I'm thinking this app to set presence / away status.
If the door close test for 5/10 minutes all motion sensor if any capture motion then set away mode.
Else set Presence mode.
What do you tink?
I think that the phone location is not a valid mathod. Too many cases in wich it doesn't work.
Tank you
Isacco
As long as you trust your motion sensor reporting, I can't see a reason it wouldn't work.
Do you think the motion sensor is not reliable?
I use sonoff zigbee
I think if someone breaks into your property 4/9 mins after you leave you don't get any notice/alarm. Personally I think the commonly used combination of gps (Life360 or suchlike) + HE app gps + wifi connection is a better approach. You could also combine that with motion, but I wouldn't rely on it alone myself.
It's not an alarm system. But a presence system.
I don't rely on that for security
I have also tested various methods and now i am using HomeKit geolocation. It works flawlessly but it has one drawback: the area of detection is pretty large. But i use it in combination with a door sensor. Once i arrive near my home, i have an automation rule on my iPhone which sets a virtual switch on through homebridge. Than it waits for me to open the door and sets presence on. As i said it works flawlessly.
I've used wifi detection but the response it's not consistent. Sometimes the phone was detected before entering my home, sometimes a few minutes after. And it's too dependent on the phone itself. It works good enough on Samsung S8, but never on iPhone 7. And every software update can make it unstable because of power saving settings.
HE Geolocation does not work on my phones.
I have not tried Life360 but as long as you have an iOS device and HomeBridge, you don't need it.
After monitoring the effects of various presence sensors for a while, I settled on iPhone WiFi presence sensor + Geofency, running the two through Combined Presence. It's been very reliable for me.
I have 2 problem with geofance and wifi. My work place is very near to my house, in Venice where I live gps do not work very well, and I need to check if anybody is at home, including the house keeper wich I cannot control the phone.
You get this to work? I tried a simple Rule Machine to put in Away mode after no motion for a long delay and it didn't work.
How about if away was tied into arming the security?
I'm trying to figure it out myself: garage door open turns on lights inside, but how do they ever get turned off when you leave?
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