HowTo: NodeRed - Presence detection via ping requests

In order to be able to automate your own smart home properly, one function is quite important: Are residents present or not? This is the only way the system can, for example, automatically deactivate the heaters, switch certain lights off or on or even activate the alarm functions.

In the article Node Red / FritzBox – presence detection with the FritzBox I have already described how this can be achieved using the function integrated into a FritzBox. But what if you don't use a FritzBox as a router?

In that case, there are a few other options, one of which I would like to describe to you in this article. The presence of various devices (e.g. residents' smartphones) can also be realized via regular ping requests.

These regular ping queries can be automated and evaluated with NodeRed. An initial basis for this automation is described in the following article.


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Requirements

Helpful articles:
To be able to install new nodes, NodeRed should of course already be installed on your RaspberryPi.
How to prepare a RaspberryPi and then install NodeRed on it is described in the following articles.

In the following lists you will find all the parts you need to implement this article.

Required tool:

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1xScrewdriver set  Buy at Amazon
1xSD card reader  Buy at Amazon

Required material:

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1x Raspberry Pi  Buy at Amazon
1x Raspberry Pi power supply  Buy at Amazon
1x Raspberry Pi case  Buy at Amazon
1x Micro SD card 64GB  Buy at Amazon
1xSMA EV CHARGER 22 Wallbox


Import Node Red code

In this section you will find the Node Red code you need. How you can import this into your NodeRed environment is in the article NodeRed - import and export node code described.

To use the node code linked below with your ESPEasy device, you need to make a few changes. These are described in the next section.

You can find the Node Red code in the Nerdiy Git repository at the following link:

Another view of the Node Red Flow in the configuration interface.

In order for the Node Red Flow to work correctly, you must enter the IP address of the device from which you want to query the presence in the area marked red.

You can find information on how to find out the IP addresses of individual devices in the article

The area marked in red shows the JavaScript code that converts the response time into a presence signal.

So you can use the global variable “device_is-present” to evaluate the presence status of the device.


More articles about Node Red

In the following categories you will find further links on the topic of Node Red.


Have fun with the project

I hope everything worked as described for you. If not or you have questions or suggestions please let me know in the comments. I will then add this to the article if necessary.
Ideas for new projects are always welcome. 🙂

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