# Fix for appartment opening with iBeacon

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/fix-for-appartment-opening-with-ibeacon/12374>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Created:** [April 28, 2019, 7:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fix-for-appartment-opening-with-ibeacon/12374 "2019-04-28T07:20:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 7:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/fix-for-appartment-opening-with-ibeacon/12374/1 "2019-04-28T07:20:25Z")

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> **[Opening my apartment door remotely with Homey - Athom Blog](https://blog.athom.com/opening-apartments-door-remotely-homey/)**
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> The Do-It-Yourself category of the Athom Blog is a place where employees can share some of their own projects. Some technical background might be required when following the instructions!  I live …

@Emile you can use an iBeacon with the app Owntracks, and configure this beacon with an MQTT server on the back.

When you pass a geofence or iBeacon you trigger owntracks and can operate the required flow with that.

Also this way more reliable than Homey location, sorry for that 😉

I use this to open my front gate when driving true a geofence.