Time2Jet Posted September 7, 2019 Posted September 7, 2019 Good morning everyone. I’m considering adding a few motion sensors to my project. These - TP-Link MS100 Smart Motion Sensor connects via Zigbee They’re so inexpensive. Anyone had luck with them? I do have the Chowmain TP-Link driver working nicely with some outlets and bulbs in my project. The proposed motion sensors will fire some Caseta switches. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Time2Jet Posted September 9, 2019 Author Posted September 9, 2019 Bump. Any thoughts guys? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Drake0508 Posted September 10, 2019 Posted September 10, 2019 They are zigbee or WiFi? I can’t see how they will work if they are zigbee. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Time2Jet Posted September 10, 2019 Author Posted September 10, 2019 They are zigbee or WiFi? I can’t see how they will work if they are zigbee. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkThey’re WiFiSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Drake0508 Posted September 10, 2019 Posted September 10, 2019 Gotcha. If they work as well as the smart plugs then they should be great. Mine have been flawless.
Time2Jet Posted September 10, 2019 Author Posted September 10, 2019 My plugs and bulbs are amazing, even though I lost an HS110 today. Just died. They’re sending an RMA to replace it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Time2Jet Posted September 10, 2019 Author Posted September 10, 2019 They are zigbee or WiFi? I can’t see how they will work if they are zigbee. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkYou were right. They are actually Zigbee and require a router. So, I have to rethink this. I’m looking for a sensor to fire some lights (ie walk into the kitchen at night). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
eggzlot Posted September 10, 2019 Posted September 10, 2019 1 hour ago, time2jet said: You were right. They are actually Zigbee and require a router. So, I have to rethink this. I’m looking for a sensor to fire some lights (ie walk into the kitchen at night). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk why not look at NYCE or Axxess? They have c4 Zigbee already installed. http://nycesensors.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/NCZ-3041-Feature-Sheet-2015-06-02.pdf They have a C4 version and a non C4 version. The cheaper non C4 version works with SmartThings so if you want to go DIY get a SmartThings hub and the non C4 ones. If you want native quick install/support have a dealer order the C4 ones. The Axxess ones are a bit bigger but have more features https://www.axxind.com/smarthome/motion-sensor/
Time2Jet Posted September 10, 2019 Author Posted September 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, eggzlot said: why not look at NYCE or Axxess? They have c4 Zigbee already installed. http://nycesensors.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/NCZ-3041-Feature-Sheet-2015-06-02.pdf They have a C4 version and a non C4 version. The cheaper non C4 version works with SmartThings so if you want to go DIY get a SmartThings hub and the non C4 ones. If you want native quick install/support have a dealer order the C4 ones. The Axxess ones are a bit bigger but have more features https://www.axxind.com/smarthome/motion-sensor/ Thanks @eggzlot This is what I had originally assumed, but then I got all of this Kasa/TP stuff in my project that works really well with Alan's driver, so I thought I'd put it out there. I don't know which direction to go, axxess versus nyce, I'm only using them to control lighting at this point. Mitch suggested the NYCE. Regardless, I would always do the C4 versions.
eggzlot Posted September 10, 2019 Posted September 10, 2019 36 minutes ago, time2jet said: Thanks @eggzlot This is what I had originally assumed, but then I got all of this Kasa/TP stuff in my project that works really well with Alan's driver, so I thought I'd put it out there. I don't know which direction to go, axxess versus nyce, I'm only using them to control lighting at this point. Mitch suggested the NYCE. Regardless, I would always do the C4 versions. if you need simple motion, nyce is fine, small and compact. if you want more complex - axxess. i am just an end user so cannot speak from the dealer side - but axxess lets you set motion sensitivity (in case you didnt want a 20 lb dog to set off your motion sensor for example) and they also have temp and some have temp + humidity as well built in. its a bigger unit, not big but 2-3x the size of the nyce sensor which is basically sense motion yes/no.
Zuhair Posted September 10, 2019 Posted September 10, 2019 You were right. They are actually Zigbee and require a router. So, I have to rethink this. I’m looking for a sensor to fire some lights (ie walk into the kitchen at night). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalkhttps://www.axxind.com/smarthome/motion-sensor/http://nycesensors.com/products/ncz3043/
Drake0508 Posted September 10, 2019 Posted September 10, 2019 7 hours ago, time2jet said: You were right. They are actually Zigbee and require a router. So, I have to rethink this. I’m looking for a sensor to fire some lights (ie walk into the kitchen at night). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Do you have Philips Hue in your project?
Time2Jet Posted September 10, 2019 Author Posted September 10, 2019 I did. I dumped Philips for TP-Link. For the life of me I could not position the Philips bridge so that all would function. No luck. Seems like the TP-Link stuff works great so far.
Drake0508 Posted September 10, 2019 Posted September 10, 2019 I did. I dumped Philips for TP-Link. For the life of me I could not position the Philips bridge so that all would function. No luck. Seems like the TP-Link stuff works great so far.Gotcha. It’s definitely spotty for some but the motion sensors work well of you have good zigbee coverage. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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