# Aqara Motion Sensor P2

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/aqara-motion-sensor-p2/147942>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [December 27, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aqara-motion-sensor-p2/147942 "2025-12-27T19:12:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![JMDPC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jmdpc/32/121098_2.png) [@JMDPC](https://community.homey.app/u/JMDPC)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aqara-motion-sensor-p2/147942/1 "2025-12-27T19:12:07Z")

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II am trying to connect this matter sensor to Homey Self Hosted. The sensor gets added to Homey and then a small window pops up says searching for device and then finally this times out and the sensor is not added. Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/aqara-motion-sensor-p2/147942/2 "2025-12-28T00:49:33Z")

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Aqara PIR P2 is a Matter-over-Thread sensor.  
You’ll need to select (or purchase) a device which acts as an external Thread Border router, like, Google Hub or certain apple devices.