Please help ST is too busy AND cant figure it out

[Jimxenus]

Unfortunately, when it comes to presence sensors, some have good luck with them and others, not so good. There’s a whole thread on it:

https://community.smartthings.com/t/presence-detection-via-phone-very-unreliable/10056

A possible solution is using this new smart app that can incorporate Life360 as a secondary presence:

[OBSOLETE] Reliable Presence SmartApp

I am sure this exists somewhere, but I couldn’t find it. I based this off of Everyone’s Presence SmartApp (or something like that), but this is different. That one is about group presence. This one is about making a single person’s presence more reliable. I noticed that if presence fails, it usually sticks on or off. For instance, a fob battery dies. Or the app stops reporting for a spell. Well, if you add a second, or third or “n” presence sensor to the mix, the combination of them is MUCH more reliable if you look at events only. Meaning that if any presence device arrives, THAT is an event you can trust, set the virtual sensor to present. Same for departure. If any device leaves, set the virtual presence to departed. Sounds simple, and works well. Instructions: Create a si…