# Homey precense

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/homey-precense/142209>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [August 25, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-precense/142209 "2025-08-25T09:23:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Claus\_Jacobsen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/claus_jacobsen/32/81074_2.png) [@Claus\_Jacobsen](https://community.homey.app/u/Claus_Jacobsen)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-precense/142209/1 "2025-08-25T09:23:17Z")

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Hi there. Can anyone explain to me how the precense work build in homey?.

The home, away, sleep and awake?

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-precense/142209/2 "2025-08-25T11:55:21Z")

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[Home/Away functionality](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/18186396006428-Enabling-Home-Away-Detection) should be enabled first;  
After that you can use ‘presence’ flow trigger cards which start flows based on your location.  
[https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/360012141853-Using-Presence-and-Sleep-Status](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/360012141853-Using-Presence-and-Sleep-Status)

Sleep/Awake awareness should be created by yourself: a (virtual) button, a sleeping mat, when you always charge your phone when going to bed (it can send an event), a voice command etc.  
When that’s in place, you can use ‘presence’ flow action cards to _ **mark** _ your or household members as sleeping/awake.  
Then you can use flow cards like “if everyone is asleep” “if no one is asleep” etc to start flows

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**Author:** ![Claus\_Jacobsen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/claus_jacobsen/32/81074_2.png) [@Claus\_Jacobsen](https://community.homey.app/u/Claus_Jacobsen)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-precense/142209/3 "2025-08-27T21:35:36Z")

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I am a little bit confused about the sleep, awake function. Because if you say that i should make flows with sleep and awake. Why is there a flow card “when” Claus is awake?

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-precense/142209/4 "2025-08-27T22:45:40Z")

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It’s “When” Claus woke up.

You could do various stuff, something like:  
When..  
-Claus woke up  
And..  
-Karen is asleep  
Then..  
-Send push noti to Claus with message “don’t forget to wake Karen up”  
Else..  
-Start coffee machine  
-Turn on ‘morning scene’