Features:

  • 6-in-1 Z-Wave Plus MultiSensor: motion, humidity, temperature, light lux, UV, vibration sensor.
  • 2 year battery life
  • Super-small at 1.8 inches. Can be installed in corner, in-wall, on shelf or in downlight.
  • Works with certified Z-Wave gateways and tested with Fibaro, Indigo 7, openHAB, SmartThings, Vera.
  • Z-Wave Plus certified. Certification number: ZC10-15070011
Excellent Multi-Sensor

I love this sensor! I've installed it in my greenhouse to monitor motion, humidity, sunlight and temperature. I've connected it to my SmartThings hub to automate tasks like turning on overhead LED's should we enter the greenhouse at night as well as alert me if the temperature in the greenhouse gets too high or too low (indicating failures in the cooling or heating systems). It is very small and easily hides in the corner. Pairing with SmartThings was simple and I've not lost connectivity during its past few months of operation. In the greenhouse, temperatures have ranged down to 40 degrees and as high as 82 with high humidity and the unit has worked fine. I'm going to get more as sensors for more rooms in my home.

Impressive response time. Smaller than I thought. Plug it in and smile.

I haven't had the experience in ages where I've set something up and said "Wow" afterwards, but I did with this. It's actually smaller than it looked to me in the images online. The layout is well thought out. The setup with Smartthings V2 was painless. The installation is trivial if you're screwing it into wood or plastic (I haven't tried drywall). The most impressive thing to me is the response time for updates to the smartthings platform. when the light goes on on the motion sensor, the status updates in the app so fast I don't notice a lag. I haven't spent enough time with it to speak to the accuracy of it's measurements yet, but I'll update when I get a better idea. I am strongly encouraged that the readout for temperature has a decimal point on it. :D This sensor is going to replace the motion sensors and the Relative Humidity sensors I bought from Smart-things. I wish I found it earlier.

Works with Veralite firmware version 1.7.987

Using this with Veralite controller firmware version 1.7.987. This device paired easily with Veralite. The model number ZW100 is in the Veralite device database. 5 new devices are created for this sensor - temp, humidity, motion, light, and UV. The UV sensor does not appear to work. Always reads zero. I would dock a star for this; however, I'm mainly interested in the temperature reading and that is rock solid. Using this sensor to control a ventilation fan in my server closet. I am using the USB power - not batteries. Works well for my application. I'm using the double stick foam adhesive mount that came with the device and so far it hasn't fallen off the ceiling.

Makes a Smart Home Even Smarter by Reporting Six Sensor Statuses While I'm at Home or Traveling

I am a huge purchaser of Smart Home products from Amazon. Having first purchased my SmartThings Hub back in the early Fall, 2017, to date I so far have over 140 devices connected to my SmartThings hub. Since there are thousands of devices/nodes that can make up a Smart Home with scores of new products introduced weekly into the marketplace, I rely heavily on Amazon's customer reviews as part of my research. Such is the case when I was looking for a solid Z-Wave, Multi-Sensor that would work well with my hub. Amazon's customer reviews led me to this gem, Aeon's Aeotec Multisensor 6, Aeotec Multisensor 6, Z-Wave Plus 6-in1 motion, temperature, humidity, light, UV, vibration sensor. With over 225 reviews combined with 125 answered questions I found the perfect solution that offered me the most flexibility to fulfill my requirements. I added the optional in-ceiling bracket so that this sensor is well concealed in plain sight, as it now blends in nicely with my drop ceiling. So much for research and aesthetics. I'm thrilled with Aeon's Multisensor 6. Not only does it measure most everything available in the market to measure, it achieves this with extreme accuracy, including a UV sensor. Within 5 mins my new Aeon's MS-6 installed seamlessly with my ST's Hub. All measurements (motion, humidity, temperature, light lux, UV, and vibration sensors) were synchronized and reporting within 10 minutes. Although this sensor offers the option to be powered via a USB power supply, I chose to take advantage of the 2-year expected battery life since I had no AC outlet in my ceiling (and it's designed for easy battery access). Now that I've installed and tested this product for about one month, I intend to buy several more of these Aeon sensors, as well as explore some of the other more cost effective options offered by Amazon using the "Compare with similar items" link nicely provided on most of your product offerings (thanks).

