Local Automations: On this last point, I have to mention that in my tests, automations involving the FP2 and some devices in the Aqara app are cloud-based, not local, although after bringing this up with Aqara, they assured me this was a bug they’re working on fixing, so it could already be a non-issue by the time you read this.Interference Compensation: This feature allows you to designate certain areas of the detection range as ‘interference sources’, so if you have a standing fan in one part of the room, that when active, triggers the FP2, you can create one of these interference zones where the fan is, so the FP2 can ignore it.Each zone is also exposed to HomeKit as a separate presence sensor. These zones can in turn be used to trigger automations. You can select and group these squares to create zones. Zone Positioning: The Aqara app breaks the FP2’s detection range into a grid of 320 separate squares.This option actually limits the range of detection, and you lose the ability to use zones and track multiple people, so it’s really a case of which feature is most important to you. It should be noted that this feature only really works if the FP2 is ceiling mounted. Fall Detection: this speaks for itself, and could be of use for monitoring the elderly or infirm without having to watch them on a smart camera, for example.Like multi-person detection, the light sensor can be used in a multitude of ways, that involve detection in a specific zone, but only trigger an automation if the light levels are above a certain number, for example. Built-in Light Sensor: Light sensors are already found in most of Aqara’s motion sensors, but this is the first sensor with an included light sensor (that isn’t already a light sensor) that’s exposed to HomeKit.Unlike the FP1, which was only able to track one ‘signal’ the FP2 can individually track people as they move around inside the detection area. Multi-Person Tracking: The FP2 is designed to be able to detect and track up to five people simultaneously, although it’s also stated that three people is the optimum number for smooth operation.I’ll quickly run through the features mentioned on the box
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I suspect that a Bluetooth chip has been put in place for future Matter support, as Matter (and Thread) devices usually utilise Bluetooth for initial setup (commissioning). The other side of the box is largely just legal text, but you’ll also notice a Bluetooth logo. One side lays out the feature set of the FP2 multi-person detection, Built-in light sensor, fall detection, zone positioning, interference compensation, and local automations.
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No word on SmartThings at present, although once the FP2 gets an alleged update for Matter, it should work with SmartThings hubs capable of being Matter controllers, like the SmartThings Station. This is also where the ‘Works with Apple Home’ badge is placed, but the FP2 does also work with Amazon, Google, and IFTTT. The FP2 has launched with a new packaging design and colour scheme, with the sensor pictured on the front. Read on to find out what they did to take things several levels ahead. When I say ‘successor’, I mean that in the most all-inclusive way, due to the large strides made in improving what was already available with the first model. Today’s product – The Presence Sensor FP2 – is actually a successor to the company’s Presence Sensor FP1. Well, that could be a thing of the past if the technology known as millimetre wave or mmWave has anything to do with it and one that Aqara has already made progress on. That might not always matter, but if you’ve ever had an automation where the lack of motion is designed to turn off lights, you’ll no doubt have been in a situation where you’re left in the dark because you weren’t ‘in motion’. In cases like this, you’re invisible to a standard PIR motion sensor. For detecting movement, if you’ve ever used a motion sensor, you’ll know that whilst they can be great in most situations where movement is easily detected, they’re lacking when it comes to detecting someone’s ‘presence’ – whether they happen to have fallen asleep on the couch, or are quietly reading a book. These are designed to warn us or trigger another device (and sometimes both). I think it’s fair to say that to a large extent, sensors – in all their formats – are central to what makes a smart home they detect the state of a door or window, warn us of a leak – be that gas or water – and they can detect movement.
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