iPhone locator or alternative.
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Hello Everyone,
I am using iPhone locator on Vera, and yesterday it stopped working. Looking at the logs, I can see the connection is refused, but nothing on my end changed. iPhone locator is really important in my particular setup, so I guess I have two questions.
Is it broken, or is it me?
I don't see anyone else saying there is an issue, but I am not sure how many people are still using it (or Vera for location) at this point. I installed it on a blank Vera test controller, same issue. It might be something with the iCloud account, but it works everywhere else.Is there something similar on another platform?
Mainly what I would like is the ability to force a poll of iCloud location on demand. I have a bunch of triggers setup, including magnetic sensors in my driveway to sense vehicles and determine if the motion is egress or ingress. These triggers in conjunction with MSR have been a great way to double check phone location, and I would hate to lose this functionality. It looks like HA might have something with "iCloud3". Is anyone using it?
Thanks,
Mike -
I’m using HomeBridge and the Apple Home app to give me phone-based presence. Easy enough, then to have that trigger an automation which can do whatever needed (e.g. HTTP to a URL of your choice) for integration with any other HA system. I have it toggling virtual switches in openLuup.
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I’m using HomeBridge and the Apple Home app to give me phone-based presence. Easy enough, then to have that trigger an automation which can do whatever needed (e.g. HTTP to a URL of your choice) for integration with any other HA system. I have it toggling virtual switches in openLuup.
@akbooer Thanks, can you force an update of the phone location remotely, or does it rely on last reported?
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I haven’t explored this, but there must be some discussion on HomeKit forums, and the like?
@akbooer Thanks again, I will poke around a bit. I have not explored anything with HomeKit yet, but it was something on my list.