Looking for a app which monitors smartphones in my wifi network.
It should poll X time if specific (mac adresses) are ‘online’ / ‘available’ in my local network.
If they are ‘online’ it schould be used as a trigger, if not online also.
It would be great if i scene’s could be triggered if a specific device is online/present or not, if this would be possible i could create a scene that if my phone connect too the local network (i am coming home) the house would disarm it self or a scene is set active.
Also when my phone disconnets itself from my network a scene could be triggered.
This could be done with all phones the phones in the house…
Dunno if such a app exist, if so does anyone know its name?
If you are using Android, Android Device Manager with AutoVera will do what you need. Full disclosure: I have not used this. But DKC Automation and the developer of AutoVera (joaomgcd) develop some really cool stuff for Android/Vera integration.
I tried ping but the phone stops pinging after a while when it is not used, so not so relaiable…[/quote]
I had the same issue with my pinger so I ended up letting my phone do the managing (Tasker and Authomation).
You may try increasing the PING timeout in the plugin and possible disabling any smart wifi or wifi sleep settings on your phone. I don’t know if Windows Phone has the capability and it will likely increase battery usage.
Not so much an app but I’ve been successfully using a script that runs on my DD-WRT router and detects when smart phones connect and disconnect to my WiFi recognizing the MAC address of the smartphone. (It doesn’t matter what OS the phone runs) The script toggles a button on the MultiSwitch app which can be used to trigger scenes. When I leave, it locks all doors, switches of the audio equipment and arms the door sensors. When I arrive, it disarms the sensors and unlocks the door from the garage to the house.