Yet Another Ping

Yet Another Ping is a HomeBridge plugin to detect accessory power state based on period of ping reponses

Installation

1. Install Homebridge and Homebridge Config UI X, follow the instruction https://github.com/oznu/homebridge-config-ui-x
2. Install homebridge-yet-another-ping:

   sudo npm install -g homebridge-yet-another-ping

Example

"platforms": [{
    "accessories": [
        {
            "name": "Switch",
            "ip": "192.168.1.1",
            "type": "Smoke"
        },
        {
            "name": "LGTV",
            "ip": "192.168.1.2"
        },
        {
            "name": "MBP",
            "ip": "192.168.1.3",
            "type": "Contact"
        },
        {
            "name": "Shield",
            "ip": "192.168.1.4",
            "alive": 1,
            "every": 1,
            "type": "Lock"
        }
    ],
    "platform": "HomebridgeYAP"
}]

Configuration

• platform (mandatory): the name of this plugin.
• name: the name of the accessory.
• ip (mandatory): the IP address of the accessory.
• type: Type of the accessory: "Smoke", "Contact", "Lock", and "Occupancy" (default)
• alive: Determine how long to observe the ping result in seconds, default: 20
• every: Ping will be done every x seconds, default: 4