homebridge-ping-hosts

A ping state sensor plugin for homebridge (https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge).

Installation

1. Install homebridge using: npm install -g homebridge
2. Install this plugin: npm install -g --unsafe-perm @vectronic/homebridge-ping-hosts
3. Update your config.json configuration file

Configuration

Example config.json entry:

"platforms": [
    {
        "platform": "PingHosts",
        "hosts": [
            {
                "name": "Router",
                "ipv4_address": "192.168.0.1",
                "interval": 60,
                "timeout": 25,
                "retries": 1,
                "startup_as_failed": true,
                "closed_on_success": true,
                "type": "Lightbulb"
            },
            {
                "name": "Internet",
                "ipv6_address": "fe80::a00:27ff:fe2a:3427",
                "interval": 60,
                "timeout": 25,
                "retries": 1,
                "startup_as_failed": true,
                "closed_on_success": true,
                "type": "MotionSensor"
            },
            {
                "name": "Television",
                "mac_address": "04:a1:51:1b:12:92",
                "interval": 60,
                "timeout": 25,
                "retries": 1,
                "startup_as_failed": true,
                "closed_on_success": true,
                "type": "ContactSensor"
            }
        ]
    }
]

Notes

• Hostnames are not currently supported, only IPv4, IPv6 or MAC addresses.
• Only one of ipv6_address, ipv4_address or mac_address should be specified for any given device.
• If ipv6_address is specified any specified ipv4_address or mac_address will be ignored.
• If ipv4_address is specified any specified mac_address will be ignored.
• If a MAC address is specified, ARP table lookup is performed to map to an IP address. NOTE: This will only resolve an IP address if there is already a MAC address in the ARP table on the machine running Homebridge.
• interval defaults to 60
• timeout defaults to 25
• retries defaults to 1
• Works better if timeout * (1 + retries) < interval
• On startup the sensor will default to a "failed" ping state. This can be overridden by configuring startup_as_failed: false.
• The sensor will have a "closed" state for successful pings and an "open" state for failed pings (or for any other issues). This can be overridden by configuring closed_on_success: false.
• The type of the accessory can be one of ContactSensor, Lightbulb or MotionSensor. The default is ContactSensor.