How to create SMART HOME AUTOMATIONS using the Aqara FP2

Since features are dependent on the type of mounting position, can more than 1 unit be used in a room at the same time? For example 1 unit wall mounted to provide presense, zones and automation and a 2nd unit on the ceiling to provide falls alerts only? Many thanks

Since features are dependent on the type of mounting position, can more than 1 unit be used in a room at the same time? For example 1 unit wall mounted to provide presense, zones and automation and a 2nd unit on the ceiling to provide falls alerts only? Many thanks

Great Video! I ran across Home Assistant just under a year ago and I've been hooked ever since. I have several automations setup with Home Assistant, Alexa, and Homekit, controlling lights, thermostats, garage stuff, fans, home alarm, sensors, etc. I currently have a Good Night automation that turns off all of my lights, checks the doors and windows, sets the alarm, and turns on white noise in the bedroom. I've made a trigger for when both my wife's and my iPhone are charging after 8pm it kicks off the automation however it's not perfect. If say she is in the office and puts her phone on the charger and I'm driving home with my phone plugged into the car, it kicks off the automation. Or a slew of other possibilities. I would really like to get an Aqara FP2 to see if I can add a condition that has us both in bed to provide another layer of probability that we are actually going to bed. Thanks for your videos. I am learning a lot from your channel.

Great video. I've got six FP2 sensors getting set up through my home in combination with Aqara PIR sensors. PIR response time to trigger lights on and FP2 to maintain on state while presence is detected. Difference in my setup is I will be running all automations within Homey Pro. It gives HA a run for it's money but much simpler to use! 👍

I would really like to set up the FP2 in my bedroom. It would be great to set up for when the wife gets up, her closet and bathroom turn on and when I get up, (different times), my closet and bathroom come on. Also entering at night would start my shut down routine. Lastly I would like to set something up so on specific days when we are both at a specific place together---trigger sexy time....

List of what I need to wok the lighting like you hace it for zone contolled... Aqara FP2, AqaraM2 hub, What LED Bulbs, Zigbee, Matter, wifi? DO I need an Homepod Mini?

Hi, just discovered you! I like the facts that you use Apple Home with Home Assistant. If I win the FP2, I will use it so it covers the kitchen and dining room. It will automatically turn off lights in the kitchen once we are all at the table.

I live in Alaska where the amount of light per day changes a drastically. So I am using the lux sensor to help know when lights actually do need to be turned on. Most motion sensors just turn on the light when motion is detected. This sensor can actually determine if there is enough light to even warrant turning on the light. I have one so far. Hoping to get more!

Trying to figure out how to set the lights off after fp2 has no motion for 5+ minutes. HomeKit is so frustrating that it doesn't have this option. Looks like I need to purchase Home Assistant. I want to make sure I set up the best solution. Trying to decide between Home Assistant and Hubitat to set up with HomeKit. Great video

I liked your video…I would appreciate you showing the complete setup into Home assistant…thanks again..

Well i want a presence sensor or finally get around the lights turning off when your sitting watching tv. Im in the process of extending my house for a new living room, so the few woudl be used in here. Basically I would use home assistant so if there’s presence in the room and the light levels be x, to switch my lamps on. Then if my tv is and presence in the roomon to turn on my tv leds. Then if they are a certain colour, I’m thinking red, it knows I’m watching a movie which then turns the lamps off and keeps the leds on for better ambient light for the movie. Then id also do if I get up off the sofa, using a thin film pressure sensor, and there’s no presence in the room to pause the movie. Assuming I’m at the bathroom etc etc. ten plenty other ideas will probably spring to my mind, and I can also ask the home assistant community. Thanks for the giveaway! Best of luck everyone 👍🏻

I will be using the FP2 in the master bedroom first base on time and zones. After we are in bed. Depending on presence detected on one side of the bed or other. Under bed strip lights on one side or other will turn on dimmed to 30%. As we move toward the master bath the master bath will turn in. If either move toward the exit, the hall will turn on also dimmed. It will turn off as we exit the space. Using the FP2 in the kitchen. We will light accordingly.

I would use the fp2 as a kitchen sensor. I would have a stove and a sink zone. When triggered, set lights to 100%. I would set another zone for the rest of the kitchen and when triggered lights to 25%. My kitchen lights are really bright and only need them at 100% when cooking or doing dishes.
I found your channel form your smart home tour. New subscriber!

I think that you can achieve your example of the level 4 automation with in Apple HomeKit using the convert to shortcut function.

