Changing the Android Presence size

[JDRoberts]

Yes, I call it “the bus stop problem.”

I Use a wheelchair, and it can take a bus driver several minutes to unload me from the bus. I have arrival events which I really don’t want to happen until I am close to my front door.

So I switched to using Ibeacons which I have integrated with SmartThings through both the IFTTT Maker channel And an add on to the third-party smartrules app. I have one area set so it only catches me right at the beginning of the wheelchair ramp to my front door.

Unfortunately, Ibeacons don’t work as well with android. There is a brand-new Ibeacons standard from Google called Eddystone. You can find discussion from some people with android exploring it in the following thread

Mobile Presence and iBeacon (discussion beginning 2015)

Hello, Would it be hard to add Bluetooth detection to the iPhone and Android apps? This really helps out a lot. I purchased a very cheap iBeacon on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Geohopper-iBeacon-with-Power-Supply/dp/B00N17AU4K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1429680236&sr=8-2&keywords=ibeacon I then created a scene with Tasker that detects when that iBeacon comes in range. Finally, I used SharpTools to set my presence detector to present() when it detects that iBeacon. In addition, I have it set away() when I am at my iBeacon at work, or when I connect to my car. My Moto X does the same thing for its Home Detection schema, and Tasker has a very rich set of options for detecting home as well. It seems like a very easy addition for SmartThings. Until then, I’ll keep using @joshua_lyon’s aw…