Hi everyone,
i’m new to HA and new to this forum.
I need to track presence (just home/not at home) of me (android user) and my girlfriend (apple user) to activate my home security system when there’s no one at home and, more important, to deactivate it before we turn the key into the door, avoiding to annoy the neigborhood.
I saw many videos and guides on how to do it in many different ways but so far i didn’t find one ultimate method that was fast, accurate, dependable and that doesn’t drain the battery of my phone.
I’ve tried with geocoded location from the companion app but it wasn’t fast enough unless i set a very fast refresh but it drains the battery a lot.
I then managed to find the integration of my wifi router and used my phone connection entity to manage the automation. This system works for some time but then it stops working and i see that the integration generate new entity for my phone…plus, it’s not fast enough ad i’ve experienced many false disconnections.
I then tried with ping integration, using fixed IP for my phone but it still won’t be fast enough and created problems on my fiance iphone.
I’m now looking into BLE trackers like ESP but i also don’t want to buy anything if i’m not 100% sure it works good for my application.
Do you guys have any suggestion?
Thanks.
This may disappoint you but I gave up on doing it that way. Failed to often in to many ways.
Now I settled with a rfid key reader near the door (inside the house). I’ve put a 10 seconds delay on the alarm before it triggers. That will give me enough time to arm or disarm the alarm.
For rfid tag the family use keychain tags but I can also use key cards or ultra thin tags in clothing , phones or on other items
This is what i feared…i really hope that somebody can suggest me a real dependable method to use.