Presence detector

[spokra]

Trying to make my wife happy... ROFLOL.... :>

Since life360 doesn't work on iphones that are locked, my wife doesn't want something tracking her either and life360 realize on the intranet... I'm trying to figure out a simple way to get presence from devices attached to my wifi network.

I see it has been discussed but cannot find a pre-built solution. I do not know groovy and pinging a device from within the sandboxed groovy most likely is not within my skills..

So I put on my linux guy hat... and think I have a few raspberry pi's lying around. how about a web service that returns 1/0 (Present/Absent). I can write that in ruby... http url something like http://x.x.x.x/y.y.y.y

where x.x.x.x is the raspberry pi obviously
and y.y.y.y the device to be monitored. Have IP reserved in router for the phone.

Now how to write a presence device driver that would connect to my rest service in hubitat..

being that I have zero groovy skills.. would someone be so kind to point me to an example of how to make rest calls from hubitat.. and please don;t tell me that user written drivers cannot make outgoing rest calls...

[Kulfsson]

There is already something like this available. [RELEASE] HTTP Presence Sensor

I belive it also has a companion app specifically for iPhone.

[ogiewon]

You mean something like this?

[UPDATED] iPhone WiFi Presence Sensor

https://github.com/joelwetzel/Hubitat-iPhone-Presence-Sensor iPhone WiFi Presence Sensor for Hubitat A virtual presence sensor for Hubitat that checks if an iPhone is on the WiFi network. Note: iPhones can put their WiFi to sleep, so you should not use this as your only way of detecting presence. However, it can be used to augment other presence sensors. Interpret results this way: If this sensor shows "present", the iPhone is DEFINITELY present. If this sensor shows "not present", the iP…

Just be aware that it is really only a partial solution.

You can also use Locative which is a local solution between the phone and the Hubitat hub. No creepy cloud based tarcking/history.

Use Locative for Presence

In the Locative App, under SETTINGS, make sure you have Global Http Settings configured for "GET", not "POST" You can easily test by pasting in the following two URL's on that same page and clicking "Send Test-Request" Your URL format posted above is a little bit off... Go back to your MAKER API App on your hub, and scroll to the bottom where you should find the following section: Send Device Command (replace [Device ID] with actual subscribed device id and [Command] with a supported comman…

[keithcroshaw]

@spokra

Since life360 doesn't work on iphones that are locked

Huh...
Mine worked great when it was locked...

[doug]

Life360 works in the background, when iPhone is locked. No problem there. Not wanting to be tracked, welp, I can't help with that one. I'd be wary if my wife was concerned about people knowing her whereabouts.

[JasonJoelOld]

@doug

I'd be wary if my wife was concerned about people knowing her whereabouts.

Ditto. My wife can see my Life 360 location history any time she wants. And vice versa.

[GatVlieg]

Ditto what everybody said on iPhones...: L360 works fine when locked, only people in your circle can see your whereabouts, if you're worried about that, there are bigger issues!!