MMM-NetworkScanner

zdenek

@Mykle1 great, thanks. The last (I hope) question is about CSS - I would like to have online devices not white, but let say green. Or just “icon” to have green. Or just Name of device. (depends, what is easier) And the offline keep grey. Do you know, how to do that? Thanks

Mykle1

@zdenek

I see you started another topic and are getting assistance there. :thumbsup_tone1:

zdenek

@Mykle1 yep, sorry

Mykle1

@zdenek said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

@Mykle1 yep, sorry

No worries. I’m glad you are getting the help you need.

Peace

zeular

Hi
I’ve been playing a bit with this now and my phones come and go all the time, I have tested keepAlive from 120 - 1200 and updateInterval at 10.
My server that runs 24/7 also disappears sometimes (connected with cable).
I’ve added everything with macAddress, IP doesn’t work for me…

Mykle1

@zeular said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

doesn’t work for me…

Go up about 8 or 9 posts from here and you’ll see what I recommended to someone about using an earlier version.

zeular

@Mykle1 Aha, I thought the latest would work now.
I’m now testing a version from early February, seems to work but I must have “showOffline: true” otherwise “No device online”.

Mykle1

@zeular said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

“showOffline: true” otherwise “No device online”.

I use “showOffline: true” (see post above) so I don’t see that.

zdenek

@Mykle1 for me it works also weird. For my iPhone (7, latest iOS) and Samsung (Android - don´t knwo which version, but the latest supported by phone) it works perfect. But for iPhone (5S, lates iOS) of my wife it works “randomly”. When is she is at home, module sometimes detects her phone, sometimes not. Sometimes it works, but after some time it makes her phone oflline even she still at home, iPhone on wifi (if I run any app detecting devices in the same network - Fing on my iPhone - it detects her iP5S). Any idea?

zeular

@zdenek @Mykle1 For me, it’s the same error on iPhone and Android. I think the phones turn off WiFi or use some energy saving mode because they log on and off all the time when they are passive/inactive, When I keep the screen ON, they are visible all the time. Therefore, the “KeepAlive” is a “must have”.
Now that I use early Februray, it works better, the phones only log off sometimes when inactive.

But I would really like to hide devices that are not logged in, so you can add other friends and family who do not need to be visible all the time.

Mykle1

@zeular said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

But I would really like to hide devices that are not logged in, so you can > add other friends and family who do not need to be visible all the time.

I would like that, too, but that is out of my hands. You could post an option request to the author. I understand he is away at the moment. Or, better still, you could fork the repo and develop that feature yourself. Then send a pull request to the author and he might add it permanently to the module.

Mykle1

@zdenek said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

Any idea?

I think @zeular is right when he said, " I think the phones turn off WiFi or use some energy saving mode because they log on and off all the time when they are passive/inactive, When I keep the screen ON, they are visible all the time. Therefore, the “KeepAlive” is a “must have”.

So, try increasing the “KeepAlive” value

zdenek

@Mykle1 I also agree with @zeular but to increase KeepAlive (actually I´ve 5 minutes) will not give me accurate information. If person leaves, the system will give me wrong info for longer time). And as I said - weird is that to run Fing o iPad/iPhone and MyNet on Mac detects iPhone of my wife even module says she is offline. This module is perfect for me - when I came home I can immediately check, who is at home (I´ve quiet more kids than it´s common, so will be nice to know, who of them is at home) - so to get it works as good as possible is what I want…

zeular

@Mykle1 said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

@zeular said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

But I would really like to hide devices that are not logged in, so you can > add other friends and family who do not need to be visible all the time.

I would like that, too, but that is out of my hands. You could post an option request to the author. I understand he is away at the moment. Or, better still, you could fork the repo and develop that feature yourself. Then send a pull request to the author and he might add it permanently to the module.

I wish a could develop it my self… But I’m too bad at this. :)

Mykle1

@zdenek said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

so to get it works as good as possible is what I want…

Well, knowing what we know about the phones, you could try disabling the power-saving feature on them so that their wifi doesn’t drop off the network. This way NetworkScanner won’t “lose” them, theoretically. However, you’ll likely see huge battery loss on the phones.

Mykle1

@zeular said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

I wish a could develop it my self… But I’m too bad at this.

You never know until you try

zeular

@Mykle1 said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

Well, knowing what we know about the phones, you could try disabling the power-saving feature on them so that their wifi doesn’t drop off the network. This way NetworkScanner won’t “lose” them, theoretically. However, you’ll likely see huge battery loss on the phones.

I have that disabled on my phone (Galaxy S7) and it didn’t work. Maybe it has something to do with the ARP on the PI, I cant see all of my things in ARP that is on my network either. Maybe you shouldn’t?

@Mykle1 said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

You never know until you try

I have tried… Didn’t go well… ;)

ianperrin

Hi all

Really sorry about the lack of progress/development on this module. I’ve been consumed by renovations at home and starting a new job.

There are clearly still issues with the module. Unfortunately I am not going to be able to look into them for some time yet. So, if there is someone who can pick up the baton and submit a pull request that would be great.

Ian

Hein-Jan

Hi,

I’am pleased with the module as it is, I just can’t seem to get the keepAlive working.

Part of my config:

{
			module: 'MMM-NetworkScanner',
			position: 'bottom_left',
			config: {
				devices: [
					{macAddress: "xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx", name: "Kleine iPad", icon:"mobile"},
					{macAddress: " xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ", name: "Telefoon Hein-Jan", icon:"android"},
					{macAddress: " xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ", name: "iPhone Nicole", icon:"phone"},
					{macAddress: " xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ", name: "iPad Nicole werk", icon:"apple"},
					{macAddress: " xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ", name: "Tesla", icon:"car"},
					{macAddress: " xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ", name: "Grote iPad", icon:"tablet"},
					{macAddress: " xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ", name: "iPhone Hein-Jan", icon:"phone-square"},
				],
				showUnknown: false,
				keepAlive: 300,
				showLastSeen: false
			}
		}

The keepAlive is in there, but if a device is detected (highlighted), it also “disappears” (un-highlighted) in aprox 5 seconds.
I was under the impression that the keep alive would keep it highlighted (alive) for at least 300 seconds (5 minutes).
Is my understanding wrong?

Kind regards,

Hein-Jan

Mykle1

@Hein-Jan said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

Is my understanding wrong?

No, it’s not. I had the same problem when I was using MAC addresses instead of IP addresses. Also, I’m behind one or two commits on the version. Once I had it working to my liking I stopped updating it. I’ve had no trouble with it since.

{
	disabled: f,
        module: 'MMM-NetworkScanner',
        position: 'top_left', 
        config: {
		debug: false,
            	devices: [
                    	{ ipAddress: "192.168.1.2", name: "Dove", icon: "medkit"},
			{ ipAddress: "192.168.1.15", name: "BabyJesus", icon: "futbol-o"},
                    	{ ipAddress: "192.168.1.8", name: "BottlePop", icon: "globe"},
                    	{ ipAddress: "192.168.1.11", name: "Donna", icon: "venus"},
			{ ipAddress: "192.168.1.10", name: "Nikki", icon: "coffee"},
			{ ipAddress: "192.168.1.7", name: "Jason", icon: "fire-extinguisher"},
			{ ipAddress: "192.168.1.18", name: "MJD", icon: "child"}
                		],
            	showUnknown: false,
            	showOffline: true,
		showLastSeen: false,
            	keepAlive: 1200, // in seconds (20 min)
            	updateInterval: 30, // in seconds
            	residents: []
		}        
 	},