Ping Sensor

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#21

Found some inconsistency in I_AwarenessSensor.xml which has been removed.
[url=http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Ping_Sensor_Plugin]http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Ping_Sensor_Plugin[/url]

#22

I created a scene which has an event that fires on the armed ping sensor, when it does NOT trip (invert = 1).
It works, I put in a bogus address in the device and so it fails to ping it. I set a command to shut off a lamp for testing purposes and off goes the lamp.
But I also put in a command to set the Ping Sensor device to BYPASS for 5 minutes to allow for the modem to reboot and the connection to re-establish before I start to check for a connection again.

The command to set it to BYPASS mode doesnā€™t work. Any ideas?

#23

Iā€™ll have a look on it. Have you loaded the D_PingSensor.xml or the D_PingSensor_Invert.xml?

#24

I loaded D_PingSensor_Invert.xml as I like the inverted mode.
Thanks!!

#25

By the way, the buttons in Dashboard to arm and bypass work just fineā€¦its just from the command section that it does not change.

#26

Thank you for that hint.
What do you mean by ā€œthe command sectionā€?

#27

When I create a scene, I put an event in to fire on the lack of a ping.
Then under the event I add the commands. Thereā€™s pull downs for each of the devices. So one device is the appliance module on the modem which I turn off for 30 seconds and then back on. Thereā€™s also the Ping Sensor which has options to ARM and BYPASS.

#28

Which version of the sensor do you use?

#29

Iā€™m running the latest, 1.4

#30

I was able to get it to work using a luup event, rather then trying to do it with the gui command portion of the scene. Since I got a tip on the timer function on another thread, I was able to do what I wanted to do (bypass, wait 5 minutes, arm).

Thanks for all your help.

#31

I like the idea of the awareness sensor, I can use something like this to ping my Laptop on the LAN while Iā€™m home. When I pack up and leave my home (usually with the laptop when itā€™s an extended period) it will arm sensors, turn off the lights, turn down the heat, etc. Very cool. You can use a Static DHCP or MAC reservation for DHCP to make sure the laptop (or Iphone, etc)

Iā€™ll have to try thisā€¦

#32

I guess I missed somethignā€¦
I installed as indicated by your Wiki, but the device has no options, and looks nothing like you pictureā€¦
Any ideas?

Not even sure how to remove the files, the files have the absolute path listed in the Vera GUI after I uploaded themā€¦

Would like to remove them and readd themā€¦

I started to write a perl module on my Linux Server and have it do teh pinging and then issue web commands to cycle the deviceā€¦ Your approach is much more asthetically pleasingā€¦

#33

Ok, I SSHā€™ed into Vera, removed the C:\xxxxx verisions of the file, and then transferred them over via the shell, and all worksā€¦

might this be a bug? When uploading that it uses the FULL LOCAL ADDRESS instead of just the file name???

#34

Hi,

If you upload a new version of the file, it will overwrite the older one. This is maybe why you get the full address instead of just the file name.

#35

Thanks for the support, mcvovidiu.

Just want you guys to know that a new version of the sensor will be delayed some further.
Iā€™m trying to add ZigBee capabilities to Vera by using a XBee device at the moment and I guess all of you know how time consuming those projects can be :wink:

#36

Does this sensor work with UI14? I tried but the device configuration panel is blank.

#37

Need a little help.

Iā€™ve installed the plugin and used D_PingSensor.xml

The sensor appears to be working great with my iPhone, wifi on sensor tripped, wifi off sensor armed and waiting.

The problem is i canā€™t get the sensor to trigger a scene. Either a scene turning on a light or running some Lua code. Any ideas where iā€™m going wrong?

Do i need to add anything in impl_file section under Advanced within the virtual sensor?

Any help greatly received

m0jon

#38

m0jon,

Are you on UI4? If so, did you use a different installation procedure than uploading via the web UI? I uploaded through the LUUP files vera Web UI but the Device Panel is blank. Logging in and searching for the Ping plugin files shows they are all there - confirmed through the web ui too.

root@MiOS_13202:~# find / -name '*Ping*'
/etc/cmh-ludl/S_PingSensor.xml.lzo
/etc/cmh-ludl/I_PingSensor.xml.lzo
/etc/cmh-ludl/D_PingSensor_Invert.xml.lzo
/etc/cmh-ludl/D_PingSensor.xml.lzo
/overlay/etc/cmh-ludl/S_PingSensor.xml.lzo
/overlay/etc/cmh-ludl/I_PingSensor.xml.lzo
/overlay/etc/cmh-ludl/D_PingSensor_Invert.xml.lzo
/overlay/etc/cmh-ludl/D_PingSensor.xml.lzo

Ideas?

#39

Hi blacey,

Iā€™m using Vera 2 and UI4. I used the web interface to upload all the files and then created a device in the usual way.

The sensor appeared in my main dashboard and has all the options/variables available. Just canā€™t get it to trigger a scene, YET!!!

#40

Hello,
Could you tell me how to create a device ā€˜the normal wayā€™?
I selected Developers ā†’ Create Device and entered D_PingSensor.xml into the column
UpnpDevFilename. But that creates a new device without any real options. So I guess I must be doing something wrong :frowning:

Brg,
Pascal