ioBroker.owntracks

This adapter uses Sentry libraries to automatically report exceptions and code errors to the developers. For more details and for information how to disable the error reporting see Sentry-Plugin Documentation! Sentry reporting is used starting with js-controller 3.0.

OwnTracks is an app for android and iOS.

App sends your position (position of device) continuously to a specific server. In our case it will be ioBroker server. Either the MQTT protocol will be used for communication or the ioBroker.cloud / ioBroker.iot adapter.

Link for:

• Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.owntracks.android
• iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/owntracks/id692424691?mt=8

Setup instructions

Connection configuration (using MQTT server)

OwnTracks Adapter starts on port 1883 (configurable) a MQTT server to receive the messages from devices with coordinates. The problem is that this server must be reachable from internet. Normally there is a router or firewall, that must be configured to forward traffic.

App & adapter configuration

The following preferences have to be set in the Android / iOS app respectively in the ioBroker adapter:

• Connection/Mode - MQTT private

• Connection/Host/Host - IP address of your system or DynDNS domain. E.g. http://www.noip.com/ lets use domain name instead of IP address.

• Connection/Host/Port - 1883 or your port on your router

• Connection/Host/WebSockets - false

• Connection/Identification/Username - iobroker

• Connection/Identification/Password - from adapter settings

• Connection/Identification/DeviceID - Name of device or person. For this device the states will be created. E.g. if deviceID is "Mark", following states will be created after first contact:

  • owntracks.0.users.Mark.longitude
  • owntracks.0.users.Mark.latitude

• Connection/Identification/TrackerID - Short name of user (up to 2 letters) to write it on map.

• Connection/Security/TLS - off

• Advanced/Encryption Key - optional, but recommended: Add passphrase for encryption

Please verify owntracks is connected to iobroker instance via the "Status" entry in the drawer:

IMPORTANT NOTE!

The states within ioBroker will be generated when the specific payload is received!! This means the locations in ioBroker will be generated the first time the user leaves or enters the location. Below you will see the target structure

Regions configuration

To setup locations within the owntracks adapter, you have to create regions in the owntracks Android / iOS app. To do so, go to "Regions" in the drawer

Create a new region by clicking the plus (+) in the top right corner

Use the location button in the top right corner to retrieve current location or type them in Latitude and Longitude yourself. Furthermore, specify a radius for the location. If you share the location, your Friends (see in the drawer of the Android / iOS app) get a notification when you enter / leave a location.

Icon settings (within the ioBroker.owntracks adapter)

You can define for every user an icon. Just upload per drag&drop or with mouse click you image. It will be automatically scaled to 64x64.

The name must be equal to DeviceID in OwnTracks app.

Changelog

1.1.0 (2024-04-22)

• (mcm1957) Adapter requires node.js >= 18 and js-controller >= 5 now
• (mcm1957) Dependencies have been updated

1.0.5 (2022-10-08)

• (Apollon77) Prepare for future js-controller versions

1.0.4 (2022-09-15)

• (Apollon77) Fix crash case reported by Sentry

1.0.3 (2022-06-17)

• (Apollon77) Fix several crash cases reported by Sentry

1.0.2 (2022-04-19)

• (Apollon77) Optimize handling for cases with invalid history state values

1.0.1 (2022-03-12)

• (Garfonso) fix roles for type detection
• (Apollon77) Add Sentry for crash reporting

1.0.0 (2020-12-06)

• (Apollon77) respect "bind" configuration, also for IPv6

0.6.3 (2020-05-12)

• (Apollon77) updated dependencies
• (bluefox) fixes some issues

0.6.2 (2019-02-14)

• (zefau) Added support for ioBroker compact mode
• (zefau) Added support for Gulp translations

0.6.0 (2019-01-27)

• (zefau) Added Admin v3 / materialized support
• (zefau) Added option for websockets in the adapter settings

0.5.1 (2019-01-25)

• (zefau) fixed an error when connection got closed

0.5.0 (2018-10-14)

• (zefau) Added support for locations

0.4.0 (2018-10-14)

• (zefau) Added support for encryption key

0.3.0 (2018-06-05)

• (matspi) Fix handling of publish messages

0.2.0 (2017-01-03)

• (jp112sdl) added two properties timestamp and datetime

0.1.1 (2016-09-05)

• (bluefox) add pictures

0.1.0 (2016-09-04)

• (bluefox) initial release

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2023-2024 ioBroker Community Developers [email protected]
Copyright (c) 2016-2022 bluefox[email protected]

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