[RELEASE] OwnTracks for Hubitat Presence Detection

[lpakula]

@danabw

Hopefully at some point the Owntracks Android app dev(s) will pick up Lyle's pull request(s) and release an updated version of the Play Store app w/his improvements...but they seem to move glacially slow.

Andrew (the original OT author) is working through version 2.5.x which will do this automatically. Just don't know when he'll be ready to release it (looks like he was doing a bunch of changes under the hood).

[danabw]

He should just release it untested, like I do w/all my stuff. Release speed is always > quality, right?

[lpakula]

@danabw

He should just release it untested, like I do w/all my stuff. Release speed is always > quality, right?

Yes, exactly! I haven't built that version for a bit, but in it's WIP state it wasn't the best to use though. He's made a ton of commits to it in the past week though.

[djh_wolf]

@lpakula

You didn't clarify the answer to this above. Which functionality are you looking for? You cannot get any history from Life360 into the app. Are you looking for the breakdown of segments over time that Life360 did? Owntracks will give you a breadcrumb of points that you can click to see when the person was at each point, but doesn't break it down into blocks (IE 1 mile trip).

I find the breadcrumb map of recorder a lot more useful than the way Life360 did it (my personal preference though). Here is an example:

Ah, thanks for that. I see the breadcrumbs... I assume there's no option to say, filter by date, to only show the crumbs left on Mon 23rd Jan, for example.

[lpakula]

@djh_wolf

Ah, thanks for that. I see the breadcrumbs... I assume there's no option to say, filter by date, to only show the crumbs left on Mon 23rd Jan, for example.

You'd need to install the OwnTracks Frontend as well. That allows you to filter down to the minute:

[Matthew]

@TMLeafs

I get the following error

"host not found in upstream "owntracks:8083" in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf:7"

Same. I use Apache82 so I don't need/want nginx. Looking for help to install frontend without using nginx.

[TMLeafs]

It's a DNS issue
I put the IP of the owntracks recorder container

docker run -d --restart always --name=owntracks_ui -p 8082:80 -e SERVER_HOST=172.17.0.2 -e SERVER_PORT=8083 -e TZ=GMT owntracks/frontend

if you don't know the IP address of the container

docker network ls

then any bridged networks run this command till you find the owntracks recorder container

docker network inspect "NETWORK ID HERE"

[Matthew]

@TMLeafs

It's a DNS issue
I put the IP of the owntracks recorder container

I tried that. I don't get any errors, but I also don't get any response at the web address? I get the recorder page at http://192.168.6.80:8083. When I goto http://192.168.6.80:8082 I get a page not found?

[danabw]

You could check docker logs for that container...maybe a clue there.

I think the format is docker logs [containernumber]

[lpakula]

Did a minor release that allows you to change the device name prefix from "OwnTracks -" to whatever you'd like. Enter a single space in the box if you don't want any prefix's.

[s1godfrey]

That seems to cause an error, now owntracks HE will not open:

Error: No signature of method: java.lang.String.stripLeading() is applicable for argument types: () values: [] Possible solutions: stripMargin(), stripIndent()

[lpakula]

Oh shoot.. Give me a second....

[lpakula]

@s1godfrey

That seems to cause an error, now owntracks HE will not open:

Error: No signature of method: java.lang.String.stripLeading() is applicable for argument types: () values: Possible solutions: stripMargin(), stripIndent()

Can you try to update again? Should be fixed.

C5 doesn't catch those errors.... sigh.

[s1godfrey]

Nope same error. I think its stuck since I had already attempted to used the new option to omit the 'Owntracks - ' prefix for existing devices.

[s1godfrey]

What is the link for manually updating the app code?

[lpakula]

@s1godfrey

Nope same error. I think its stuck since I had already attempted to used the new option to omit the 'Owntracks - ' prefix for existing devices.

Ok, 3rd time's a charm as they say! This version should fix that.

[oldcomputerwiz]

@lpakula

I managed to crash the HE app and can't get back in. I'm getting an unexpected error trying to access it.

I entered configure regions, did nothing, and pressed Next (the button on the bottom right if it's not next) and that's all she wrote.

I can reinstall but would rather not if I don't have to.

Thanks

[s1godfrey]

Well not sure if its before or after you posted this, but Nearly same time I tried HPM again and now its working.

[lpakula]

@oldcomputerwiz

I managed to crash the HE app and can't get back in. I'm getting an unexpected error trying to access it.

Can you do another update? @s1godfrey pointed out that there was this issue which should be fixed.

[oldcomputerwiz]

@lpakula

pointed out that there was this issue which should be fixed.

I missed that. All set. Thanks.