SmartThings Hub v2 and working well

My first impression when I saw pulled it out of the box was how VERY small this device is. I guess I wasn't paying attention to any specs about its small size. The batteries are not very standard. The spec says "2-year battery life with standard use (2xCR123A batteries NOT INCLUDED)" Just a heads up that when using it with the custom device app in SmartThings developed by @Robert_Vandervoort that the battery life is being reported as much shorter. The discussion is here [...] I am using this outside in my entry way that is covered. It allows me to monitor the light levels for triggering my lights but also triggers when people come up to my door like an automatic door bell of sorts. So far the battery seems great and is still at 100% after a week of use so not sure about the reported problems or it was fixed in the device code already?

Best Multi-Sensor

I've used Z-Wave for more than 10 years now and I've used several other multi sensors, all of them ate batteries up. After several weeks now this one appears to have fixed this problem and combined with a VeraLite system everything was easy to connect.

A great device that gives you plenty of rope to hang yourself with.

I am a complete novice when it comes to Zwave protocols but it was immediately clear to me that misconfiguration of this device is going to cause you all sorts of troubles. High report rates when running in battery mode will drain the battery quickly. battery life statistics of Zwave devices are based on how often they wake up to send reports. Increase the report rate, decrease battery life. This is normal for battery powered z wave devices. If you want to pull lots of data from one of these sensors, plug it into external power. Make sure the device is in range of your other devices. Range is not like wifi, so don't think you can use one on one end of the house with your hub on the other end of the house. In an empty room you might get the advertised 80 feet of range, but go through a single wall and you'll probably want them to be within 20 feet of each other. Again, this seems to be related to Zwave devices in general rather than the product itself. The report rate can be adjusted by changing internal parameter settings, as well as dialing in calibrations for all the sensors. Firmware upgrades are available but can only be applied with a windows based Z-wave controller, There is no firmware update program for linux or OSX. This is probably the biggest downside I've come across. I'm not impressed with the feeling of the action button. pushing the action button feels like you're doing something to the device that you should not do. Tactile feel aside, the button works just fine. Takes 2 CR123A batteries, but can operate on a single battery as well. Include it into your network while running on whatever power source you intend to run it on. Battery powered Zwave devices will not act as repeaters, and this setting is configured by checking what power source the device is using when you include it into the network. I contacted their technical support for an issue with the temperature unit setting and they responded almost immediately with some good information on what might be the problem, and confirmation that I'd set the right parameters in the sensor. It turns out that the adjustment had to be done on the controller side of the network instead of the device. The problem I had wasn't with their device at all, but they were still able to give me the clues I needed to solve my issue. Very friendly too.

