owntracks
Feature Request: Change Mode on Region
Hi,
it would be nice to have the option to change the mode from e.g. significant movement to move mode when entering a specific location.
So it could be possible to have a more precise tracking in a certain area without manually change it to save battery when leaving that area.
Or maybe creating a Tasker Plugin where we could do this on our own.
This is a good idea, I think.
You could hack around this today by getting Tasker to figure out when you're in a region or not, and set the mode accordingly. But it doesn't really make sense for OT to take a thing it knows about (regions) and then use them to drive other OT functionality via a 3rd party app.
I'll do some investigation as to what the best way of presenting this should be. Off the top of my head, there's a number of options:
- A region has an optional "Set Mode To" field, and OT remembers to set the mode back to whatever the previous mode was then exiting that region
- A region has specific optional "Set Mode On Entry" and "Set Mode On Exit" fields. OT doesn't have to remember anything, but it's more faffy for a user
- ...?
oh, what great news that this feature is getting interest.
I've been trying to do this for a long time now, without finding a solution (tasker plugin, etc), and it's true that this would be a really useful feature.
For me, unlike @r3dsub, I would like to activate the move mode only when leaving a region (home, work, etc) and activate the significant movement mode once in those regions.
I think being able to do this per region is the best idea, it would be more granular, but maybe also being able to manage it globally would be nice, the latter being less of a priority if settings are declared at the region level.
What do you think about that ?
Totally agree, that's pretty much what I was suggesting via the related post ;-)
It would also be nice if this option could be handled via remote commands (integrated to _type=cmd -> waypoints ?) for those who manage several devices remotely like me.
Has there been any progress on this feature? I am using Owntracks for presence detection, specifically when I am outside the house but close enough that I want to disable alerts from motion sensors or cameras. Once I am far enough away from the house, I can get Owntracks to re-enable alerts, but I also want Owntracks to go into "Significant Changes" mode to reduce battery drain. Right now, I am using Tasker/AutoLocation but that adds complexity.
This is the same as I am trying to achieve with https://github.com/owntracks/android/issues/1178. I use node red to make remote config changes based on a set of location rules using geofence nodes. It all works well, apart from switching from manual mode to move or significant mode when leaving the house.
