Tado Home and Away HA Geofencing

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Hi there,

I’m using Tado to manage my climate control in my home. We currently have 7 Tado TRVs around the house, which all work fine to manage the heating.

I’ve also set up a couple of automation so that when my wife or I leave the house / arrive back, the Heating either turns to Home Mode or Away Mode. Again, this works fine… when we both leave, but the problem is, I work from home, and currently, when my wife goes to work, the heating turns to Away Mode.

This is the code I’m currently using for Home Mode:

alias: Tado Home Mode
description: Turn to Home mode when returning home
trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: proximity.home
    attribute: nearest
    below: 4
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: zone.home
    attribute: persons
    state: "1"
action:
  - service: climate.set_preset_mode
    data:
      preset_mode: home
    target:
      area_id:
        - dining_room
        - hallway
        - living_room
        - master_bedroom
        - spare_room
        - basement
        - bathroom
        - kitchen
  - service: notify.mobile_app_finchie_s_flip_4
    data:
      message: Turning back to Home mode
      title: Tado
mode: single

And this is the code I’m currently using for Away Mode:

alias: Tado Away Mode
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: proximity.home
    above: 1.5
    attribute: nearest
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: zone.home
    attribute: persons
    state: "1"
action:
  - service: climate.set_preset_mode
    data:
      preset_mode: away
    target:
      area_id:
        - dining_room
        - hallway
        - living_room
        - master_bedroom
        - spare_room
        - basement
        - bathroom
        - kitchen
  - service: notify.mobile_app_finchie_s_flip_4
    data:
      message: The heating is changed to Away mode
      title: Tado
mode: single

On both occasions, the Triggers and Actions work fine, but the conditions do not work. I’ve also tried, a Not condition with it checking if me or my wife are in the Home Zone, but again that did not stop the heating from turning to Home / Away mode.

Any ideas on how I can alter the conditions to make this work correctly?

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I think that this integration is broken as of around a month ago. I’ve posted a similar thread of being unable to set home/away currently (I get an error of “zoneStates” in the log).

If anyone is interested and able to advise on what to do (or who to tell?!), please do!

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The issue for me is not setting Home / Away states, it’s more not setting home / away states when someone is still at home.

I work from home, so don’t want it changing and turning the heating to Away mode when my wife leaves for work.