It seems there’s a lot of strategies for presence detection, and I have a number of sensors and ways to go about detecting it. Instead of making automations predicated on any one of them, is there a way to make some sort of presence helper that I can either aggregate multiple sensors or update which method I’m using, and then make automations based off of that helper instead? Is that the recommended strategy anyway? I see I can make like a toggle helper but then I’m not sure how to get started hooking in sensor logic to set the toggle. Can somebody point me where I should read to get started or another recommended way to deal with this? Or tell me this whole thing is stupid?
#Presence Detection
crimson scroll
dire stream
Give this a look, I've started messing with it and it's promising https://github.com/Hankanman/Area-Occupancy-Detection
crimson scroll
But there’s no built in way to do it?
dire stream
But there’s no built in way to do it?
gloomy spade
I do room detection based on Motion/MWave backed up by my people tracking sensor.
So occupation starts on motion, and ends on the last person leaving (which avoids the still people problem even with Mwave).
The person location helper is based on a bluetooth watch/phone room presence (ESPHome). Theh phone Wifi ping as a final home/not home check.
The room and people sensors are built in templates so a new phone or watch simply means I need to change one template value.
crimson scroll
I do room detection based on Motion/MWave backed up by my people tracking sensor...
Where can I find the documentation/get started for the built in templates?