Domoticz

Not sure if it's possible but i'd like to ping my phone to see if i'm home or away. Is it possible with dzvents?

not really sure, but if you have a iOS device, it won't reply on ping
if you have an Android device (huawei act like this), it won't reply on standby

presence with mobiles is quite wired...

I had it working with a lua script but it was using the time method and was every minute which was a bit to often to have it happening.

what about the System Alive Checker (PING) availble in the hardware list?

Didn't even think of that Seems to be working pretty good, thanks emme

Had that idea some years ago but as emme says there is a problem with iOS devices. Now since some weeks I have a FritzBox router (also available in Australia ( http://firstint.com.au/fritzbox-fon-wlan-7490/)). This box knows the presence of an iOS device even if it is in sleep mode. I tested with iPAD 1, iPAD 3 and iPad Air but also with Android 6.0 phone. Presence is detected 1-2 seconds after WiFi has logged in to the router. Absence needs up to 10minutes after the device is logged out.

I found a script (German): https://www.schlaue-huette.de/apis-co/f ... -fritzbox/ which can be used for login triggered by a cronjob reading out the presence of any network device. So it is used as presence detection.

Just for fun I modified it and integrated some Domoticz switch commands. The script asks for 2 devices and swiches a lamp in case of one of the two devices are present and delivers an echo message when started from CLI which device is present. So it can be used at a basic php script for presence detection. I think I will place it in the Wiki in the next days. If somene is interested I can place it here.

Hai.
As I also have a FritzBox, I'm surely interested in the script you mention.