Should I be able to set a virtual presence sensor with an ifttt trigger? I want to set it using automatic.
If you look at Hubitat actions that are available in IFTTT, presence is not one of them. It is available as a trigger, but that doesn't help with your question. You might try a virtual switch instead.
I have a driver which is a virtual presence sensor AND a virtual switch combined if you want a copy.
Present = on
Not present = off
This can be used with ifttt as a switch but in HE as a presence. (Or a switch)
Let me know and I’ll post a link to it
Andy
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I'm interested in this, I used virtual switches instead of presence primarily because I couldn't manually change status of the presence sensors in the dashboards.
Interested.
It’s on my GitHub...
Here you go:
Andy
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BTW, why are you using IFTTT for presence?
Andy
It’s for our car using automatic.
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I use converted ST presence sensors for our cars 
Andy
I have been thinking about doing the exact same thing! Do you happen to have any details? Do you power directly off of the car's DC? I was thinking of using one of the available 5v USB ports to power it but then I couldn't figure out how to deal with the fact that it would turn off when I was home, therefore changing presence to away again. Any info you have on how you did this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Have a look at this on the SmartThings forum..
I didn’t want to power off the car for a couple of reasons:
- If there is a problem with the dc-dc converter it cause problems with the car battery or electrics.
- I wanted to still keep it a bit ‘portable’ so I could easily move from car to car.
- I didn’t want the power to go off when the ignition is switched off
I have had three of these running on the original batteries for more than a year.
Andy
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On the original 2 AA's? That's awesome. Thanks!
Yep!
It’s actually about 18 months now..on the same 2 AA batteries
Andy
