Xiaomi Motion sensor with zha vs zha_new

@twkl wrote:

I’ve been using my xiaomi motion sensors with zha_new since I got them since they weren’t supported on zha before the custom quirks were released. They were working perfectly fine exactly the way I wanted them to. Then recently I decided to move to the official zha since it is maintained better and supports more devices.

The motion sensors, however, work very differently. On zha_new, the sensors would timeout every 5 seconds and would turn the binary_sensor for that sensor to on if there was any new motion after that 5 seconds. On the official zha the sensors timeout after 2 minutes of no motion. I very much prefer the method that zha_new uses because it gives me more flexibility and more control over my automations.

I know there is a hardware hack for the sensors to make them timeout after 5 seconds, but I don’t have the skills or the tools required to do it. But why would I need a hardware hack if it’s already possible to do in software? My question is why is zha_new different and how can we bring over that functionality to the official zha?

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