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    Easy Geo fence with Geofency and Big6 plug-in

    Geofency is a free app for iPhones and Android phones that uses the GPS sensor of the phone to report the location of it using web-hooks. There was an old plug-in phlocation dedicated to Geofency that is not supported anymore. Glad to report that it can be replaced easily by Big6 in addition to the many other things that Big6 can do.

    Here are STEP by STEP instructions of how to make Big6 work with Geofency and myHomeseer.com . No port forwarding needed no opening of your firewall needed. This is simple case of Big6 creating HS4 device that goes ON- enter geofence and OFF - exit. More complex scenarios are possible. Manage this simple one first.

    1. Create Big6 HTTP profile as follows

    Name: Geofency
    Method: GET
    URL: http://192.168.1.242:98 (this is example. Put your HS4 computer's URL and vacant port here)
    Listening - check the box !!!

    2. In your Geofency app put the following URL for the web hooks

    For entry

    https://connected2.homeseer.com/JSON?user=yourusername&pass=yourpass&request=pluginfuncti on&plugin=Big6&function=HTTP&P1=Geofency&P2=ON


    For exit

    https://connected2.homeseer.com/JSON?user=yourusername&pass=yourpass&request=pluginfuncti on&plugin=Big6&function=HTTP&P1=Geofency&P2=OFF

    Replace yourusername and yourpassword with the real values.

    3. Test by the test buttons in the Geofency app and check your HS4 devices for device named Geofency

    floor: Big6
    room: HTTP
    Name: Geofency

    The status of the device changes from ON to OFF when you enter/exit


    All of the above was tested today and it is working.

    Enjoy​
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