Just started looking at presence with Hubitat (I've only switched in the past couple months). All the options seems extremely convoluted.\ Is there a way to just add a virtual device with the IP I have assigned to the phone via DHCP reservation...and then periodically check if that IP is online? S…

Awesome! Seems like this should be built in!

[image] jercloud: Seems like this should be built in! That's what the army of community developers is for..

Note that with iOS, the device will frequently "sleep" the Wi-Fi connection when the device is not in use, so it won't necessarily respond to a ping every time, even if at home. If it does respond, you can be sure it's present; if it doesn't, you don't really know. I'd recommend combining this with…

I use a combo of WiFi, Life360 and the HE app geopresence. It's 100% reliable this way. Many posts on the subject in the forum.

So do your rules now have to check all 3?

I have 2 virtual switches - one for me and one for the missus. These are 'Combined Presence Angus' or suchlike. Then I have an RM rule that sets these according to the trust I have in each method (eg. Wifi is completely reliable so it will always win on arrival, but if the WiFi goes down then you do…

I do something similar to the above--I have rules that combine my multiple mechanisms into one presence device, and that is the device I use in any apps/rules that use presence. However, those can be a bit of work to set up, and you don't necessarily need a rule for it; there are a few community app…

[image] bertabcd1234: "easiest" would be a single presence solution that just worked 100% of the time, but if anyone knows what that is, I'd love to hear. :slight_smile: Well put :joy:. I have been looking for the ideal presence solution since I started using a smartthings hub in 2015. I’m st…

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Presence by ping?

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[UPDATED] iPhone WiFi Presence Sensor Custom Drivers

https://github.com/joelwetzel/Hubitat-iPhone-Presence-Sensor iPhone WiFi Presence Sensor for Hubitat A virtual presence sensor for Hubitat that checks if an iPhone is on the WiFi network. Note: iPhones can put their WiFi to sleep, so you should not use this as your only way of detecting presence. However, it can be used to augment other presence sensors. Interpret results this way: If this sensor shows "present", the iPhone is DEFINITELY present. If this sensor shows "not present", the iP…

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