Nice video. I actually had no idea the FP2 was quite so flexible.
We have an open plan living space including living room, dining room and a desk where I work from. Being able to split the areas up into zones would be great. I have Home Assistant controlling smart plugs, lights, TV's, speakers, washing machine, heating and a bunch of motion, temperature and humidity sensors. The open plan living space often means I could be working at my desk (controlled by smart plugs) whilst the kids are doing home work sitting at the dining table (under smart bulbs). The motion sensors I have at the moment limit the automations I can create in the different areas and we're forever asking Google to turn different devices on and off!
The desk could power up when I sit at it, the dining room lights could come on when the kids are sitting there doing their homework, . Switching off lights and the TV when the kids aren't in the room would also be great and save some ££ on the electricity bill!

I use shortcuts to delay automations in Apple Home it’s good you just use wait and adjust the seconds by setting a number variable to make it simple

Great video, opened my eyes to automations with HomeKit, subscribed to you and aqara 🎉

I plan to use it to solve my AC problem. I have one central unit AC whereby the whole house of 2 living rooms and 3 bedrooms are controlled by one AC controller ecobee. I plan to change all vents to smart vents and use FP2 to detect presence to be able to adjust vents accordingly to get more air in the most appropriate places in the house for better comfort.

I want to have my living room turn on depending on the time of day and have it happen automatically based on presence!

I'm setting one up in the bathroom so I can automatically trigger my lights to turn off when nobody is in there - my kids NEVER switch the lights off.

Very informative video. :)
I'd first create different zones. All the light switches of one floor are at the same spot, so its dificult for my elderly parents to always get up and turn off/on the lights. I would also try to automate my shades with this sensor. My father is a risk fall and this sensor (I Hope) should help me get notify when something happens. :)

I live outside the US so I have an Apple TV running on a 2nd router which connects to a VPN. Is it possible to connect Home Kit and/or Home Assistant to two different networks while controlling both via the same app profile?

I have never used a sensor before. I'm excited about the possibilities it brings. I'd love to explore its potential and find ways to integrate it into my work or daily life. The opportunities it offers are intriguing, and I'm eager to delve into this new technology.

I would use the FP2 to set up dog automations.

When my dog is by the door for longer than 2 mins and wants to go out notify in my home office.

When the dog is pacing around the apartment switch on the tv and dispense a treat.

Great video, Delyn. Definitely keen to hear more in-depth automation ideas in Home Assistant as a bit of a HA noob myself.

I'd love to get my hands on an FP2 so that the lights stop turning off on my wife as she's doing 3am feeds with our newborn (when she's still for too long and the motion sensor thinks there's no one there).

I want to use it in my basement home theater to keep the scene in movie mode while we’re still on the couch. If movement is detected, it can trigger some led strips to light up really dim

Nice video but one correction. HomeKit does allow you to use other smart device activity state in automations. Your level 3 automation can very easily all be done within HomeKit ever since it integrated shortcuts. I have a few automations that change based on presence and the state of a smart device, all done in HomeKit using shortcuts.

I actually recreated your level 3 as a test using HomeKit and shortcuts. I said: if the movie room led strip is on and presence is detected in the bathroom (presence already automatically turns on the bathroom light) pause the Appletv, wait 30 sec after no occupancy is detected in the bathroom then resume appletv.

I would like to use the Aqara FP2 to help monitor my teenagers. Teens are constantly looking for ways to get one over on their parents like we did when we were young. Knowing when they're home from school or sneaking out of their windows at night to go hang out with friends. They know there's door sensors so it's tough to go out without me knowing. Lol

Great video. I'd set up the FP2 in my mom's apartment. She's a fall risk, and has been having health issues especially at night, so the updated sleep monitoring and fall detection would help keep me informed if something happens and I need to take action. Her smart home needs are more basic, but it would also be great to automate her lights based on her location as movement is difficult for her.

I will use it to turn on and off a train that runs around my shop, and then turn on some music after a few minutes to play a shop anthem, but only at specific times, and when it detects a person ENTERING the space

Gratis video! I just bougth one FP2, I saw that you are put some of tem at the ceiling? You don't have any issues since placement instructions are different.

I would use an FP2 in my nursery to automatically turn on my nap scene to close the blinds and turn the sound machine on when we lay the kids down by creating a zone for each crib. I could even have the lights turn off when we leave the room and fade back on when we come back in after nap time is over.

