Ping iPhone instead of GPS localization

[SDeath 63]

Instead of using the GPS localization which consumes enormous amounts of power from the iPhone, I want to let the HC2 ping every minute if it can find the iPhone on my local network.

And based on that set a value if somebody is home or not.

Since 3.486 os.execute doesn't work.

Anybody have an idea how to use that function?

This is what I want to do:

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Edit:forgot the while true do.

[Guest deraaij]

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Anyway, real PING would be even more usefull.

Nice!

[Guest sgbirch]

+1

This is a truly brilliant idea. I add my vote encouraging Fibaro to implement it as a standard feature of the HC2, I am sure many users unable to write lua would also be grateful.

[Guest Dennis]

Works here 99,9% of the time.

With an iPhone 4 and 5 both running 6.1.2.

Couple of times it said it was not online.

But my wife came home 3 hours ago iPhone is still in her bag and HC2 pings it just fine.

I run the script every 10 seconds. See no extra battery drain.

E-mails get pushed to the device like always when they arrive.

Short question.

I have a iPhone 4S. Whit the latest iOS. When i unlock my screen the the ping works fine, and i am "at home". But after i lock the iPhone then after 2 min i ,am "not at home". Even when i run the "check " scene every 10 sec.

So my iPhone lost in 1 min the wifi connection.

What can i do about it?

[Guest jrkalf]

Dennis, is your "lock" on your iphone set to 1 or 2 minutes after the device goes to sleep?

This would confirm issues I've read on the apple discussions forums about the device stopping wifi when it locks.

[richo 4]

I have a iPhone 4S. Whit the latest iOS. When i unlock my screen the the ping works fine, and i am "at home". But after i lock the iPhone then after 2 min i ,am "not at home". Even when i run the "check " scene every 10 sec.

Me and my wife both have iPhone 4S and don't see such problems after the screen locks..autolock is set to 5 and 15 mins respectively.

sometimes the only issue is when at far end of my house I loose wi-fi connection.

[SDeath 63]

I have a iPhone 4S. Whit the latest iOS. When i unlock my screen the the ping works fine, and i am "at home". But after i lock the iPhone then after 2 min i ,am "not at home". Even when i run the "check " scene every 10 sec.

Me and my wife both have iPhone 4S and don't see such problems after the screen locks..autolock is set to 5 and 15 mins respectively.

sometimes the only issue is when at far end of my house I loose wi-fi connection.

iPhone 4 and 5 here, no problems whatsoever with the lockscreen. Both set to a couple of minutes.

Your WiFi range can be extended with a range extender, that will solve your phone loosing connection.

[Guest Dennis]

I have a iPhone 4S. Whit the latest iOS. When i unlock my screen the the ping works fine, and i am "at home". But after i lock the iPhone then after 2 min i ,am "not at home". Even when i run the "check " scene every 10 sec.

Me and my wife both have iPhone 4S and don't see such problems after the screen locks..autolock is set to 5 and 15 mins respectively.

sometimes the only issue is when at far end of my house I loose wi-fi connection.

strange. my lock is set to 5 min. and full wifi connection (and strength).

So i don't move my iPhone and after the lock (5 min + 1 min) the wifi connection on my iPhone has disabled and fibaro tels me i am "not at home".

run the scene every 5 sec has no effect.

Strange ?

The pings form fibaro don't keep my wifi alive on my iPhone

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[Guest jrkalf]

Ok,

Don't ask how, had to pull some strings and do a lot of digging. But the wifi issue in iOS6.x is related to having cellular data and wifi both enabled on the phone.

If you have both enabled and the phone goes into sleep/lock mode, it'll turn off wifi and rely on cellular data.

This is a known apple bug filed under:

Apple bug ID 11897952 - wifi drops to cellular when phone locked, causes VoIP app to miss incoming calls.

