I understand. I myself am quadriparetic, use a wheelchair and have limited hand function, so I need an automatic option as well.
In my case, I use an iBeacon, which can work quite well if you have an iOS tablet to act as a receiving station, but is not as good with android.
To make it work with SmartThings, I use a third party app, geofency, which can send a webhook to IFTTT. We have had other community members in both the US and the UK use it. Note that the following thread uses the Estimote brand as an example but they no longer sell individual units. There are other brands available in different regions, you just have to search.
To be honest these days I mostly use mine directly with HomeKit since there is now native integration. But I still use geofency occasionally.
So thatâs a solid reliable handsfree presence option as long as you have an iPad at home to act as a receiving station. However, integration with ST does require cloud operations and a fairly clunky integration.
@welshbryn - Do you mean the battery holder or what exactly? Can you share a picture if you do have any? I use two of them for years and havenât had any other issue but the battery holderâs plastic torn apart.
Battery holder has broken multiple times and glued multiple times, reset button has popped off and then lost when opened to change battery, metal battery clip has snapped.
This is the second post of mine you have commented on and i feel your very condescending.
Im not totally stupid I know when something is broken and cant be used or beyond repair. I dont need to send you a picture for you to verify its broken. I too have had them for years and over the years they have broken.
If i was the only one in this situation, this post wouldnt exist
I donât think so: they arenât on the list of zigbee devices that Aeotec has announced and Samsung itself had been moving towards different technologies for geopresence.
At this point I think theyâre expecting people to use phone-based presence.
