Using iPhone as Presence sensor

[JDRoberts]

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But it is more complicated set up, it does require using other services as well, and it take some trial and error testing to get it right. That was worth it to me, it may not be worth i

Is there a tutorial for setting the Beacons up?

If you have an iPhone, you can make it work by using the third-party app beecon+ Which costs about $10.

The following thread is two years old and I don’t honestly know if it still works as I’m using it differently these days, but it would be a place to start:

Mobile Presence and iBeacon (discussion beginning 2015)

Using iBeacons with SmartThings @DavGlass made a “proof of concept” smartapp for me that allows me to use an iBeacon to flip a SmartThings switch on or off. Since this could be a virtual switch, it can also be used with the Big Switch for Hello Home Actions to do all kinds of stuff. Or used with IFTTT. Or, of course, if you want to modify the code, this proof of concept can be used as the basis for many different SmartThings interactions and much more complex smartapps. The POC SmartApp only asks for the detection range you want to use, and the switch you want to turn on or off. You can get it from Dave’s GitHub: My very deep thanks to Dave for working this up for me! It has immediate practical use in my house, and I’m sure will be the basis for many other creat…