Presence (Occupancy) Detection: Different Approach Using Smart Door Locks

[nelson.aponte]

@rpwong

My Schlage Connect lock sends different notifications based on manual or keypad locking/unlocking, so it will do this for you (assuming nothing has changed since I bought it a few years ago).

These are great news. That’s means it depends on the manufacturer.

@rpwong

The only thing you can do for cases 3-5 is accept that they’ll probably happen every once in awhile. But if you want to manage/minimize the risk, you combine multiple inputs.

I see cases 1 and 2 as rare exceptions, just like the other 3. Nonetheless, I expect that things like this will happen and obviously the system cannot be programmed to consider every possible scenario, but just the most common and impactful ones.

Thank you all very much for all the information and insight provided, specially to @rlkoshak and @rpwong

I wonder if there are other brand of locks that provide detailed event information, or if there are other people with connected locks that can tell us what event information do their lock provide.
@rlkoshak do you mind if I ask what’s the brand of the lock(s) you have?