mirror of
https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant.io.git
synced 2025-06-01 07:46:49 +00:00
6b57b80366
* Split out geofency into a new component and device_tracker platform
* Switch geofency ha_category to "Presence Detection"
* ⬆️ ha_release
27 lines
1.5 KiB
Markdown
27 lines
1.5 KiB
Markdown
---
|
|
layout: page
|
|
title: "Geofency Device Tracker"
|
|
description: "Instructions for how to use Geofency to track devices in Home Assistant."
|
|
date: 2017-08-22 19:00
|
|
sidebar: true
|
|
comments: false
|
|
sharing: true
|
|
footer: true
|
|
logo: geofency.png
|
|
ha_category: Presence Detection
|
|
ha_release: 0.53
|
|
ha_iot_class: "Cloud Push"
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
This platform allows you to detect presence using [Geofency](http://www.geofency.com/).
|
|
|
|
<p class='note'>
|
|
You must have the [Geofency component](/components/geofency/) configured to use this device tracker.
|
|
</p>
|
|
|
|
Geofency will automatically generate the device tracker name used for geofences, and you will find it in `known_devices.yaml` after the first request. For beacons, the device name will be `beacon_<name from Geofency>`, e.g., `device_tracker.beacon_car`.
|
|
|
|
When you enter a geofence or stationary beacon, your location name in Home Assistant will be set to the name of the geofence or beacon location in Geofency. When you exit a geofence or stationary beacon, your location name in Home Assistant will be set to 'not home'. For mobile beacons, the location name will be 'not_home' whenever the beacon is entered or exited outside of a [zone](/components/zone/), otherwise, it will be set to the name of the zone.
|
|
|
|
To make Geofency work better with the [proximity](/components/proximity/) component, you should enable the 'Send Current Location' feature in the Webhook configuration screen. This ensures that the _current_ GPS coordinates are included in exit events instead of the coordinates of the (center of) the zone that was exited.
|