New Virtual Presence Device With Switch, Switch can be set but not read by rules

bbacon19 · December 11, 2022, 5:43pm

I like the concept of the new virtual presents with switch driver. I have some legacy code brought over from ST that uses the presents devices and other things I prefer to use a switch. So right now I have a presents and switch for the three different entities I keep track of presents for and a rule the sync's between the presents and switch devices for each.
So the new device I would eliminate one device and the rule per entity. However as I was moving things I noticed that when I use them in a rule I see something like 'If userHome (null) = on' so the rule never triggers or gets set to true.

From what I would see in the device page, the new device has the switch capiblity but not the attribute. Could someone take a look Thanks

ogiewon · December 11, 2022, 6:33pm

Tagging @gopher.ny. I am seeing the same thing, where the “switch” attribute is not being populated in the new “Virtual Presence with Switch” driver.

thebearmay · December 11, 2022, 6:45pm

It has the attribute but it’s not being populated

aamann · December 11, 2022, 6:55pm

I’ve had to revert to using a plain virtual presence and the Maker API to send “arrived/departed” to those as using the combination didn’t work as expected - toggling the switch would change the presence but the switch would revert to “off” regardless of the presence status.

Ken_Fraleigh · December 13, 2022, 6:17am

I’ve been using @ogiewon ’s virtual presence with switch driver with Homebridge for a couple years now and haven’t had any issues like this. If you’re already using Homebridge anyway, this should work for you.
I’m sorry for not getting around to testing the new native virtual presence switch since I’m the one who requested it. I assumed it would work identically and be able to be shared with the Homekit beta. I’ve just been too busy to change all of my family’s presence rules in the Home app.

jwetzel1492 · December 13, 2022, 4:36pm

Here's my driver for this:

github.com

joelwetzel/Hubitat-Miscellaneous-Drivers/blob/master/EnhancedVirtualPresenceSensor.groovy

/**
 *  Enhanced Virtual Presence Sensor
 *
 *  Copyright 2019 Joel Wetzel
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 */

metadata {
        definition (name: "Enhanced Virtual Presence Sensor", namespace: "joelwetzel", author: "Joel Wetzel") {
		capability "Actuator"
        capability "Switch"

This file has been truncated. show original

bbacon19 · December 13, 2022, 7:02pm

Yep, exactly Thank you!

gopher.ny · December 14, 2022, 11:25am

2.3.4.120, just released, fixes Virtual Presence with Switch” driver.

csteele · December 14, 2022, 3:23pm

Fixed for me.

system · December 14, 2023, 3:24pm

This topic was automatically closed 365 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.