diff --git a/config.yaml.example b/config.yaml.example
index 50b2585..e84b53c 100644
--- a/config.yaml.example
+++ b/config.yaml.example
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ manager:
           beacon: 00:11:22:33:44:55
           smartwath: 00:11:22:33:44:55
         topic_prefix: blescan
+        available_payload: home
+        unavailable_payload: not_home
+        available_timeout: 0
+        unavailable_timeout: 60
+        scan_timeout: 10
+        scan_passive: true
       update_interval: 60
     toothbrush:
       args:
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0696b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+true_statement = ('y', 'yes', 'on', '1', 'true', 't', )
+
+
+def booleanize(value) -> bool:
+    """
+    This function will try to assume that provided string value is boolean in some way. It will accept a wide range
+    of values for strings like ('y', 'yes', 'on', '1', 'true' and 't'. Any other value will be treated as false
+    :param value: any value
+    :return: boolean statement
+    """
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        return value.lower() in true_statement
+    return bool(value)
diff --git a/workers/blescanmulti.py b/workers/blescanmulti.py
index 37bf761..612e9df 100644
--- a/workers/blescanmulti.py
+++ b/workers/blescanmulti.py
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 from interruptingcow import timeout
 from bluepy.btle import Scanner, DefaultDelegate
 from mqtt import MqttMessage
+from utils import booleanize
 from workers.base import BaseWorker
 from logger import _LOGGER
 
 REQUIREMENTS = ['bluepy']
 
+
 class ScanDelegate(DefaultDelegate):
   def __init__(self):
     DefaultDelegate.__init__(self)
@@ -15,25 +17,87 @@ def handleDiscovery(self, dev, isNewDev, isNewData):
     if isNewDev:
       _LOGGER.debug("Discovered new device: %s" % dev.addr)
 
+
+class BleDeviceStatus:
+  def __init__(self, worker, mac: str, name: str, available: bool = False, last_status_time: float = None,
+               message_sent: bool = True):
+    if last_status_time is None:
+      last_status_time = time.time()
+
+    self.worker = worker  # type: BlescanmultiWorker
+    self.mac = mac.lower()
+    self.name = name
+    self.available = available
+    self.last_status_time = last_status_time
+    self.message_sent = message_sent
+
+  def set_status(self, available):
+    if available != self.available:
+      self.available = available
+      self.last_status_time = time.time()
+      self.message_sent = False
+
+  def _timeout(self):
+    if self.available:
+      return self.worker.available_timeout
+    else:
+      return self.worker.unavailable_timeout
+
+  def has_time_elapsed(self):
+    elapsed = time.time() - self.last_status_time
+    return elapsed > self._timeout()
+
+  def payload(self):
+    if self.available:
+      return self.worker.available_payload
+    else:
+      return self.worker.unavailable_payload
+
+  def generate_messages(self, device):
+    messages = []
+    if not self.message_sent and self.has_time_elapsed():
+      self.message_sent = True
+      messages.append(
+        MqttMessage(topic=self.worker.format_topic('presence/{}'.format(self.name)), payload=self.payload())
+      )
+      if self.available:
+        messages.append(
+          MqttMessage(topic=self.worker.format_topic('presence/{}/rssi'.format(self.name)), payload=device.rssi)
+        )
+    return messages
+
+
 class BlescanmultiWorker(BaseWorker):
-  def searchmac(self, devices, mac):
-    for dev in devices:
-      if dev.addr == mac.lower():
-         return dev
+  # Default values
+  devices = {}
+  # Payload that should be send when device is available
+  available_payload = 'home'  # type: str
+  # Payload that should be send when device is unavailable
+  unavailable_payload = 'not_home'  # type: str
+  # After what time (in seconds) we should inform that device is available (default: 0 seconds)
+  available_timeout = 0  # type: float
+  # After what time (in seconds) we should inform that device is unavailable (default: 60 seconds)
+  unavailable_timeout = 60  # type: float
+  scan_timeout = 10.  # type: float
+  scan_passive = True  # type: str or bool
 
-    return None
+  def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+    super(BlescanmultiWorker, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+    self.scanner = Scanner().withDelegate(ScanDelegate())
+    self.last_status = [
+      BleDeviceStatus(self, mac, name) for name, mac in self.devices.items()
+    ]
 
   def status_update(self):
-    scanner = Scanner().withDelegate(ScanDelegate())
-    devices = scanner.scan(10.0)
+    devices = self.scanner.scan(float(self.scan_timeout), passive=booleanize(self.scan_passive))
+    mac_addresses = {
+      device.addr: device for device in devices
+    }
     ret = []
 
-    for name, mac in self.devices.items():
-      device = self.searchmac(devices, mac)
-      if device is None:
-        ret.append(MqttMessage(topic=self.format_topic('presence/'+name), payload="0"))
-      else:
-        ret.append(MqttMessage(topic=self.format_topic('presence/'+name+'/rssi'), payload=device.rssi))
-        ret.append(MqttMessage(topic=self.format_topic('presence/'+name), payload="1"))
+    for status in self.last_status:
+      device = mac_addresses.get(status.mac, None)
+      status.set_status(device is not None)
+      ret += status.generate_messages(device)
 
     return ret