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Zigbee devices Motion and presence sensors

LinknLink eMotion Air

Battery-powered mmWave presence multi-sensor. Works with Zigbee2MQTT with no vendor hub or cloud: it pairs with a Zigbee stick and shows up in Home Assistant.

Vendor
LinknLink
Model
eMotion Air
Type
Motion and presence sensors
Power
battery: an end device, does not extend the mesh
Firmware updates (OTA)
no

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What it exposes

FeaturePropertyValuesControl
Freqfreq0…4settable
Trithtrith1…10settable
Absence timeoutabsence_timeouts · 0…510settable
Radar enableradar_enable—settable
Lx intervallx_intervals · 2…60000settable
Sht intervalsht_intervals · 10…60000settable
Lx thread1lx_thread10…65535settable
Lx thread2lx_thread20…65535settable
Temperaturetemperature°Cread only
Humidityhumidity%read only
Illuminanceilluminancelxread only
Motionoccupancy—read only
Batterybattery% · 0…100read only
Action (button press)actionsingle, double, triple, hold, releaseread only

MQTT: state and commands

Zigbee2MQTT publishes the device state to zigbee2mqtt/my_device (my_device is the name you give the device). An example message:

{
  "freq": 2,
  "trith": 6,
  "absence_timeout": 255,
  "radar_enable": false,
  "lx_interval": 30001,
  "sht_interval": 30005,
  "lx_thread1": 32768,
  "lx_thread2": 32768,
  "temperature": 21.6,
  "humidity": 46.2,
  "illuminance": 120,
  "occupancy": false,
  "battery": 87,
  "linkquality": 120
}

Send commands to zigbee2mqtt/my_device/set:

mosquitto_pub -t zigbee2mqtt/my_device/set -m '{"radar_enable":true}'

Watch the topics live from the browser: MQTT client.

Home Assistant automation example

Zigbee2MQTT creates Home Assistant entities from the device name. If it is called my_device, an automation in automations.yaml can look like this:

- alias: "Light on motion"
  mode: single
  triggers:
    - trigger: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.my_device_occupancy
      to: "on"
  conditions:
    - condition: sun
      after: sunset
  actions:
    - action: light.turn_on
      target:
        entity_id: light.hallway

Check the YAML: YAML checker.

How to pair it

  1. In Zigbee2MQTT click Permit join.
  2. Put the device in pairing mode: usually a long press of the reset button (5–10 s) until the LED blinks; bulbs: switch the power off and on 5–6 times.
  3. Keep the device close to the coordinator or a router while pairing.
  4. Give it a clear name: MQTT topics and Home Assistant entities are built from it.

Exact procedure and model notes: the device page in the Zigbee2MQTT docs. No coordinator yet: coordinator picker.

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