I had a long post here about specific issues with the smartthings presence sensor, but since you asked the same question in a different thread, I’m going to respond over there.
the SmartThings presence sensor is goofy. There are many many weird things you can see with it. So if you are seeing wonkiness, my own first guess would be that it’s because of that device specifically.
What does “Away” mean?
You know how SmartThings decides that particular device is “away,” right? It’s set to check in every 30 seconds. That is not configurable. It’s always once every 30 seconds.
What is configurable is the number of missed check ins the cloud will allow before it arbitrarily defines the Presence sensor as “away.” For example, if you have a presence sensor which keeps bouncing back-and-forth between home and away usually the first thing support will do is increase the number of allowed misses. So this is not a zigbee activity – – it’s all software in the cloud. The…
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