[SOLVED] Erratic Android Presence Reporting (fix=Tasker/SharpTools integration)

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@joe64

It took me a while but after experimenting with the settings for a while I also finally figured out how to open up the house when I come home. Many thanks to everyone, as that seems to be working well for me now.

I do wonder if anyone knows if there is a way to get tasker to recognize when my garage door is opened? What I would like to do at that point is kick the GPS into high accuracy with shorter update intervals so it can more quickly detect that I have left and then shut the door and turn on the alarms. Or, maybe there is a better event to use as a trigger?

@joe64
For the part about getting Tasker to notice the garage door state, I’d suggest using the same methodology as in this thread…

How To Send Sensor Triggers to Android and Have Android React

[Note: my immediate application for using this concept is with getting external motion sensors to wake an Android’s screen, but I will eventually want to do this with other sensors and different reactions as well] I have seen this discussed in a lot of threads, and there are different pieces and parts of the concept all over the place. I wanted to see it specifically discussed in one place. Generally speaking… Z-Wave/Zigbee connected motion sensor detects motion SmartThings gets notified SmartThings sends notification to Android device as usual Some app on Android device parses SmartThings notifications App on Android sends command to wake Android device screen or other task on the Android device Not Using Android Camera This would waste energy. That’s why I want it to use an externa…

It also uses SharpTools to get the state change passed to the Android so that you can then have Tasker do whatever you want when it gets that trigger.