This bug report comes from a previously reported bug of the VOIP application created by Cisco. Their bug ID is: CSCub14854

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Limitations and Restrictions

Due to an Apple iOS issue, the device sometimes drops from the Wi-Fi data network to the mobile voice network while the device is in sleep mode (CSCub14854). This issue can lead to missed incoming calls. To prevent this issue, turn off Cellular Data in the native Settings app.

[richo 4]

Now I understand why sometimes I have had missed calls w/o the reason !

Thanks for the information.

[SDeath 63]

Ok,

Don't ask how, had to pull some strings and do a lot of digging. But the wifi issue in iOS6.x is related to having cellular data and wifi both enabled on the phone.

If you have both enabled and the phone goes into sleep/lock mode, it'll turn off wifi and rely on cellular data.

This is a known apple bug filed under:

Apple bug ID 11897952 - wifi drops to cellular when phone locked, causes VoIP app to miss incoming calls.

This bug report comes from a previously reported bug of the VOIP application created by Cisco. Their bug ID is: CSCub14854

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Limitations and Restrictions

Due to an Apple iOS issue, the device sometimes drops from the Wi-Fi data network to the mobile voice network while the device is in sleep mode (CSCub14854). This issue can lead to missed incoming calls. To prevent this issue, turn off Cellular Data in the native Settings app.

Still Strange as I have both enabled without problems.

But I agree Fibaro should make this a standard feature.

[richo 4]

hort question.

I have a iPhone 4S. Whit the latest iOS. When i unlock my screen the the ping works fine, and i am "at home". But after i lock the iPhone then after 2 min i ,am "not at home". Even when i run the "check " scene every 10 sec.

So my iPhone lost in 1 min the wifi connection.

What can i do about it?

Have solved it

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[fxpa 0]

hort question.

I have a iPhone 4S. Whit the latest iOS. When i unlock my screen the the ping works fine, and i am "at home". But after i lock the iPhone then after 2 min i ,am "not at home". Even when i run the "check " scene every 10 sec.

So my iPhone lost in 1 min the wifi connection.

What can i do about it?

Have solved it

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It's more simple to explain to everybody no?

[richo 4]

I have added a code that would only change the status to OUT if the time difference between the status OUT and IN is more then certain amount of time. This way if my iPhone loses WiFi for some reason for a 1-2 minutes I'm not informed that I have left the house and of course after few minutes the system doesn't believe that I'm back

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I use a global variable: "rshome" with the following values:

0 - not at home (OUT)

1- at home (IN)

-1 - probably OUT but give some time to make sure

If status switches back to IN within the defined time period it wouldn't change the "rshome" variable so scenes triggered by that change wouldn't start.

Here is a modified code of virtual device that I run every 10 seconds:

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And here is a code of a scene that starts if the status of "rshome" changes:

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[emariu 0]

Great piece of code...

Can anybody tell me how to adapt it to use with my android smartphone,please ? (I do not have Iphone).I would like the same functionality..

Thanks

[deanrparry 19]

Galaxy S3 1108/tcp

strange! this port has just stopped working on two devices! any ideas? rom update?

[emariu 0]

Galaxy S3 1108/tcp

strange! this port has just stopped working on two devices! any ideas? rom update?

I had tried 1 month to find an permanent open port on my samsung galaxy S3 phone,but no luck till now. Is this possible that android is not having any permanent open ports available ?

[deanrparry 19]

You cannot do this on Android now with new firmware... how bloody annoying!

[JanJoh 1]

To me it seem that it would be a better plan of action to see if the MAC-adress of the device you wish to keep track of is in the ARP-table of the local network.

THat way nothing needs to be running on the device, apart from the network itself.

Yes, there would be a lag between the unit being removed from the net, and the ARP-record being cleansed if one sticks to the standard ARP timeouts.

Edit: Or being more evil... for those of us with a "intelligent" wifi-system (I personally use the Ubiquiti UniFi at home) I can use the API to query wether or not a certain MAC is associated with my Wireless Network. Thats even better.. and no ARP-lag

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