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This is quite an old sensor though so that's why there's no mmwave in it yet.

That will be in the multisensor 8 featuring 7 different sensors 😂

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Z-wave is pretty well set and forget on Home Assistant these days, and as Z-Wave is sub 1GHz it doesn't cause any intereference to other networks. The things I don't like about z-wave are sellers that don't specify the frequency/region and the cost of Z-wave devices. I can by zgibee temp, humidity and barometric pressure sensor, the get a separate motion/light sensor and have money left over when compared to a MS6 or MS7.

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Happy to connect you with Aeotec management if you're interested. They are working on Matter in general just cannot confirm whether this product is on the roadmap.

What do you compare accuracy too for the light level? Every single sensor I have, even the same brand, shows a slightly different level. That said, how accurate do you need your light level for home automation? You just need to know when it is bright or dark really. You can look at your room say, yep, that's the light level I want, then take a reading from the sensor and use that. As for how fast. The response times on the Aeotec sensor are quick, it will respond, within 30 seconds for major changes and about 15 minutes on general updates. For home automation, that is generally good enough. I am not sure what was wrong with your version 6 sensor if it take weeks to update. That is just weird and suggest z-wave network issues.. I have 2 of them and the light level is updated within 30 seconds if there is a sudden change. The Version 7 uses the 700 series Z-Wave chipset, the Version 6 uses the 500 Series chipset - Quite a big difference in technology, but not much real world difference in a sensor of this nature. If you're network is mostly 500 Series chipset devices and your controller is a 500 series chipset, then there is absolutely no benefit at all to using the Version 7. I would suggest maybe contacting Aeotec to see if there is a firmware update for your Sensor 6 devices to see if you can update the speed. Also, UV sensor has never worked for me either, unless the sensor is outside in the sunlight, then it moves a little bit. I think it just doesn't pick it up well

@@EsotericArctos Hi, thanks for your response and feedback. Sorry, my "weeks" statement was sarcastic. I don't actually know how longe the light changes take, but it appears to be in the order of minutes not seconds. Therefore if I set a light level to turn on and off my lights I can walk out of a room and the lights go off, but when I suddenly remember to return (forgot my coffee for example), the lights wont turn back on because they think it is still bright! I will have to undertake some more in depth testing. I have just compared a series 6 sensor in my garden with my weather station and the light level difference is huge, but as you state you only really need to make a few comparisons, for what you percieve as bright or not. Have a great day Brendan 😁

It’s the only thing this is missing really - although as another commenter pointed out, this was released prior to presence sensors becoming a more widely explored technology. I expect we will see it in a new release from aeotec some point in the near future!

Yeah that would be good. Problem is size, with a co2 sensor as well, it would need to be quite a bit bigger. I think they’ve tried to balance what they’ve included to keep the size small.

I mean… I’ve reviewed some good headphones over the years? 👀 also - after your original comment we halved the volume of it.

Thankyou for your reply, the headphone option is a good one, except I wear a hearing aid, and as I prefer over the ear ones, can never find ones that do not block the aid! 🤔🫣😕