Updated: Dec 8, 2023—3 min read

New ZY-M100 mmWave Radar Sensor with USB type C in Home Assistant

Written by: Fixt
ZY-M100

Incredibly affordable MMWave Radar Sensor with almost instant presence reaction time. It also opens up the opportunity to extend your Zigbee network by serving as an additional router 🎉🎉🎉.

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Overview

  • ZY-M100 Mmwave Radar Sensor

  • Holder Stand Adjustable:

    Zy-m100 Stand
  • Stand to 3D-print:

    Zy-m100 Stand

How to integrate it in Home Assistant

Open your Home Assistant instance and add a Zigbee device to your instance.

You can use this button to be redirected to you Home Assistant instance to add the device to your Zigbee network.

Enable New Variants Full ZHA Support

First create folder custom_zha_quirks, then create file ts0601_radar.py and paste the code from the supported variant that you need.
If you need more than one variant, you can create multiple files with different names.

List of supported variants

  - _TZE200_ar0slwnd
  - _TZE200_sfiy5tfs
  - _TZE200_mrf6vtua
  - _TZE200_ztc6ggyl
  - _TZE204_ztc6ggyl
  - _TZE204_sxm7l9xa
  - _TZE204_qasjif9e   #new

You can find the code here
Configuration sliders in miliseconds, 1 second = 1000 miliseconds.

List of supported variants

  - _TZE204_e5m9c5hl  #new
  - _TZE204_ijxvkhd0  #new

You can find the code here
Configuration sliders in seconds.

List of supported variants

  - _TZE204_yensya2c  #new

You can find the code here
Configuration sliders in seconds.


Then you can add this to your configuration.yaml file.

homeassistant/configuration.yaml

zha:
  custom_quirks_path: /config/custom_zha_quirks/
Recommended Settings

Fading time:
BELOW 65000 miliseconds (-65 sec): The unit only detects large / faster motion, ignoring micro motions.
ABOVE 65000 miliseconds (+65 sec): It detects micro motions in the central cone, like breathing etc.

Illuminance Sensor fix

Light Sensor fix

Via Reddit

Blueprint

💡𐂷 Sensor Light

By Blacky
Documentation here

Open your Home Assistant instance and show the blueprint import dialog with a specific blueprint pre-filled.

You can find more information about the ZY-M100 sensor in the following links:

I would love to hear your comments, or suggestions on this post.


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Fixt is a Software Engineer passionate about making the world a better place through technology and automation.