auto-close enhancement

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Michael Brown

• January 05, 2019 19:26

For cases where the GPS location is not updating, add the option to use loss of the home wi-fi signal as the trigger to close the door

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  Scott Riesebosch

  • January 05, 2019 22:41

  Thanks Michael.

  We were evaluating  this option, but one problem we faced during testing was the following case:

  The user has a garage door opener on battery backup

  There is a power failure that takes out the home WiFi network

  The user gets in the car to leave, which triggers location tracking to begin.

  In the absence of a WiFi network, the system closes the garage door, but the user has not actually left yet.

  That said, there are some similar strategies we are currently investigating in an attempt to improve the performance.

  Scott

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  Michael Brown

  • January 06, 2019 05:19

  Hi Scott

  Would this work?

  If wi-fi auto close is enabled then require wi-fi to be working when tracking begins and temporarily disable the option if wi-fi is not working when tracking begins.

  There's still a chance that wi-fi could fail while you're sitting in the garage but you'll see the light flashing and hear the beeps warning the door is about to close.

  This is only worth the complexity if it works...

  Regards

  Mike

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  Scott Riesebosch

  • January 07, 2019 00:23

  Mike,

  Thanks. Discussing it with the team :)

  Scott.

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