I thought I would write this as I can finally say I really do trust SmartThings now. I realise many folk are not so trusting but for me it just works now. My system is fairly simple though and everything I use is standard SmartThings/smart apps. I have nothing created by myself. So it has been a ro…

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I would love to hear how you managed to get reliable presence sensing? Perhaps you could post it in this thread? Reliable Presence SmartApp

I’ve just read that thread. My presence detection is achieved purely through the key fob things. And they work perfectly every time. My geo fence is set at the standard setting. I tried using smartphones when the fobs didn’t work and it was pretty unreliable. I could not base a security system on it…

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Glad to hear this. ST has been working more reliable for me as well. I’m sure we’ll get another scheduler crash before it gets fixed, but it has never been this solid since the V2 release. Fingers crossed it keeps this way.

Great. Thanks. I’ll give that a go.

This is not that hard… unless your neighbor has a high powered WIFI hub on the same frequencies as Smartthings zigbee. Its just a matter of $$ and placement. Step 1: Use the key fob… If your phone is not reliable for presence then stop using it! Step 2: Make sure your WIFI and Zigbee channels use…

I am curious how those of you are keeping your ST hub more than 6 feet away than your wireless AP/router. Most of us don’t have ethernet jacks all over our homes, so are you just running a 6 foot cable and making sure you meet the requirement that way? Also to note, not all of the presence detecti…

[image] Mbhforum: I am curious how those of you are keeping your ST hub more than 6 feet away than your wireless AP/router. Most of us don’t have ethernet jacks all over our homes, so are you just running a 6 foot cable and making sure you meet the requirement that way? I use a very complex …

I have Ethernet all over my house so it wasnt an issue for me.

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