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> Yes, you know where you are in the house. However, your "smart" home does not. I solved this in home assistant by adding sensors to my doors inside the apart
by a254613e 7y ago
> Yes, you know where you are in the house. However, your "smart" home does not.
I solved this in home assistant by adding sensors to my doors inside the apartment.
For example if the living room doors are closed, and after that there's movement inside, the room is marked as "occupied". It works really well.
Same could be achieved with straight line movement sensors on the door frames, if you're someone who keeps the doors open all the time.
And speaking of open source, my whole smart home setup (from sensors, lights, heating, etc) works offline and using open source software and protocols even if hardware isn't open source itself. Which I found to be a good tradeoff.
- MrQuincle 7y agoYeah, then you've more data. It will work better because even if it doesn't see movements you know the door hasn't opened so the person has to be in there still. I think you will run into trouble if there are more people in your household though. But it's a smart idea!
- function_seven 7y agoDo you have any recommendations for straight line movement sensors? Zigbee preferred but I could use Z-Wave as well.