The Aqara Motion Sensor is a Zigbee-based PIR motion detector with a built-in light level sensor. It requires a Zigbee gateway such as a Zigbee2MQTT coordinator or Aqara Hub and reports motion events and ambient light intensity.
The Aqara Motion Sensor is a Zigbee-based PIR motion detector with a built-in light level sensor. It requires a Zigbee gateway such as a Zigbee2MQTT coordinator or Aqara Hub and reports motion events and ambient light intensity.
Recommended protocol: Zigbee via Zigbee via Zigbee2MQTT bridge to MQTT
Receives motion events and lux readings via Zigbee2MQTT. Requires a Zigbee coordinator and Zigbee2MQTT bridge.
npm i node-red-contrib-zigbee2mqtt
Subscribe to Zigbee2MQTT MQTT topics for motion and illuminance data.
This device appears as a Motion Sensor in Alexa.
Alexa, is the [device name] detecting motion?
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