OpenWrt (luci)
This is a presence detection scanner for OpenWrt using luci.
Before this scanner can be used you have to install the luci RPC package on OpenWrt:
# opkg install luci-mod-rpc
To use this device tracker in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file.
After changing the configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI.[Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes. To view the changes, go to Settings > Devices & services > Entities.
# Example configuration.yaml entry
device_tracker:
- platform: luci
host: ROUTER_IP_ADDRESS
username: YOUR_ADMIN_USERNAME
password: YOUR_ADMIN_PASSWORD
See the device tracker integration page for instructions how to configure the people to be tracked.
This device tracker provides a number of additional attributes for each tracked device (if it is at home): flags
, ip
, device
, and host
. The first three attributes are taken from the ARP table returned by the luci RPC. The host
attribute is taken from the platform configuration and can be used to distinguish in which router a device is logged in, if you are using multiple OpenWrt routers.
Some installations have a small bug. The timeout for luci RPC calls is not set and this makes the call fail.
If you want to locally fix your OpenWrt installation, you can apply the change manually to /usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/rpc.lua
, or simply set a fixed timeout. The default is 3600.