Works great for me

I have a fairly extensive home automation system and I wanted to replace my aging motion sensors with something a little more capable and modern. To me, the choice came down between the Aeotec and the Fibaro ZW-5, and I ultimately chose the Aeotec Multisensor 6. The sensor itself is much smaller than the baseball-sized units I have now, and that's mostly a good thing. The squarish shape and small size helps it mix in to my room decor a little better, and there are a lot of options for permanently mounting them or just placing them on a shelf or in some inconspicuous location. You have a choice of 2 CR123A batteries or USB power. The older sensors I have were powered by 4 AAA batteries, and to go as long as possible between battery changes, I typically used lithium cells...this gave me a year or two between battery changes, but these lithium batteries are expensive. Assuming the CR123A's last as long, I think that's probably a better and less expensive solution. The USB option is nice, but so far I haven't found a need for it - I just tend to use these things in places where I want to be able to put them wherever I want without any type of cabling. With Z-wave devices, a lot usually comes down to how well supported the device is by your home automation controller. I have two different systems: in my primary residence, I have an older Vera-3 unit, and in my vacation home I have a newer Homeseer controller. The Vera is Z-wave and the Homeseer has the latest Z-wave Plus hardware, and I'm happy to say that it was pretty trivial to connect these sensors to both systems. The Vera UI7 level has the Multisensor 6 support built-in, so it was just a matter of selecting it and pairing. The Homeseer was similar, but I needed to upgrade to the latest version first. Once paired with my home automation controllers, the sensors seemed to work perfectly, giving me motion alerts as well as temperature, humidity, light levels, UV and vibration sensors. The motion sensor is the one I care most about, and it seems to be roughly similar to the older sensors I had, working reliably from 15-20' at angles up to 150 degrees. In my setup, I have pretty good signal coverage everywhere in my home, so I don't know that I get any benefit from Z-wave Plus and its greater range. I haven't noticed any other performance differences between the Z-wave and the Z-wave Plus system, although I'm hoping the Z-wave Plus system will give me somewhat more time on a set of batteries. Bottom line is that I'm happy with these units and would definitely recommend them to anyone wanting a capable sensor in a small package at a fair price.

great sensors, good battery life

These are fantastic sensors. I bought them to replace some GE motion sensors I have installed around the house for intrusion detection. Those units use the same batteries but burn thru them in about a month, whereas these units have been running for over a month and haven't cracked the 95% battery level yet AND they come with a whole mess of extra sensors like temperature, light, and humidity. I also found these units to be way less prone to false-positive motion detection (while still triggering for actual motion), which is probably a big part of their better battery efficiency. I do have one minor quibble, although I decided not to remove any points for it, which is in regard to how the units are powered. In addition to battery power, they have the ability to take a micro-usb cable plugged into an outlet for power, which was my initial plan for setting them up. However, I quickly discovered that because of how they place the micro-usb jack, you can't insert a cable and also use the wall mounting plate without some dremmel surgery on the case. Still, my plans were based upon the assumption that these units would drain battery power like the GE sensors and they don't, so in the end I didn't feel like this was a big negative. These sensors are also significantly more expensive than some other comparable brands, but considering how much better my experience was with these I think this may be a you-get-what-you-pay-for kind of thing.

How to pair Aeon Multisensor Gen 6 with Vera Lite Controller

I have had one of these for a year and just purchased the second one. Long battery life (still showing 100% after 1 year) I only use it for temperature measurement and it is pretty accurate. However the pairing gave me a bit of trouble. Info from the manual: For the purposes of installation and setup, even if you intend to power your sensor with batteries, we recommend utilizing the provided USB cable for setup. However it did not work properly after I replaced the USB power supply with battery power. SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE IT WITH BATTERY POWER - CONFIGURE IT WITH THE BATTERIES INSTALLED (at the location where you install it) Apparently it sets itself up differently depending on if it on USB or battery power. Inclusion on the network on battery power... The manual tells you to press the button on the MultiSensor once (unless you want it to use encrypted communication - then two times). What the manual does not tell you is that you have to press the button on the MultiSensor 1 times to wake it up and then push it again to pair it with your controller. Pairing with the Vera Lite controller. - Install the batteries in the Multisensor - Select add a device from your Vera user interface/control panel on your computer - Go to sensors and click on Aeon 6 in 1 multisensor - Follow the on screen instructions and start the pairing process - Push the button on the Multisensor 3 times in quick succession (to wake it up) - Green light will come on - Push it once more to start the paring process. - Wait for several minutes (no lights to give you a clue) - However on the Vera control panel a message in blue at the top will tell you the paring is in progress. - Be patient and eventually it will show up and let you rename the Multisensor. I hope this will save you a lot of grief. I had to find out the hard way by trial and error. PS The encrypted mode did not work properly for me (lots of communication errors).

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