Geofency

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Hello all,

I know some people have had troubles setting up geofencing at their houses. I myself have tried the ping sensor, iphone locator, and even used the geofencing functions in Blue Iris.

For me the iphone locator uses up too much battery while at home. I know you can use PLEG to turn off the iphone locator at home but I was looking for a better solution. I also tried the ping sensor but since I have an iPhone whenever the screen is locked the WIFI connection is lost so this option would not work. The geofencing option in Blue Iris works very well but since I have a roomate and do not want him to have access to all of my IP Cameras this option will not work either.

So I stumbled upon the app Geofency which is working great for me. http://www.geofency.com/ (It’s only $1.99)

The app stays in the background and with their webhooks you can turn off or on virtual switches when you enter or leave a certain geofence. All you need to do is create a virtual swicth (or multiswitch) and set up scenes or PLEG scenes based on the switches. I installed the app on my roomates phones as well so I am able to create alarm logic using PLEG that automatically turns the security system on when we are both AWAY.

An example webhook is - https://fwd1.mios.com/USERNAME/PASSWORD/VERA-ID/data_request?id=action&output_format=xml&DeviceNum=SWITCHID&serviceId=urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1&action=SetTarget&newTargetValue=1

All you need to do is fill in the USERNAME, PASSWORD, VERA-ID and SWITCHID.

Hope this helps.

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This will not work in ui6 or later. You can’t use a simple URL after ui5. There is a complicated authentication protocol that need to happen first.

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Thanks for the info Richard. I will probably hold off on upgrading to UI6 for awhile then. Do you see a possible or alternative solution in the future with ui6 and above?

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Richard has released his own Geofence App for Android but it sounds like your using Iphone.

IVIRI is a popular one for Iphones right now, but there are more.

If your only using it for a Home geofence you can use your home router with DDWRT software installed to ping for a MAC address and change a virtual switch. So you don’t need to install anything on your phone or tablet (no battery drain). You just need to know what the MAC address is for that device and once the router sees it connected to your home wifi, it flips the virtual switch. No working about cell network change over delays too.

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Hi,

Could you please elaborate on how to use DDWRT software to ping for a MAC address and change a virtual switch. i have a buffalo router with DDWRT but not sure how to set this up. Thanks

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[quote=“jmarty32, post:5, topic:181046”]Hi,

Could you please elaborate on how to use DDWRT software to ping for a MAC address and change a virtual switch. i have a buffalo router with DDWRT but not sure how to set this up. Thanks[/quote]

Please check and reply here. Start by figuring out which chip you buffalo router uses.

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,24084.msg175568.html#msg175568