Wall switch changes mode setting/Hello, Home

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Little help: Magic Home meets IFTTT?

Hey all - Like so many of you, I’ve been having issues with SmartThings and detecting presence using iPhones. I have had issues with both false positives and false negatives and when I tried to switch to tags, well, those were worse. On the other hand, I’ve had great success using IFTTT to detect my presence and turn off the Hues when I leave, change the thermostat, make sure the doors are locked etc. Well this is all fine and dandy but the problem is that I need to control for the presence or absence of both me and my guy. I ran across @tslagle13’s fantastic Hello, Home Phrase Director app the other day and it can run certain hello, home phrases depending on house occupancy (i.e. presence/absence of several people/phones/tags), but it still relies on SmartThings crappy presence detecti…