I would like to use it to automate the lights in the living room, kitchen, and breakfast area, since they're all next to one another in an open concept house. It would be fantastic to be able to walk from the living room into the kitchen and have it automatically turn those lights on or if I sit down at the breakfast table. Once I tinker more with it, I'll probably buy a few more to set up around the house. : )

Would love to see an in depth Level 4 video.
I would use the FP2 to mimic your kitchen idea because my family can’t seem to turn off lights when they leave the room.

Loved this video. Since you asked, I would really appreciate an overview of how HomeAssistant and Apple Home integrate and how to set that up.

Thanks for the tips! Just move to my new place and been trying different smart automation options and just purchased the home assistant. I was searching online to find ideas to automate as voice activation sometime seem less reliable and the new Aqara FP2 would greatly help with presence senor.

I am have purchase and waiting for my first FP2 and if the zoning is working well would need a few more to determine the number of person in the area to properly trigger the correct automation when my little one is off to bed! Would help to trigger some light if there movement in the night when the little one need to wake up to washroom. With presence sensor instead of motion the automation can have a significant higher precision.

In bathroom can be very useful with lux sensor to turn on/off lights in the zones like shower.. but with HomeKit we can do everything we need.. turn on off tv when we are or not on the couch.. the limit is our fantasy!

For mine, I would put in the bathroom and make an automation to let me know if someone’s in the bathroom change the color of the light in the hallway because I have a roommate and sometimes we don’t know if somebody’s in the bathroom or not, and a visual representation would be the best way, but motion sensors do not work Because if you’re in the shower or on the toilet Because they stopped detecting.

To help keep my elderly mother safe. She lives in an annex and often goes to her room without turning things off, but sometimes returns. I want to set up an automation that if she doesn’t return to her main room, everything goes off after and hour. However if she returns all the devices that went off are toggled back on just as they were. As well as this, I’ll turn the light on in her kitchen and dining area as she moves, as she often loses remotes due to her memory issues. I’ll also monitor for falls.

To help monitor my grandma. She is old now and at risk of falls. She refuses to move and wants to live alone. Having an FP2 can replace the camera and give her more privacy while giving our family peace of mind.

Yes please do FP2 to HA from scratch. I have it on HA but delete an now I can t add it 😢

My favorite thought for the Aqara FP2 is for my Garage. I work a lot in my garage so I can have different tools starting up and lighting for those tools depending on my location. and having it set on the ceiling if anything happens to me (God Forbid) and I end up on the ground the PF2 will call for help. Most important since I live by myself.

Would definitely like a deep dive into the fp2 with HomeKit and home assistant automations.

Great review of the FP2. I do have some Aqara sensors so I would use the Aqara FP2 in conjunction with them and other devices but I have to admit I would use the Aqara FP2 in a bit of a selfish way. I have small kids and an elderly parent. I have a lot of situations that I have to handle manually myself at the moment. My father who lives with us is not very technologically acute so I would use the Aqara FP2 to help him be more independent instead of calling for me to help with setting lights and 'his programs' on the tv as he apologizes every time thinking he's a burden. This would give him a boost of confidence.

For my kids, they are always leaving lights on running around. This would save me from following them turning things off. They also have a tv in their bedrooms but are not allowed to watch after a certain time so I would use the Aqara FP2 to monitor if they are in the room and if the tv is on after a certain time as well as turning off their lights when the Aqara FP2 detects presence but no motion (assumption being that they have fallen asleep).

These are just a couple ways I would use the Aqara FP2. We live in a 3 story townhome so it's quite draining for me to do all this manually. I know this would eventually require more Aqara FP2s to accomplish everything but if this one improves our lives, it would be worth the cost to purchase additional ones and save me time, money and energy that could be used better directly on my father and kids.

Possibilities are endless, but definitely using this on the stairs to light up led light strips

Would love to see in more detail how you set up that baby sitter automation and how you tell your other automations to disable when babysitter mode was on. Tried something similar that Shane Whatley did on his channel without success.

I would use it as a security device outside my house in a waterproof electrical project box, with a custom acrylic window. I would have the FP2 facing my house from a tree in my front yard.

Then, I would have four zones set up to trigger a specific camera before the motion sensor activates. I use Ring cameras, so it doesn't start recording fast enough since its in a sleep state till the motion sensor is triggered.

I can get earlier warnings of who is in what part of my yard and trigger automations to stop theft since it's been an issue I have been dealing with.

I would use it to detect when the kids are out of bed at night and control their lights during the day. Use it to disable automations when they are in bed.

I would use it to let my cat in and out through the diy hydraulic basement window because I can define different zones with the sensor. with standard motion detectors this is suboptimal and inaccurate, so please give my cat a chance to live happily! thank you!