I found a much simpler solution and it opens the door 90% of the time. My virtual switch triggers on when I enter the geozone but will set itself to off after 5 minutes. This give me a five minute window to open the garage door which triggers the door unlock, light on, AND sets the virtual switch back to off. Resetting the switch eliminates inadvertent unlocking/light on when I am leaving. So the new PLEG condition is as follows:
InsideGZone1 and (InsideGZone1; Garage_Door_Open) and FrontDoorLocked
(InsideGZone1; Garage_Door_Open) is to eliminate the door unlocking if I am returning (or at a neighbors) and the garage door was left open.
Since I eliminated the NOW comparisons, it triggers immediately upon opening the garage.
Simpler is better.
While I was trying to figure out why geofencing worked more for my iPhone than my wife’s, I found that when the iPhone goes into low power mode at 20% battery it turns off background app refresh. This would explain why the geofence worked 80% of the time for her.
Yes I agree that every mobile OS and phone is different so getting the same results from every piece of hardware and software platform is next to impossible.
I quit advertising it as a feature and more of a “If it works for You” item.
Sad, because it is awesome when it works great.
I had to exempt the vera app from power conservation on the droid. Perhaps this is an option on Iphone?[/quote]
I rarely run my phone down to that level so I have never experienced this.
I went into my battery settings and pulled up a settings page that showed each app has an “Optimize” option. (Android 6.1)
Is this what you are talking about?
@Jamr. Yes. I believe so. In Android 7.0 I have the option of selecting the vera app and opting for it to be “unmonitored.” These options are under the battery selection in settings.