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---
title: Proximity
description: Instructions on how to setup Proximity monitoring within Home Assistant.
ha_category:
- Automation
ha_release: 0.13
ha_quality_scale: internal
ha_domain: proximity
---
The `proximity` integration allows you to monitor the proximity of devices to a particular [zone](/integrations/zone/) and the direction of travel. The result is an entity created in Home Assistant which maintains the proximity data.
This integration is useful to reduce the number of automation rules required when wanting to perform automations based on locations outside a particular zone. The [zone](/getting-started/automation-trigger/#zone-trigger) and [state](/getting-started/automation-trigger/#state-trigger) based triggers allow similar control but the number of rules grows exponentially when factors such as direction of travel need to be taken into account.
Some examples of its use include:
- Increase thermostat temperature as you near home
- Decrease temperature the further away from home you travel
The Proximity entity which is created has the following values:
- `state`: Distance from the monitored zone (in km)
- `dir_of_travel`: Direction of the closest device to the monitored zone. Values are:
- 'not set'
- 'arrived'
- 'towards'
- 'away_from'
- 'unknown'
- 'stationary'
- `dist_to_zone`: Distance from the monitored zone (in km)
- `unit_of_measurement`: Measurement of distance. Values are:
- 'km'
- 'm'
- 'mi'
- 'ft'
- `nearest`: The device which is nearest to the zone
To enable this integration in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
proximity:
home:
ignored_zones:
- twork
devices:
- device_tracker.car1
tolerance: 50
unit_of_measurement: mi
```
{% configuration %}
zone:
description: The zone to which this integration is measuring the distance to. Default is the home zone.
required: false
type: map
keys:
ignored_zones:
description: Where proximity is not calculated for a device (either the device being monitored or ones being compared (e.g., work or school).
required: false
type: list
devices:
description: A list of devices to compare location against to check closeness to the configured zone.
required: false
type: list
tolerance:
description: The tolerance used to calculate the direction of travel in meters (m) to filter out small GPS coordinate changes.
required: false
type: integer
unit_of_measurement:
description: The unit of measurement for distance. Valid values are (km, m, mi, ft) [kilometers, meters, miles and feet respectively].
required: false
type: string
default: km
{% endconfiguration %}
To add multiple proximity components, simply use a list in your `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
proximity:
home:
ignored_zones:
- work
- school
devices:
- device_tracker.car1
- device_tracker.iphone1
- device_tracker.iphone2
tolerance: 50
unit_of_measurement: mi
home3:
zone: home3
devices:
- device_tracker.iphone1
tolerance: 50
work:
zone: work
devices:
- device_tracker.iphone2
tolerance: 10
```