ᐅ Are there indoor motion sensors available that do not detect pets?

Hello,

I would like to control the lighting in our hallway using motion sensors. We have a dog (12 kg) and two cats.
Are there motion sensors that do not react to pets? Or is there a way to install standard motion sensors so they don’t trigger from the animals?
Unfortunately, our electrician said that such options don’t exist.

You cannot exclude animals entirely. However, by adjusting motion sensors to detect heat sources of a certain size and avoiding aiming them at the ground, many false triggers caused by animals can be prevented. This is sufficient for lighting automation but not for an alarm system.
One possible solution is to use light barriers installed at a height that animals usually do not reach but through which people pass.

Just as an idea: animals could wear a transmitter, possibly in the form of NFC or Bluetooth on a collar. As soon as the transmitter is within the range of the motion detector or passive infrared sensor (PIR), movement would be ignored; otherwise, it would be detected. So, unwanted movement is “filtered out.” However, I’m not sure if the detection would be accurate enough. Most likely, you would need to combine signals from multiple PIR sensors and track the movement patterns to analyze them within the smart home system.

Since there doesn’t seem to be anything like this available yet, it would be great to develop a solution for it. The prerequisite would be either a powerful pattern (image) recognition or very precise locatable transmitters as described above. On the other hand, it might just be a completely silly idea. 🙄

i_b_n_a_n schrieb:

Just an idea: Animals could wear a transmitter, possibly in the form of NFC or Bluetooth on a collar. As soon as the transmitter is within the range of the motion detector or presence monitor, movement would be ignored, otherwise not. So unwanted movement would be "filtered out." Whether the detection is precise enough, I don't know. You probably need to combine more than one presence monitor and track the movement pattern, then analyze it in the smart home system. Since something like this apparently doesn’t exist yet, it would be great to develop a solution for it. The requirement would be either a powerful pattern (image) recognition or very accurately locatable transmitters as described above. It might also just be a completely ridiculous idea 🙄

No idea, but it sounds complicated.
It should be simple.

Life isn’t always easy, and nobody said it would be :p

With wall-mounted motion detectors, you can set them at the right height so that they do not detect small animals.

When someone asked about this kind of application in the KNX forum, the response was a question in return: why do his animals need to go through the house in the dark? :p

We control almost all rooms with detectors and also have a cat. On one hand, the lighting at night is only partially activated and dimmed, so it does not disturb sleep. On the other hand, most animals don’t run through the house at night once it is quiet.