Presence Sensors Opening and Closing garage doors gone mad

[mhonard]

Hi. I had the weirdest thing happen today. I have a go-control garage door controller and three devices outfitted with Samsung arrival sensors (2 cars and 1 bike) programmed to open/close upon arrival/departure that's been working fine for 6 months or more. I know the reliability of these arrival sensors is questionable at times but all 3 at once? This afternoon for no apparent reason over a period of 1 hour or so the garage door open or closed based on each of these devices randomly leaving and returning. I finally had to pause all rules associated with these devices. Does anyone have a clue why this would happen all during the same period of time? Below is part of the log.

2020-04-15 04:59:15.276 pm info Presence Mustang Sensor has departed

app:2872020-04-15 04:58:46.999 pm info Garage Mustang Door Opening: Paused

app:3212020-04-15 04:58:11.971 pm info Garage Murano Door Opening: Paused

app:2782020-04-15 04:57:35.323 pm info Garage Main Door Opening Marks Bike arriving: Paused

dev:872020-04-15 04:57:08.728 pm info Garage Main Door Z-Wave Controller is closed

dev:872020-04-15 04:56:55.648 pm info Garage Main Door Z-Wave Controller is closing

dev:752020-04-15 04:56:49.553 pm info Sending Message: [Garage Murano Door Closing] Priority: [0] to [All Devices]

dev:872020-04-15 04:55:37.678 pm info Garage Main Door Z-Wave Controller is busy, try again later

dev:752020-04-15 04:55:36.472 pm info Sending Message: [Garage Mustang Door Opening] Priority: [0] to [All Devices]

app:2872020-04-15 04:55:36.402 pm info Action: Notify Pushover: 'Garage Mustang Door Opening'

app:2872020-04-15 04:55:36.308 pm info Action: Garage open: Garage Main Door Z-Wave Controller

app:2872020-04-15 04:55:36.283 pm info Action: IF (Time between 7:00 AM EDT and 10:00 PM EDT(T) [TRUE]) THEN

app:2872020-04-15 04:55:36.000 pm info Garage Mustang Door Opening Triggered

app:2872020-04-15 04:55:35.890 pm info Garage Mustang Door Opening: Presence Mustang Sensor presence present

app:3902020-04-15 04:55:35.388 pm info Lanai Sliding/Dog Door Status Warning if left open upon departure.: Presence Mustang Sensor presence not present

dev:862020-04-15 04:55:34.756 pm info Presence Mustang Sensor has arrived

dev:862020-04-15 04:55:34.221 pm info Presence Mustang Sensor has departed

dev:872020-04-15 04:55:32.437 pm info Garage Main Door Z-Wave Controller is open

app:2912020-04-15 04:55:30.463 pm info Garage Main Door Closing Marks Bike Leaving: Paused

dev:872020-04-15 04:55:29.963 pm info Garage Main Door Z-Wave Controller is busy, try again later

dev:752020-04-15 04:55:28.716 pm info Sending Message: [Garage Murano Door Opening] Priority: [0] to [All Devices]

app:3212020-04-15 04:55:28.626 pm info Action: Notify Pushover: 'Garage Murano Door Opening'

app:3212020-04-15 04:55:28.504 pm info Action: Garage open: Garage Main Door Z-Wave Controller

app:3212020-04-15 04:55:28.478 pm info Action: IF (Time between 7:00 AM EDT and 10:00 PM EDT(T) [TRUE]) THEN

app:3212020-04-15 04:55:28.146 pm info Garage Murano Door Opening Triggered

app:3212020-04-15 04:55:28.028 pm info Garage Murano Door Opening: Presence Murano Sensor presence present

dev:872020-04-15 04:55:27.636 pm info Garage Main Door Z-Wave Controller is opening

dev:842020-04-15 04:55:27.182 pm info Presence Murano Sensor has arrived

dev:752020-04-15 04:55:21.593 pm info Sending Message: [Garage Main Door Opening Marks Bike Arriving] Priority: [0] to [All Devices]

app:2782020-04-15 04:55:21.500 pm info Action: Notify Pushover: 'Garage Main Door Opening Marks Bike Arriving'

[jeubanks]

Are these the Zigbee sensors or the newer one's with cell radios and gps?

[mhonard]

No. I believe they are zigbee but no GPS.

[neonturbo]

There are apps like the Combined Presence app that probably will help in this case. It takes multiple presence devices, and they have to (depending upon the parameters you enter) agree as a set that you are present or absent.

Those Smartthings sensors work OK, but they have a lot of false alerts. By combining my phone with these, presence is almost perfect.

[RELEASE] Combined Presence

https://github.com/joelwetzel/Hubitat-Combined-Presence Combined Presence app for Hubitat An app for Hubitat to combine two or more presence sensors to control an output Virtual Presence Sensor. There are 3 types of combiners: Standard Combiners (Use this for combining wifi and gps-based sensors for a single person. It is optimized for that.) Boolean-OR Combiners (Example: If Person1 OR Person2 is home, then the virtual SomeoneIsHome sensor should be home.) Advanced Combiners (All logic o…

[mhonard]

Thank you for your response. Unfortunately every presence approach I've tried gave me one problem or another. I've tried the Combined presence app with iPhone WiFi, Life360, etc and had more problems getting a reliable output sensor. I was originally on ST ver 2 (actually I still have some thing s like shades etc on ST) and had very good results ST arrival sensors (only slower) and never had such a occurence.

[mhonard]

After giving your comment more thought I may have underestimated the "combine" power if I can get my iPhone presence reliable using send hubitat events from ST. I'll let you know.