homebridge-people-arp

This is a plugin for homebridge. It monitors who is at home, based on their smartphone being seen on the network recently. Monitoring done using Ping->ARP sequence to increase accuracy. People displayed as Contact/Door/Window sensor which allow you to triffer notifications when somebody enters or leaving the home (network). If you use the EVE.app you can also see the presence history of every person-sensor (powered by fakegato)

Installation

1. Install homebridge (if not already installed) using: npm install -g homebridge
2. Install this plugin using: npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge-people-arp
3. Update your configuration file. See below for a sample.

Configuration

"platforms": [
    {
        "platform": "PeopleARP",
        "threshold" : 3,
        "checkInterval": 10000,
        "people" : [
            {
                "name" : "Pete",
                "target" : "PetesiPhone",
                "macAddress" : "de:ef:38:29:0c:28",
                "threshold" : 3,
                "checkInterval": 10000
            },
            {
                "name" : "Someone Else",
                "target" : "192.168.1.68",
                "macAddress" : "64:2e:fb:8b:41:7b",
                "threshold" : 3,
                "checkInterval": 10000
            }
        ]
    }
]

Parameter	Note
threshold	optional, in minutes, default: 3
checkInterval	optional, in milliseconds, default: 10000. minimal value: 10000
target	may be either a hostname or IP address
macAddress	mac address of the device
name	a human-readable name for your sensor

Thanks

Thanks to everyone who's helped contribute code, feedback and support. In particular:

• PeteLawrence - for the original plugin
• skrollme - for the plugin which this one is forked from
• simont77 - for the fakegato-plugin