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    MMM-NetworkScanner

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    • zeularZ Offline
      zeular @zdenek
      last edited by

      @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.

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      • Mykle1M Offline
        Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @zeular
        last edited by

        @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.

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        • Mykle1M Offline
          Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @zdenek
          last edited by

          @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

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          • zdenekZ Offline
            zdenek @Mykle1
            last edited by

            @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…

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            • zeularZ Offline
              zeular @Mykle1
              last edited by

              @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. :)

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              • Mykle1M Offline
                Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @zdenek
                last edited by

                @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.

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                • Mykle1M Offline
                  Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @zeular
                  last edited by

                  @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

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                  • zeularZ Offline
                    zeular @Mykle1
                    last edited by

                    @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… ;)

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                    • I Offline
                      ianperrin
                      last edited by

                      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

                      "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Mahatma Gandhi

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                      • Hein-JanH Offline
                        Hein-Jan
                        last edited by

                        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

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                        • Mykle1M Offline
                          Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @Hein-Jan
                          last edited by 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: []
                          		}        
                           	},
                          

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                          • A Offline
                            amanzimdwini
                            last edited by

                            After a few hours of having fun with this module (wanted to track phones vs MAC), here is what finally worked for ME:
                            I added one “dummy” IP address (eg of my home NAS). Once the program saw the IP address, it also found all the MAC addresses.

                            NO idea why, so don’t knock this. Banged my head against it for hours.
                            [then again, maybe the black cat I sacrificed helped too]

                            Anyway, that’s my 2c.

                            K

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                            • Mykle1M Offline
                              Mykle1 Project Sponsor Module Developer @amanzimdwini
                              last edited by

                              @amanzimdwini said in MMM-NetworkScanner:

                              maybe the black cat I sacrificed helped too

                              Good one!

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                              • B Offline
                                barnosch
                                last edited by

                                Is it somehow possible to sort the list of devices not by alphabet?
                                I would like to have it sorted, like it is set in the config.
                                (Only macaddresses are working in my case, with a IP in only get offline clients)

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                                • R Offline
                                  rak
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi guys,

                                  I added a feature to show devices in different color. I created a pull request with all relevant changes.

                                  Enjoy.

                                  Thanks for this cool plugin.

                                  Ralf

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                                  • NeodereksN Offline
                                    Neodereks
                                    last edited by

                                    I have an error, but i dont know what is it.

                                    0|mmserver | MMM-NetworkScanner received SCAN_NETWORK
                                    0|mmserver | MMM-NetworkScanner is performing arp-scan
                                    0|mmserver | Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
                                    0|mmserver | MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
                                    0|mmserver | If you think this really is an issue, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/issues
                                    0|mmserver | TypeError: Cannot read property 'network' of undefined
                                    0|mmserver |     at Class.scanNetworkMAC (/home/dietpi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-NetworkScanner/node_helper.js:42:36)
                                    0|mmserver |     at Class.socketNotificationReceived (/home/dietpi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-NetworkScanner/node_helper.js:30:18)
                                    0|mmserver |     at Socket. (/home/dietpi/MagicMirror/modules/node_modules/node_helper/index.js:113:11)
                                    0|mmserver |     at Socket.emit (events.js:182:13)
                                    0|mmserver |     at /home/dietpi/MagicMirror/node_modules/socket.io/lib/socket.js:513:12
                                    0|mmserver |     at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:61:11)
                                    
                                    

                                    That error repeat all time.

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                                    • B Offline
                                      barnosch
                                      last edited by barnosch

                                      cool @rak
                                      But as i see, its not yet commited from @ianperrin ?

                                      have you installed a the dependencies like described in the readme?

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                                        epi @barnosch
                                        last edited by

                                        @barnosch

                                        in

                                               config: {
                                        

                                        use

                                        sort: false,
                                        
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                                        • A Offline
                                          AshDarko
                                          last edited by

                                          Hi there, hope you can help… i have tried everything and cannot get this to work. I just receive the “NO DEVICES ONLINE” message…(been working on it for two days)

                                          But as i was writing this message… and inserting my config code i noticed my config said “device:”

                                          Just changed it to “devices:” and now it works… god knows why i had “device”… i dont know if this is in some code somewhere haha

                                          If others are having trouble or getting error messages… just double check that haha… oh man feel like an idiot…

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                                            AshDarko
                                            last edited by

                                            I do however get this from time to time…

                                            MMM-NetworkScanner received SCAN_NETWORK
                                            MMM-NetworkScanner is performing arp-scan
                                            Whoops! There was an uncaught exception...
                                            TypeError: Cannot read property 'network' of undefined
                                                at Class.scanNetworkMAC (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-NetworkScanner/node_helper.js:42:36)
                                                at Class.socketNotificationReceived (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/MMM-NetworkScanner/node_helper.js:30:18)
                                                at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/pi/MagicMirror/modules/node_modules/node_helper/index.js:113:11)
                                                at emitTwo (events.js:126:13)
                                                at Socket.emit (events.js:214:7)
                                                at /home/pi/MagicMirror/node_modules/socket.io/lib/socket.js:528:12
                                                at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:132:7)
                                                at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:181:9)
                                            MagicMirror will not quit, but it might be a good idea to check why this happened. Maybe no internet connection?
                                            
                                            

                                            Any ideas?

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