App to open garage door when presence sensor (phone) approaches?

[JDRoberts]

@davglass made a Proof of Concept smartapp using iBeacon detection to flip a SmartThings switch. It does require a $25-$33 iBeacon, the $9 Beecon+ app, and an iOS device. And it may use a lot of phone battery depending on exactly how you set things up.

But it’s working very well for me for microlocation, much more reliably than either just the phone or the ST fob. Mine sets off every time about 10 feet from my front door.

Mobile Presence and iBeacon (discussion beginning 2015)

Using iBeacons with SmartThings @DavGlass made a “proof of concept” smartapp for me that allows me to use an iBeacon to flip a SmartThings switch on or off. Since this could be a virtual switch, it can also be used with the Big Switch for Hello Home Actions to do all kinds of stuff. Or used with IFTTT. Or, of course, if you want to modify the code, this proof of concept can be used as the basis for many different SmartThings interactions and much more complex smartapps. The POC SmartApp only asks for the detection range you want to use, and the switch you want to turn on or off. You can get it from Dave’s GitHub: My very deep thanks to Dave for working this up for me! It has immediate practical use in my house, and I’m sure will be the basis for many other creat…