Having the ability to control AutoUnlock via API. This will omit the need of leaving the Geofence to active Auto Unlock. The API call could then be invoked by an external button or sensor.
Another option would be that the button on the lock could be configured to active AutoUnlock after a certain time period (to give the user the possibility to leave BT range)
Reason
Use case is being out of the apartment for a short time and short distance, e.g. collecting the laundry in the basement or bringing out the trash.
Examples
see above: press any button (external zigbee button or the button on the lock) to invok AutoUnlock after a given delay (e.g. 20 seconds). You can leave the apartment with your phone, bring out the trash and the door opens when you return.
Since Nuki now works with Home Assistant, (YAY!) I had an idea to see if I could toggle the Auto lock on/off or even set a longer delay when we say a spoke phrase to our voice assistant, I just found out though that this is still not a thing in the API?
Our current situation is that we live in an upstairs unit which is on the back side of the building from our parking lot, so we need to travel around the building to get to our car to unload groceries after a shopping adventure. I thought it would be nice to toggle the function off so we could not have to worry about manually unlocking the door via the phone app, or with our key after it auto locks during our journey to the car and back (I have my lock set to auto lock after the door is shut). And 30 seconds after it auto locks if we manually unlock it. (For example, my wife just went outside to do something and it auto locked, so I manually unlocked it so she could get in, and had to disable the auto lock manually in the app).
Yesterday, we had maintenance come in and the worker was flummoxed when he couldn’t open the door. Having the ability to temporarily disable it with a voice command on our Home Assistant would have solved this as we are usually within range of the system and can easily toggle items. (He did call the lock fancy though!)
