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presence detection #8

Open abzman opened 6 years ago

abzman commented 6 years ago

How does anyone else do presence detection? The first idea was MAC addresses on the network but that obviously won't work so much of the time that we can't build any automation around it

mkfink commented 6 years ago

I'm struggling to find other spaces using home assistant. There's a big list of people's configs but they all seem to be for homes.

The general philosophy for presence detection in home assistant is based on checking "is person X home" via one or more methods (gps, mac on the network, etc) not checking "is anyone home". It's built for a house with a small, known list of occupants.

Looking through the available presence detection components (https://www.home-assistant.io/components/#presence-detection) most or all fall into the category of network/router, personal gps service, or automotive gps service. All of these need an opt in list of devices to track.

There are other sensors that we have from which we can infer presence like the cameras, motion sensors, the last time sometime touched a light switch or thermostat, but I don't see any of these as reliable enough to be definitive.