Examples sending notification depending of the presence
This will send a message when someone in your known devices list connects to your local network. In other words, when someone arrives home. It will only work if you are using the nmap device tracker or a similar component.
This example uses Telegram to send the notification.
notify:
- name: Telegram
platform: telegram
api_key: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
chat_id: xxxxxxxxx
Add the automation rule. Change device_name_here
to match the device you want to track.
automation:
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: device_tracker.device_name_here
from: 'not_home'
to: 'home'
action:
service: notify.Telegram
data:
message: 'Person is now home'