Set state of device tracker as action

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Due to some lag with my owntracks, I would like to be able to set the state of my device as an action in an automation. Is this possible?

2

Yes, you can set tracker state using the “see” service. I haven’t done it in an automation so don;t have the exact syntax, but it works when you use the dev tools.

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Here is an example that I use to set the state of a device depending on another.
(I get gaps when tracking my phone with nmap so I also use bluetooth and don’t want two devices on the frontend.)

alias: my presence
trigger:
  platform: state
  entity_id: device_tracker.my_phone_wifi
  state: 'not_home'
condition:
  condition: state
  entity_id: device_tracker.my_phone_bt
  state: 'home'
action:
  service: device_tracker.see
  data:
    dev_id: device_tracker.my_phone_wifi
      location_name: 'home'
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I had to rempve device_tracker from dev_id: device_tracker.my_phone_wifi for it to work. and use the entry id in the known_devices.yaml file.

I didn’t need the condition. so I ended up with:

 - action:
  - data_template:
       dev_id: laithsiphone
       location_name: '{{ trigger.to_state.state }}'
    service: device_tracker.see
  alias: sync laith tracker
  condition: []
  id: '1504793314215'
  trigger:
  - entity_id: device_tracker.laithsiphonebl
    platform: state

device_tracker.laithsiphonebl is the bluetooth tracker of my phone and device_tracker.laithsiphone is the iCloud and HA App tracker.
All of my automations ar based on my iCloud tracker.90% of the times bluetooth is faster to getting detected. However, in some cases I don’t have it turned on on my phone.

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