Hey all, just wanted to quickly post some of my findings on this unit. I found a great setup guide and once the unit and app are setup they work fantastic. I’ve had it “tuned in” for about a week with zero ghost or false readings. I may be able to get rid of some battery operate motions now with this thing.
I’m in the field now so I’ll post a link to the article and more info later. A few critical things must be done in order for the unit to be worth while.
#1 placement, i found it needs to have line of sight to every where in a room, so higher is better, 6-7 feet off the ground with a very slight tilt downward works best for me.
#2 Exit zones need to be setup in the app. Without exit zone the unit does not understand where people went and creates ghosts.
EXIT ZONES FIX LEFT BEHIND GHOSTING.
Here’s a quick shot of my app setup. The room below is about 12 feet wide and 50 feet long. 1 FP2 covers the entire thing (about maxed on the 50ft)
All the pink near the edges are exit zones. Also make sure to use the gray area for “not monitored” zones. These also help tell the unit where not to look.
Pic of sensor on bookshelf about 6 feet up in the corner (temporary wiring), and a pic of “room” it’s covering. It’s really the entire back half of my house. In the pic you can see my fridge at the far end of the “room”. If someone is standing tucked into the corner to the left of the fridge (my wife making coffee) it can miss her, but every thing else is covered.
Ok, so I took your advice and reconfigured my bedroom. According to the tutorial, blank space is covered by presence 1. I created zones for the bed his and hers. I’m only tracking that zone. I’ll see how this configuration works out. Added edges and entrances.
I realized that I was trying to account for everything and that maybe the lines needed to be a bit fuzzy. I’m looking forward to seeing the results.
Is actually been on. It will see one but is sketchy holding two so I just make it so that mid can’t Change back to home until a certain hour. But my configuration changed today so I’m looking forward to seeing if that will change. I’ll let you know.
The only downfall is that I have one room where zones matter. FP2 is the only one with configurable zones. But, I’m learning a lot from these videos. I do see some downfalls to this one. Like the placement of the power cable. Concerning that they put it on the top of the unit.
Yes. Cabling Is generally an underestimate point.
Zones are good if they work seamless.
The point i could not accept about FP2 Is It Is a wifi based device.
The sonoff seems too bulky te be such a poor-featured device (not to speak about silly USB connectorcposituon).
I used to agree with your feelings, but zigbee is inside of the 2.4ghz spectrum. And since I started using esphome I kind’ve gave up on that expectation. My FP2 is more stable after following @TechMedX 's . I still have some tweaking to my flows, but things are running a bit better now. I am hopeful that it will continue to improve.
I just have one of the units connected up, paired with no issues. Currently testing the switching on/off of my study light whilst I’m messing with it - detecting my presence when I enter/leave the room, switching the light on/off accordingly. So far, so good.
The two of mine arrived SNZB-06P. I’ve only connected them. There were endless complaints about the device never going clear. I found that It’s very sensitive and there is no way to control much yet. I hope the programmers expose more potential in this than what is available at the current time. It sees far too much. Which is good, but bad when it’s seeing my husband on the couch in the basement when the device is upstairs. I’m thinking of putting the second one in the garage where it can’t be as affected by the environment.
Some opinions on the Linptech sensor. In my experience with a Zigbee sensor, I found the sensor to be decent, configurable, and quite sensitive. It’s not too big (although it is not defineable as “small”), has a magnetically designed base that’s a bit poorly made but acceptable. The price is mid-range. It has a theoretical range of 6 meters (although in practice it doesn’t always work perfectly beyond 5.5 meters). it is natively supported by z2m. Obviously, it doesn’t have the ability to define zones. The only ‘flaws’ are a minimum of 10-second cooldown window and a chatty attitude.
