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    MMM-whoshome A way to know who is home based on cellular phones

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    • Y Offline
      yedidia
      last edited by

      Description:

      This module tracks who is at home by detecting the presence of personal cellular phones on the local network. It can also be used with laptops, cars (e.g., Teslas), or any other Wi-Fi-enabled devices.

      Note: Most phones use randomized MAC addresses. For accurate tracking, ensure your phone uses its real MAC address on your home network.

      Screenshots:

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      Download:

      https://github.com/yedidiaklein/MMM-whoshome

      Misc:

      Any suggestion will be appreciated here or even better on issues link in github.

      I’m also working (and even have a beta release) on an android app that will let you see this info from everywhere including history.
      looking for beta testers…

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        cheesyandy @yedidia
        last edited by

        @yedidia Looks good. Do you know if there a any risk constantly pinging phones will stop them from sleeping and affect the battery life?

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          DarrenHill
          last edited by

          Looked good and installed it, but can’t get it to work.

          The list is showing up on the Mirror, but never actually sees anyone.
          The MAC addresses are in and confirmed as correct, and randomisation iş turned off.
          Install instructions also followed, with nmap installed as well.

          Is there any easy way to help troubleshoot this?

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            rewie85 @DarrenHill
            last edited by

            @DarrenHill same here, did you find a solution?

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              DarrenHill @rewie85
              last edited by

              @rewie85 - Not yet, but it has only been 24 hours since I posted (and installed) it.

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                yedidia @DarrenHill
                last edited by

                @DarrenHill
                Please take a look on pm2 log
                Do you see any information there ?
                There also should be a directory under MagicMirror named state with files, does it exist ? is there any files there ? files should be mac addresses.

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                  rewie85 @yedidia
                  last edited by sdetweil

                  @yedidia, its quite a big log but maybe it helps. Thanks!

                  /home/rwieners/.pm2/logs/mm-out.log last 15 lines:
                  0|mm       |       [Symbol(kCapture)]: false,
                  0|mm       |       [Symbol(kSetNoDelay)]: false,
                  0|mm       |       [Symbol(kSetKeepAlive)]: false,
                  0|mm       |       [Symbol(kSetKeepAliveInitialDelay)]: 0,
                  0|mm       |       [Symbol(kBytesRead)]: 0,
                  0|mm       |       [Symbol(kBytesWritten)]: 0
                  0|mm       |     }
                  0|mm       |   ],
                  0|mm       |   [Symbol(shapeMode)]: false,
                  0|mm       |   [Symbol(kCapture)]: false
                  0|mm       | }
                  0|mm       | [2024-09-30 20:02:15.322] [LOG]   Rene F0:EE:7A:45:XXXXXX 0
                  0|mm       | [2024-09-30 20:02:15.380] [LOG]   Kathi F0:EE:7A:4XXXXXXX 0
                  0|mm       | [2024-09-30 20:02:15.381] [LOG]   Final state:
                  0|mm       | [2024-09-30 20:02:15.383] [LOG]   [ [ 'Rene', 0, '' ], [ 'Kathi', 0, '' ] ]
                  
