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Presence (aanwezigheid)
nsa
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I just got my homey a few days ago, but somehow it does not see me (or my phone) when i am home or not.
When i make a flow, wich needs to be triggered when i am home, it does nothing. When i set it to not being present, it works. So homey does not see when i am there. I installed the homey app on my phone. Is there something else i need to do to make it work?
When i make a flow, wich needs to be triggered when i am home, it does nothing. When i set it to not being present, it works. So homey does not see when i am there. I installed the homey app on my phone. Is there something else i need to do to make it work?
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Unless you use the Better Presence app, but that's a little harder to set up (I'm trying to get it to work myself)
"Working on geofencing for iOS right now, if all goes according to plan I expect an update either end of this week, or begin next week
Works 90% of the time.
That's ok for the people living there but not for parents/maid/visitors/...
Agree, but i dont see a solution with motion sensors to make the difference between "wanted" and "unwanted" guests in your house.
I use the Better Presence app, this detects phones through IP. No need to install something on the phone.
Only disadvantage is that most phones disconnect/reconnect regularly when the screen is off.
- When stepping through the door homey needs to know it's me, and according to the time or light level it switches on the correct hue scene for that moment.
- When home is entered, but I'm not there, I would like a notification to my phone.
A motion sensor can do some of the requirements but it doesn't see who..
Guess it also depends where your router is. Mine is right next to the front door in the hallway...
Works great if you give the mobile devices a static IP-adres. The default presence detection of homey is also not really stable over here
So, after some tries, I decided to use the "smart presency app". This works really great! It just needs a fixed ip for every phone. You can set delaytime and one can add extra phones for familymembers and f.e. regular visitors.
I made flows with it for any of the four entrancedoors and some windows with a combination of sensative strips (zwave +), older kaku doorsensors and some other stuff. After the last authorized person left the house I will get a pushmessage at my phone if somebody uninvited is entering. Finally found the solution I presume........
We have two phones a Sony Z5 and a Samsung. We get push messages in the night that we are leaving home or getting home. Especially for the Samsung S7 I get about 10 notifications a night. I played around with the delay setting, but it didn't help. I changed the flow so I get no push messages during the night
Btw In the flows I use "if last person left the house". Maybe that makes a difference?
My Androidphone (Sony) gives me the opportunity to set WiFi at "always on". Isn't that a common setting in Android?
If not, then this could be the background for what happens to @fiek during nighthours.
Maybe another issue could be that the phone is during nighthours out of reach of WiFi and Homey, so a (too) weak signal for activating "presency". A repeater could help in this circumstances, I presume. At least, this was the solution in my house.
Two quite simple examples which are working (uptil now......), one with a Sensative doorsensor and another with Fibaro motionsensor (both Zwave+).
@JanH I have also Wifi always on set on my Sony Z5, but that didn't solve the issue. I also have good wifi reception in my bed room
It never happend that all 3 where not on wifi at the same time.
In my case i'm only interested in the last person leaving the house and first person entering the house.
My phone is usually ok during the night, it only disconnects a couple of times a week. But my wife's phone usually disconnects/connects 5-10 times every night.
Range shouldn't be the problem, both phones are only a couple of meters away (with a floor inbetween) from the router.
But I'll test this tonight to be sure, I'll put them next to the router.