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iBeacons, OwnTracks and 'mobile' locations #34

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pavoni opened this issue Jan 22, 2016 · 1 comment
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iBeacons, OwnTracks and 'mobile' locations #34

pavoni opened this issue Jan 22, 2016 · 1 comment

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pavoni commented Jan 22, 2016

iBeacons and a a mobile allow you to know not just where you are, but whether you are close to an iBeacon.

This can be used with a stationary iBeacon to just enhance our current device_tracking.

But there is at least one more case with mobile iBeacons tht might be useful.

If I arrive home by foot - I don't want HA to open my gate. But if I arrive home in the car I do.

So If I put an IBeacon in my car - OwnTracks will know what I'm in the 'car' region (and can tell HA).

OwnTracks will also update HA on my location as usual.

So to support this I think we'd need a new type of location which supports presence - but only based on enter/exit events - not based on location. Thoughts?

PS There are other use cases. If you put an iBeacon on your keys - you want to know the `key beacon exit' event - and have it trigger a HA notification to tell you you've forgotten your keys - and where you were when you forgot them..

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pavoni commented Feb 7, 2016

Now implemented.

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