DLite Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Does anybody use Alexa routines for geofencing? I have an unused C4 wireless outlet lying around. I was thinking about setting up an Alexa routine that switches outlets on or off depending on whether I'm at home or not. Seems very simple to do in theory, but I wonder if anyone has experience or advice on how well this works in practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanITman Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 18 hours ago, DLite said: Does anybody use Alexa routines for geofencing? I have an unused C4 wireless outlet lying around. I was thinking about setting up an Alexa routine that switches outlets on or off depending on whether I'm at home or not. Seems very simple to do in theory, but I wonder if anyone has experience or advice on how well this works in practice. You don't need to switch on an actual outlet if you want to know. There is a driver for a virtual light that works well. This is what i do with Hombridge integration to determine if I'm home or not. I monitor the fake light for on and off. I have it set in homekit to turn that light on when I arrive and off when I leave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLite Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 minute ago, DanITman said: You don't need to switch on an actual outlet if you want to know. There is a driver for a virtual light that works well. This is what i do with Hombridge integration to determine if I'm home or not. I monitor the fake light for on and off. I have it set in homekit to turn that light on when I arrive and off when I leave. Very cool! What is the name of the virtual light driver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo1738 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 If you have Kasa just get the Chowmain driver includes a virtual light your dealer can bind to any outlet. Very useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLite Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, Neo1738 said: If you have Kasa just get the Chowmain driver includes a virtual light your dealer can bind to any outlet. Very useful. I actually don't have Kasa. If we add a regular C4 light switch driver, but then just not bind it to any hardware, will that accomplish the same aim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcovach Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, DLite said: I actually don't have Kasa. If we add a regular C4 light switch driver, but then just not bind it to any hardware, will that accomplish the same aim? There is a "demo switch" driver that could possibly work DLite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanITman Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I use the Demo Switch driver. Works great. C4-DEMO-SW DLite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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