttime and the desk is bumped or tapped wherever, the sunshine would flip ON and keep on for 10 minutes.

It didn’t actually work the best way that I hoped it could…

The vibration sensor isn’t as delicate as I hoped it is likely to be. In consequence, to set off the movement/automation that I arrange, somebody must faucet on the vibration sensor itself. Up to now we haven’t been capable of set off it by tapping wherever else on the desk.

I believe I’ll finally take away that vibration sensor from the eating room desk and use it for one thing else as an alternative. However for now, it’s nonetheless on the desk and it sort of works, though it’s not likely any extra useful than simply utilizing a light-weight swap on the wall.

One other factor that didn’t actually work the best way that I hoped it’d was that after vibration is detected, the sunshine comes on for 10 minutes and my concept was that if extra vibration was detected thereafter, the movement would constantly re-trigger and the sunshine would keep on. Sadly, that additionally doesn’t appear to be the best way issues work.

So I might say the vibration sensor not being as delicate as I would love it to be is a matter with the Aqara gadget, however the movement not regularly re-triggering earlier than it ends is a matter with the Homey ecosystem.

What really finally ends up taking place is that the movement is triggered, the sunshine comes on after which after 10 minutes, the sunshine goes off.

If you need the sunshine again on, you must go and faucet the vibration sensor once more.

That’s not what I had in thoughts.

I like Homey, however I believe there must be some method to regularly re-trigger issues to keep away from a scenario like this the place the sunshine turns off after which you must re-trigger the entire thing once more to get the sunshine on for an additional 10 minutes.

The Aqara vibration sensor additionally looks as if a very good product, it’s simply clearly not appropriate for this explicit concept. Nonetheless, I believe it could be nice for one thing a bit extra “excessive contact”, so I’m certain I’ll put it to work elsewhere in our residence finally.

What’s up with Alexa?!

Alexa had an “fascinating” day just lately. Often, Alexa is cooperative and responsive 90-95% of the time, however the different day, voice management didn’t work in any respect. Within the Alexa app, my Sonos Arc soundbar was exhibiting intermittently as “offline” regardless of having a “sturdy connection” within the Sonos app.

I used to be digging round on-line for proof of widespread issues with Alexa, however didn’t discover something.

The Sonos soundbar can be on-line, then offline and even when it was on-line, the entire thing was actually bizarre.

Anyway, maybe Alexa simply needed a time off work as a result of the subsequent day all the things was again to regular identical to we by no means skipped a beat.

I actually don’t know what to make of all that, however I hope it doesn’t make a behavior of taking place too typically!

I’m not getting a P2 movement sensor in any case

The shop that I ordered three extra Aqara T1 gentle bulbs and a P2 movement sensor messaged me and advised me that they couldn’t really get me a P2, however requested if I might be happy with a P1 as an alternative.

After some transient analysis, I made a decision that the P1 appears completely superb for my use case. From what I may see, the battery life is definitely longer on the P1 in comparison with the P2, which is nice. The opposite vital distinction feels like Matter help for the P2, however I don’t significantly care as a result of I’ll be connecting the P1 to Homey with Zigbee.

The opposite factor that I seen is that within the Homey app, I can see the Aqara P1 listed as supported particularly, however I can’t see a selected point out of the P2.

All that to say, I’m getting the P1, not the P2.

I thought-about a presence sensor however determined that it was overkill for this explicit use case. My plan is to make use of the movement sensor and three Aqara gentle bulbs within the exterior elevator foyer space. I don’t actually foresee any situation the place an individual goes to be stationary in that space for greater than a minute, so a movement sensor will do exactly superb.

Till subsequent time, have a very good one.

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