You can do this indirectly even without a Bluetooth antenna in the hub. Just use an I Beacon and a receiving station app that can send a post to the IFTTT maker channel. or use beacon things with the smartrules paid app. Or use the occupancy approach with two devices, like a contact sensor and geopresence.
All of the following methods will work with the V one hub.
Discussion of the occupancy method using two devices to make geolocation region smaller and reducing the drop off problem:
Continuing the discussion from Smart Presence Sensor randomly "leaving" and "returning" :
Battery life is fine on my presence fob, but I still get random drop-offs with both the fob and the phone presence.
Using an idea from @DigitalM0nkey , I am changing over the way I use presence sensing for all activities. I’m now using dual devices at the geo-fence barrier, as well as a virtual presence sensor for better continuous occupancy indication.
Basically I’m trying both reduce the range and improve reliability by using two devices that will be recognized in sequence rather than both at the same time.
So this is how it will work at my house now:
Smartthings recognizes that my phone or the fob, mainly the fob , has entered the Geo fenced area. but nothing else happens yet. I do not tri…
General discussion of I beacons and smartthings and specific discussion of Dave glass’ method
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…
Discussion of the new beaconthings paid app:
We’ve released another iOS app called BeaconThings ! This app allows you to easily integrate iBeacons into your SmartThings smart home. Here’s how it works:
You place iBeacons throughout your home/office/wherever (we like these beacons from Radius Networks )
Use BeaconThings to register these beacons with SmartThings. They work just like presence sensors.
The app sends updates to SmartThings when it enters/leaves the range of those beacons. Everything happens in the background. Once the beacons are registered, you never open BeaconThings again!
Create SmartApps or SmartRules to make your home take actions based on these beacons.
The first version of the app is available now on the App Store. This version searches for beacons with a pre-defined UUID. After discussions with early users, we …
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