sapstar
May 15, 2017, 6:32am
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Thanks very much Chris, I am going to try this. I think my problem is that android is reporting wrong location as in the below thread. Is that’s the case, wouldn’t I still have the same problem with this approach?
It seems like I get a lot of false presence arrived triggers. If my battery is low, it’ll turn off GPS until I start using my phone again, so when it turns back on registers that I just arrived even though I’ve been in the house the whole time.
I also shut my phone off when I go to bed. When I turn it on in the morning, it thinks I’ve arrived, even though I haven’t left. There are other issues too.
There are 2 very easy ways for SmartThings to fix this.
Check the previous status. If my status is/was present, and you get a new update with the same status, don’t fire a trigger event.
Since this is GPS based, the definition of AWAY should be a reported location outside of the geofence of my home, and PRESENT should only be reported when a location is reported inside my geofence. If n…
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