Feature Request: Virtual Devices for geofences

[Jon]

It would be nice if the plugin created virtual devices for the defined geofences so that you can see the state of all fences at a glance from homeseer's status screen.
I'm transitioning my geofences from PHLocation/Geofency and this functionality in the PHLocation plugin. But since HSBuddy doesn't do beacons, I still need to keep PHLocation around for that part of the presence detection. So it would be nice if there were HS devices from both plugins.

[Kevb]

I made virtual devices for each person, with a status for each geofence (home, work, away, downtown, etc.) Entering or leaving a geofence triggers events to update the status. You could also use other plugins/ methods to update the virtual device. This way you only need one device per person. Also, in the event of an abandoned plugin, you just need to find another way to update the virtual devices instead of recreating them.

[Jon]

I use a similar method. I learned that lesson the last time i had to change the plugin/technology i was using for location. I've got multiple layers of virtual devices. The primary ones that are used for home occupancy are set by other devices. I have devices like Dad-Occupancy Mom-Occupancy. and House-Occupancy which is the aggregate of the individual ones that tells the house nobody home, or anybody home. The occupancy VDs are set by the state of other devices. these other devices are set directly from the detection technology, currently PHLocation.
But this request is a bit more specific. The HSBuddy only provides event triggers for the fences. (as far as i can tell) You can't see at a glance what the state of each fence is. It would be nice if it provided status devices for each fence and/or phone/device. Sure i can create this functionality with VDs and 2 events per VD. It would just be cleaner if that part were under the hood with the plugin doing that part for you.