Hi, I want to use AutoVera with Tasker so i suppose i will buy a vera product, or maybe a cheaper ZWave thingy if it’s compatible with Autovera.
I’m wondering what type of setup/products I would need to reliably track my location, or at the very least detect when I’m entering and leaving my home. Right now I have a rudimentary “system” using Tasker and pressing a button upon leaving my home, and then using a wifi connect context to check if i’m “coming home” (which results in me having to use wifi on my phone even tho i have an unlimited data plan).
The reason is that I want my computer (with speakers in every room of my apartment) to say “welcome home” when I get home. right now it welcomes me after i’ve been at home for like one minute, which makes it seem a little lame and not at all like a talking AI
Would it be reliable to use motion sensor, such as detecting when my door is moving? What’s the cheapest setup I can get away with to get something like this?
[quote=“skribb, post:1, topic:185889”]Hi, I want to use AutoVera with Tasker so i suppose i will buy a vera product, or maybe a cheaper ZWave thingy if it’s compatible with Autovera.
I’m wondering what type of setup/products I would need to reliably track my location, or at the very least detect when I’m entering and leaving my home. Right now I have a rudimentary “system” using Tasker and pressing a button upon leaving my home, and then using a wifi connect context to check if i’m “coming home” (which results in me having to use wifi on my phone even tho i have an unlimited data plan).
The reason is that I want my computer (with speakers in every room of my apartment) to say “welcome home” when I get home. right now it welcomes me after i’ve been at home for like one minute, which makes it seem a little lame and not at all like a talking AI
Would it be reliable to use motion sensor, such as detecting when my door is moving? What’s the cheapest setup I can get away with to get something like this? :)[/quote]
if you have a router that is running tomato or ddwrt you can use a script to detect when your phone connects with wifi
then use a door sensor or motion.
once both conditions are met, have it speak.
that way you can prevent speaking to just anyone and you could then also customize what is spoke.
[quote=“mvader, post:3, topic:185889”]if you have a router that is running tomato or ddwrt you can use a script to detect when your phone connects with wifi
then use a door sensor or motion.
once both conditions are met, have it speak.
that way you can prevent speaking to just anyone and you could then also customize what is spoke.[/quote]
That would be a good idea but will the router detect the phone faster than Tasker detects that the phone has connected to my home wifi (which is how i detect my coming home)? My wifi disconnects when i’m like a hundred meters from my home but it doesn’t seem to connect until several seconds of coming home. it’s a Dlink DWR 923 or *32
Ok, i was thinking about that, but i didn’t know there were specific door sensors, only entire lock systems and of course motion cameras.
[quote=“skribb, post:4, topic:185889”][quote=“mvader, post:3, topic:185889”]if you have a router that is running tomato or ddwrt you can use a script to detect when your phone connects with wifi
then use a door sensor or motion.
once both conditions are met, have it speak.
that way you can prevent speaking to just anyone and you could then also customize what is spoke.[/quote]
That would be a good idea but will the router detect the phone faster than Tasker detects that the phone has connected to my home wifi (which is how i detect my coming home)? My wifi disconnects when i’m like a hundred meters from my home but it doesn’t seem to connect until several seconds of coming home. it’s a Dlink DWR 923 or *32
Ok, i was thinking about that, but i didn’t know there were specific door sensors, only entire lock systems and of course motion cameras.[/quote]
Your problem is probley the phone more then the router, but you can also move the router closer to the front of the house or add an AP to the front somewhere to get it to see your wifi further down the street and by the time you pull up your already connected.
Ok, i was thinking about that, but i didn’t know there were specific door sensors, only entire lock systems and of course motion cameras.[/quote]
Most locks dont have door sensors included,
I have on my 3 main doors locks and sensors, on armed, the door sensors act as alarm trigger, on disarment the door sensors act as light switches if its dark.
Anyway plenty of door/window sensors out there, the smallest ones are probably the Fibaro Door sensors, they are a bit tricky to get running, but rock-solid and very trustworthy once this has been done. And you can for an additional 2$ get the temperature of the area as well
I’ve used the presence script on my DD-WRT router for almost a year now and love it. By the time I pull into the garage, the script has fired and amongst others unlocked the door between the garage and the house for me. My router is a Linksys E1000, phone is an LG G2. The script is toggling a multi switch on my production Ui5 Vera to run a depart or arrival script. It now also sets one on my test Ui7 Vera and using the HouseModes plugin, sets the House mode. Which arms/disarms sensors etc. Between it and the geofence in Ui7 I have a nice reliable setup.
Generally it takes the phone about 30 seconds to connect to my Wifi and fire the script. I have 1 minute a delay set for leaving to avoid false negatives if the WiFi drops and that works pretty good.
As my LG G2 has the WiFi active, even when it’s on the charger and ‘asleep’, this works perfectly for me. I tested an old iPhone but it seems to put the WiFi to sleep when on the charger which would make the script think I left.
Since I already had the Linksys router this solution cost me nothing but a bit f my time.
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