Aqara Presence Sensors Compared: Which One Do You Have?
Five Aqara presence sensors, three integration paths. Find your model, see which run on Zigbee2MQTT or HomeKit Controller, and what each needs to stay local.
Five Aqara presence sensors, three integration paths. Find your model, see which run on Zigbee2MQTT or HomeKit Controller, and what each needs to stay local.

Aqara's FP2, FP300 and FP310 all run local in Home Assistant, by three different routes. Which one fits a Zigbee2MQTT setup, and what each one costs you.

Firmware 1.3.6_0003.0099 causes ghost presence inside FP2 interference zones. Here's how to check if you're affected and the workaround that clears it.

FP2 and FP300 are very different sensors with very different HA integration paths. The honest comparison for a local-first Home Assistant setup.

Set up the Aqara FP2 in Home Assistant with no cloud. Covers zones, HomeKit Controller pairing, and blocking Aqara traffic on a VLAN.

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you buy through them, we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. The Aqara Presence Sensor FP2 can detect someone sitting still and distinguish different areas of a room. That makes it useful for automations a motion sensor struggles with: keeping a reading light on…