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## Presence detection

This platform allows you to detect presence by looking at devices connected to a [Ubiquiti](https://ui.com/) [UniFi Network](https://ui.com/cloud-gateways) application. By default devices are marked as away 300 seconds after they were last seen.
This platform allows you to detect presence by looking at devices connected to a [Ubiquiti](https://ui.com/) [UniFi Network](https://ui.com/cloud-gateways) application. By default, wireless devices are marked as away 300 seconds after they were last seen, and wired devices are marked as away 5 seconds after they were last seen.
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Devices are marked away after a UniFi set interval (IIRC 20 seconds) + 60 seconds

https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/52f0d04c38500eacec1db039c2057d0c7c707d1a/homeassistant/components/unifi/device_tracker.py#L136

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So you're saying the original docs mentioning 300 seconds were incorrect? Where did that value come from?


### Troubleshooting and Time Synchronization

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