Schedule preset selection as a HomeKit action
I would like a particular schedule to be selected whenever a resident of my home enters the geofence. If SecuritySpy presented preset selection as a HomeKit action then I could do this with HomeKit. I'm already using HomeHelper but it doesn't appear to address this use case. Is anyone aware of a solution?
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This can be achieved with Schedule Presets, which are basically one-shot actions to set specific schedules for specific cameras.
A typical use case of this (which is sounds like you are trying to achieve) is a "Home" preset, which sets the cameras to the set of schedules you want when someone is home, and an "Away" preset, which sets the cameras to the set of schedules you want when the house is empty.
Schedule Presets can be triggered from HomeKit events via HomeHelper, but unfortunately only by individual accessory events, not by geofence events (which are events within Home only and not available to SecuritySpy/HomeHelper). Therefore, one extra step you will need here is to set up a dummy switch in Home - this can be either a physical switch / plug socket etc., or it can be a virtual switch that you can create using Homebridge. Configure this switch via Home to switch on when someone enters the geofence, and to switch off when everyone leaves the geofence. Then, via HomeHelper, configure a SecuritySpy action based on this switch, and set this action to trigger the Schedule Preset.
