Looking for a distance sensor for Homey, preferably using Zigbee, but open to suggestions. Our usecase is that we have our trash bins stored in a shed and they need to be rolled out on the street every Monday evening. I want to have a sensor in the shed that detects if the bin is there or not and t…

How about : [image] [Tutorial] Presence detection with bluetooth beacon Tutorials Tutorial version: 0.2 Goal: Presence detection hardware: Tile Pro website: thetileapp (dot) com App: Beacon (credits Leendert De Kok ) App topic : HERE It’s hard to find a good sol…

Not sure if that would work. The shed is around 20m from the Homey (through 3 walls) so dont think it’s within BT range

Guess it depends on the beacon you use. It only needs to detect it, it doesn’t carry data like a music stream…

Hmm, I’ve different beacons, Feasycom amongst $1 Ali nonames, but with a Pro 2019 the range is 4 to 5m max, no walls. Which beacons (can) send stronger signals? Just curious because I never searched for beacons’ signal strength. @Egg An IR sensor + reflector can do the trick, you can have it s…

Not sure on brands or models, but BT can go up to 10 meters at least…

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Need two of them as we have two bins with separate pickup days so 200$ is a tad to much :joy:

Maybe this could be an alternative. You need 2 pcs. of the blebox parkingSensor . The problem with this sensor is, that it’s not possible to integrated it into the WLAN network or other networks. This sensor has no transmission function at all. Therefore, additional devices are required that can mon…

If you place the bin in the same place each time, couldn’t you just use a magnetic door/window sensor and put a magnet on the bin?

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JohanP April 3, 2025, 1:23pm 2

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