My garage door just opened, wtf?

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It happens

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So, my phone GPS while inside placed me ~375’ away from here for 20 seconds…

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Close to home trigger increased to 400’…

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Modified arrival automation:

alias: Clarity Arrives
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.honda_clarity_presence
    id: Clarity Zigbee Sensor
    to: 'on'
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.close_to_home
    id: Close to Home
    to: 'on'
    enabled: true
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: cover.garage_door
    state: closed
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 0
  - condition: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.clarity_in_garage
    state: 'off'
  - condition: or
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sensor.direction_of_travel
        state: toward
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sensor.direction_of_travel
        state: arrived
  - condition: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.clarity_bluetooth
    state: 'on'

Thanks everyone for all the feedback!

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I don’t know, I would never use any kind of presence / proximity / whatever automation to open a garage or unlock a door. Security is just as good as the weakest link. And you’re putting the security of your entire house into the hands of a highly unreliable heuristic. Turning on the lights on arrival, sure. Even disabling the alarm system - if you’re confident in your tech, why not. But actually opening up everything - hell no. It’s not that hard to push a little button in your car when you pull up the driveway.

The other way round is fine though. Presence can very well be used to lock your doors or close your garage when you leave, in case you forgot to close it manually.

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OMG, I just watched this! I still have tears of laughter rolling down my face! Hilarious!

Thanks!

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