I’m using owntracks against an mqtt server and a python scripts notifies me when no mqtt messages are received from owntracks during 10 minutes.
Now I’m trying to use homeassistant and the owntracks integration, it shows the location of the device on the map and that it is in the designated zone.
What I’d like to do is the same as my old script (notify me when position reports are no longer received) but I can’t find a way.
I stopped owntracks on the phone but homeassistant still reported it was inside the zone after 15 minutes.
The solution I found (maybe there’s a better one) is to use this template as a trigger
{{(as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(states.device_tracker.furgo_moto.last_changed)) > 600 }}
Conversely to be notified that the location is tracked again I use the opposite condition
{{(as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(states.device_tracker.furgo_moto.last_changed)) <= 600 }}
I think that the integration should change the state to unavailable after a (defineable?) timeout but I’m not sure I should report it as a feature request or not.