All, Wow, learning a lot from this community in running and improving my Homey. I searched the forum but did not find the answer. I want to add my 3 kids to my homey family. However, they do not have a mobile device (<10 years of age) but I intent to “installed” a bluetooth beacon in their jacket …

You just have to add the beacons and give the beacons the name of your kids.

Ah, but then you don’t use the presence flow? A person came home etc? But a beacon (with the kids name) is in reach?

Exactly. It can only be “integrated” when they have the app & an account. With beacons you can create the flows similar, just like you said. I will share my flows for 1 beacon and the beacon app settings, b/c it took a while to get rid of false positives. For the status, I created a virtual “ligh…

Great Peter! Not sure if I completely understand your flows, but let me play with it and see if I can get this to work. Thanks for your quick response and guidance!

YW! I used some logic variables as well, to store the status. But I can imagine your not familiar with that. Just ask if you want to know more Oh and I use timers to reduce the chance of bouncing or flipping flows (triggered too much in short time) [Screenshot_20210331-165823_Homey]

[image] MartijnN: a bluetooth beacon in their jacket Your kids never go out, without their jacket? Even in summer?

Do you have a better solutions that doesn’t require a surgical intervention?

Sorry, No I haven’t, it was just a remark, (we) technicians overlook such minor details sometimes. :wink:

:crazy_face::upside_down_face: beacon bracelets, beacon necklaces, beacon shoes, beacon bag, beacon lunchbox, beacon bike :laughing: The dog / cat should be beaconed too when you’re at it. I got €3,50 beacons from a wellknown Chinese shop, they do the job!

great tip here! [image] User account for someone that does not have the app Planning something along those lines yeah. The person(s) in question are nurses from home help that would need a tag or card to open medicine lockers, enable kitchen equipment and so on so they already have tags anyway. …

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Peter_Kawa April 2, 2021, 1:24pm 11

great tip here!

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