I am pretty new to Home Assistant (HA) and Node Red. I am trying to get presence detection to work within HA using ping. Below is some additional information.
In my configuration.yaml file, I have the following;
# Configure a default setup of Home Assistant (frontend, api, etc)
default_config:
# Uncomment this if you are using SSL/TLS, running in Docker container, etc.
# http:
# base_url: example.duckdns.org:8123
# Text to speech
tts:
- platform: google_translate
group: !include groups.yaml
automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml
# Device Tracker
device_tracker:
- platform: ping
track_new_devices: False
consider_home: 0:05
hosts:
John: xxx.xxx.xxx.129
Jenny: xxx.xxx.xxx.184
I checked the config file in HA and it parses fine. No errors.
In the known_devices file, I have the following after restarting HA.
john:
hide_if_away: false
icon:
mac:
name: john
picture:
track: true
jenny:
hide_if_away: false
icon:
mac:
name: jenny
picture:
track: true
In the known_devices.ymal file, nothing is filled in. Should this be the case?
Also, in the overview of HA, across the top, I do not have a round icon that say’s John or Jenny. How do you get that added as a tracker?
Thank you in advance for your help.