Ping + Arp custom_component device tracker

[kinghost (Kiên Nguyễn)]

@kinghost

• platform: ping
  hosts:
  hostone: 192.168.1.15

when use your component, do i need use ping component or i remove it ?

[Yuran (Anders Yuran)]

That does not mean that the router does not drop the connection, internet or no internet

[JBelinchon]

They can live together

[kinghost (Kiên Nguyễn)]

it mean I cant remove ping component
Thank your repply, i come from Vietname.
sorry about english

[JBelinchon]

Dont worry, I am spanish !!

[jean675]

Orange pi zero, network by lan and ipv6 disabled.
My router is tp link c2600 and i don’t have any disconnections nor any other issues with it.

[JBelinchon]

@jean675

network by lan and ipv6 disabled.

Could you please add an aditional device tracker using the same custom component (ping_arp) for your router? Something like this:

device_tracker:

 - platform: ping_arp
   count: 5
   consider_home: 30
   hosts:
     iphone: <iphone ip>
     router: <router ip>

and leave it for, lets say 24 hours, and then compare the history of your iphone and your router and check if the not_home moments of your iphone correspond with those of your router.

[jean675]

great idea, i’m not home for some days but i will tell you if it worked. thanks

[jean675]

Well I tried with 3 iPhones on a similar router (tp link C3150) and all iphones got their status “not_home” at the same moment…
So it looks like a router issue indeed. Any idea of what setting to change ?

[JBelinchon]

@jean675

Any idea of what setting to change ?

try to set consider_home: 180 (3 minutes) and go decreasing this value till you get a consistent status

[jwelter (John Welter)]

Hey please see this as it may help improve this component

Active iOS device tracking

Hi everyone, Here is a little python script I use to query if certain iOS devices are home. You must have the option “wifi iTunes sync” turned on with the device for this to work. As a caution you do not want to run at a fast interval as it does wake up your device and will have a power impact. Detection is quick; joining is instant; departing is about 30 seconds due to the ARP timeout period. I use it by calling it whenever an exit door is open or closed; and set a callback timer for 90 se…

[JBelinchon]

Very interesting. I´ll give it a try asap !!
Thanks a lot @jwelter and good job !!

[Twit (Simon)]

Hi,

You may want to mention that you need to install “arp” otherwise you end up with an error “arp directory not found”.

On a Debian (hassbian, ubuntu etc) system it would be something like “sudo apt-get install net-tools nmap”.

I’ve just installed it and will see how the iOS devices perform over night.

Thanks for the share, much appreciated.

Simon

[jean675]

@JBelinchon

consider_home: 180

I set “consider_home” to 180 but it has no effect, my phone is still not home for 1 minutes, times to times.

[jean675]

What router do you have and what is your iOS version ?
it still don’t work for me as consider_home has no effect

Update :
I added my router to the component and it is always online, no disconnection. Whereas my iPhone disconnect times to times.
I made tests in 2 different house with 2 routers, 4 iPhones and 2 different HA system. Same issue. So I guess the bluetooth beacon is the only way to track iPhones.

[bussio]

Your custom_component Ping + Arp worked fine until HA 0.91.4.
From the HA 0.92.0b1 that does not work anymore. I get the following error message under “Check Configuration”: “Integration ping_arp not found when trying to verify its device_tracker platform.”
Can you please check that once?

[JBelinchon]

Just need to create an empy file __init__.py and it’ll be back working

[vjmindlab]

is a manifest.json file needed?

[JBelinchon]

I would say that it is not necessary

[anilet]

After upgrading to 0.94.0 I am getting

Platform not found: device_tracker.composite 
Platform not found: device_tracker.ping_arp

when doing a configuration check, device trackers are not updated.