I'm trying to request the home/away/auto-away status of my NEST Protect (Smoke+CM) wired version by using the NEST API with a REST call like this:
curl -L -X GET -H "Accept: application/json" "https://developer-api.nest.com/structures/Zwdy.../away?auth=c.uR..."
(where "Zwdy..." is my structure id. Note that I shortend the structure id and the auth code for clarity)
It returns "home" so that seems to work fine! Except that it always returns "home" even if I haven't been in the room for a day or so. Note that I only own a Protect, so no thermostat! Any hints on what I might be doing wrong?
I did some research and it appears it should be possible to use home/away/auto-away with just the Protect. Or is this incorrect?
Thanks!
Auto-Away works by having the devices in the house vote on the the occupancy status, since the Nest Protect does not maintain a real time connection to Nest's service, it can't participate in or initiate the voting. The Protect will upload historical motion data to the cloud every day, to be used in Auto-Away voting in the future.
Thus, there is no concept of an Auto-Away state in a Nest Protect only household.