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What it does

Opens and closes a gate as people leave or arrive, using each person's GPS tracker, driving sensor and itinerary sensor. You choose the gate, optional travel time sensors, notify devices, opening and closing behavior, and optional alarm, lock and safety settings.

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Set it up from your iPhone Vulpo's automation editor turns this blueprint's 9 sections into a form, and shows each run as it happens.

Works with

  • Alarm control panelalarm_control_panel
  • Automationautomation
  • Binary sensorbinary_sensor
  • Covercover
  • Device trackerdevice_tracker
  • Input booleaninput_boolean
  • Input textinput_text
  • Locklock
  • Mobile Appmobile_app
  • Persistent notificationpersistent_notification
  • Personperson
  • Sensorsensor
  • Switchswitch
  • System logsystem_log
  • Zonezone

What you'll pick when you import it.

Essential inputs

  • ⛩️ Gates
  • πŸ“ Gate locationOptional
  • πŸ”“ Gate opening method on arrivalOptional
  • πŸ”’ Gate activation zoneOptional
  • πŸ•“ Lead timeOptional

Per person sensors

  • πŸ‘€ Persons / GPS trackers
  • πŸš— Driving sensors
  • ✈️ Travel time sensorsOptional
  • πŸ’¬ Notify devicesOptional
  • πŸ—ΊοΈ Itinerary sensors

Refresh rate

  • πŸ”„ Travel time refresh rateOptional
  • ⏳ Travel time refresh functionOptional
  • ⏸️ Pause travel time refresh while driving awayOptional
  • πŸ›°οΈ Request GPS locationOptional
  • ⏳ GPS request refresh functionOptional
  • βŒ› GPS outdated functionOptional

Gate behavior

  • πŸ›«πŸ”“ Departure opening behaviorOptional
  • πŸ›«πŸ” Departure closing behaviorOptional
  • πŸ›¬πŸ”“ Arrival opening behaviorOptional
  • πŸ›¬πŸ” Arrival closing behaviorOptional
  • β±οΈπŸ”“ Cancelable timer time for openingOptional
  • β±οΈπŸ” Cancelable timer time for closingOptional
  • πŸ” Suggest closing afterOptional
  • ↔️ Gate partial openingOptional

Security features

  • πŸ” Override notification request for safety featureOptional
  • πŸ” Auto-close safety delayOptional
  • βŒ› Timeout delayOptional
  • β›” Forbidden zonesOptional
  • 🚨 Reopen gate if driving sensor triggers too quicklyOptional
  • 🚧 Ask before reopening if manually closedOptional

Notification settings

  • 🌍 Notification languageOptional
  • πŸˆ‚οΈ Custom translationsOptional
  • 🏁 Itinerary started notificationOptional
  • πŸ“³ Phone TTSOptional
  • πŸ“» Phone TTS audio streamOptional

Presence sensors

  • πŸ“‘ Close on departure when disconnected fromOptional
  • 🧭 Confirm the location on startupOptional
  • βŒ› Location confirmation timeoutOptional
  • βŒ› Location confirmation outdated GPS delayOptional
  • 🏠 WiFi devicesOptional
  • πŸ”Ž BLE tracker entitiesOptional
  • βŒ› BLE away timeoutOptional
  • πŸ“‘ iBeacon transmitter entitiesOptional
  • ⏯️ BLE scanner activator switchOptional

House security

  • πŸ›‘οΈ AlarmOptional
  • πŸ”‘ Alarm codeOptional
  • πŸ” LocksOptional
  • πŸ›‘οΈ Security featuresOptional
  • 🏠 Do not lock/arm if there are still people homeOptional

Config checker

  • πŸ§ͺ Run tests when blueprint enabledOptional
  • πŸ§ͺ Run tests when triggeredOptional

Information

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Version
2.0.1
Checked
Imports cleanly
Needs Home Assistant
2026.2.0 or newer
Category
Covers

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