I use Tasker to read notifications through my car when connected to Android Auto that AA has blocked while in car mode (One of which is the HE notification that I have left the house and the garage is open) I use the Tasker Geofence to toggle my wifi and vpn on/off on my phone based on several locations (Home/work/certain other locations where I know I have Wifi available and already set up). The opening and closing of a garage is not something that you exclusively need your phone to automate. The only reason to use Tasker (other than the novelty of playing with it) is to automate tasks that can only be done on a phone. You could also do this entirely with an HE presence sensor and leave Tasker out of the loop (This would not require internet connectivity where Tasker does). (In location "home" = on, and out of location = "off".) Using that virtual switch as a trigger, then have RM check the status of the door and close it if it is open. If you want to use Tasker specifically, I would set up a virtual switch and have Tasker toggle that virtual switch based on geofencing location. That said, if you are intent on closing automatically, you could run the automation completely in HE using rule machine. Then I pull up the camera view and manually trigger the closure. I use an automation to tell me when my presence is no longer detected and the garage is still open. The accidental closing could be a safety concern if you do not know the doorway is unobstructed and no one is standing in it. While opening with automation could cause an unattended accidental opening and create a potential security issue. So ideally I would like Tasker to sense the status of the door and only fire the HTTP get command if the door is in fact openįirst thoughts, not sure I would use any app to automatically close the garage door if I could not see it.
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