RonPro
(Ron)
September 30, 2021, 5:51pm
1
I would like to try Ping for an automation I’d like to set up.
On my laptop if I web search ‘Home Assistant Ping’ I see there is an integration for Ping (ICMP) available, but when I search on the Pi via the HA UI I do not see Ping as an integration.
What gives?
You have to set it up through YAML.
See this link Ping (ICMP) - Home Assistant
RonPro
(Ron)
September 30, 2021, 6:23pm
3
Thanks - I did that and rebooted but still don’t see it in the Overview (which I have not modified as the standard is fine with me).
Is there somewhere else I should be looking to see the visual for this?
I do have the Binary sensor card which has my ‘Workday’ and ‘Remote UI’ indicators showing (I use Nabu Casa for remote access).
Perhaps its my YAML for this:
binary_sensor:
- platform: workday
country: US
workdays: [mon, tue, wed, thu, fri]
excludes: [sat, sun, holiday]
add_holidays:
- '2020-12-30'
- '2020-12-31'
- '2021-01-01'
- '2021-01-18'
- '2021-07-09'
- '2021-09-17'
- platform: ping
host: 192.168.1.88
name: "HVAC"
count: 5
scan_interval: 60
Try going in the developer tools tab and see if it is there, you can search for the entity under the states tab, it should be named binary_sensor.hvac
RonPro
(Ron)
September 30, 2021, 7:02pm
5
Nothing like that in the list…
RonPro
(Ron)
September 30, 2021, 7:07pm
7
Sorry !! Sorry !!
I think I may saved the config YAML to the wrong host.
Let me sort this out…
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RonPro
(Ron)
September 30, 2021, 7:17pm
8
Yep! That was it - (feeling so stupid) - I mod’ed the YAML on the host I wanted to check - not the host to do the Ping.
Sorted out - again thanks.
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No problem! Glad you got it to work!