                  0|mm  | [2024-09-30 20:03:15.204] [LOG]   MMM-whoshome received a socket notification: FETCH_PEOPLE - Payload: [object Object]
                  0|mm  | [2024-09-30 20:03:15.204] [LOG]   Mapping mac addresses...
                  0|mm  | [2024-09-30 20:03:15.238] [LOG]   Mapping output:
                  0|mm  | [2024-09-30 20:03:15.245] [LOG]   <ref *1> ChildProcess {
                  0|mm  |   _events: [Object: null prototype] {
                  0|mm  |     close: [Function: exithandler],
                  0|mm  |     error: [Function: errorhandler]
                  0|mm  |   },
                  0|mm  |   _eventsCount: 2,
                  0|mm  |   _maxListeners: undefined,
                  0|mm  |   _closesNeeded: 3,
                  0|mm  |   _closesGot: 0,
                  0|mm  |   connected: false,
                  0|mm  |   signalCode: null,
                  0|mm  |   exitCode: null,
                  0|mm  |   killed: false,
                  0|mm  |   spawnfile: '/bin/sh',
                  0|mm  |   _handle: Process {
                  0|mm  |     onexit: [Function (anonymous)],
                  0|mm  |     pid: 58752,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(owner_symbol)]: [Circular *1]
                  0|mm  |   },
                  0|mm  |   spawnargs: [
                  0|mm  |     '/bin/sh',
                  0|mm  |     '-c',
                  0|mm  |     'modules/MMM-whoshome/mapmacs.sh F0:EE:7A:XXXXXX F0:EE:7A:XXXXXX '
                  0|mm  |   ],
                  0|mm  |   pid: 58752,
                  0|mm  |   stdin: <ref *2> Socket {
                  0|mm  |     connecting: false,
                  0|mm  |     _hadError: false,
                  0|mm  |     _parent: null,
                  0|mm  |     _host: null,
                  0|mm  |     _closeAfterHandlingError: false,
                  0|mm  |     _events: {
                  0|mm  |       close: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       error: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       prefinish: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       finish: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       drain: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       data: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       end: [Function: onReadableStreamEnd],
                  0|mm  |       readable: undefined
                  0|mm  |     },
                  0|mm  |     _readableState: ReadableState {
                  0|mm  |       highWaterMark: 16384,
                  0|mm  |       buffer: [],
                  0|mm  |       bufferIndex: 0,
                  0|mm  |       length: 0,
                  0|mm  |       pipes: [],
                  0|mm  |       awaitDrainWriters: null,
                  0|mm  |       readable: false,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kState)]: 1054468
                  0|mm  |     },
                  0|mm  |     _writableState: WritableState {
                  0|mm  |       highWaterMark: 16384,
                  0|mm  |       length: 0,
                  0|mm  |       corked: 0,
                  0|mm  |       onwrite: [Function: bound onwrite],
                  0|mm  |       writelen: 0,
                  0|mm  |       bufferedIndex: 0,
                  0|mm  |       pendingcb: 0,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kState)]: 17564420,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBufferedValue)]: null
                  0|mm  |     },
                  0|mm  |     allowHalfOpen: false,
                  0|mm  |     _maxListeners: undefined,
                  0|mm  |     _eventsCount: 1,
                  0|mm  |     _sockname: null,
                  0|mm  |     _pendingData: null,
                  0|mm  |     _pendingEncoding: '',
                  0|mm  |     server: null,
                  0|mm  |     _server: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(async_id_symbol)]: 6616,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kHandle)]: Pipe { [Symbol(owner_symbol)]: [Circular *2] },
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(lastWriteQueueSize)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(timeout)]: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBuffer)]: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBufferCb)]: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBufferGen)]: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(shapeMode)]: true,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kCapture)]: false,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kSetNoDelay)]: false,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kSetKeepAlive)]: false,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kSetKeepAliveInitialDelay)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBytesRead)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBytesWritten)]: 0
                  0|mm  |   },
                  0|mm  |   stdout: <ref *3> Socket {
                  0|mm  |     connecting: false,
                  0|mm  |     _hadError: false,
                  0|mm  |     _parent: null,
                  0|mm  |     _host: null,
                  0|mm  |     _closeAfterHandlingError: false,
                  0|mm  |     _events: {
                  0|mm  |       close: [Function (anonymous)],
                  0|mm  |       error: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       prefinish: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       finish: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       drain: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       data: [Function: onChildStdout],
                  0|mm  |       end: [Function: onReadableStreamEnd],
                  0|mm  |       readable: undefined
                  0|mm  |     },
                  0|mm  |     _readableState: ReadableState {
                  0|mm  |       highWaterMark: 16384,
                  0|mm  |       buffer: [],
                  0|mm  |       bufferIndex: 0,
                  0|mm  |       length: 0,
                  0|mm  |       pipes: [],
                  0|mm  |       awaitDrainWriters: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kState)]: 200354052,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kDecoderValue)]: [StringDecoder],
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kEncodingValue)]: 'utf8'
                  0|mm  |     },
                  0|mm  |     _writableState: WritableState {
                  0|mm  |       highWaterMark: 16384,
                  0|mm  |       length: 0,
                  0|mm  |       corked: 0,
                  0|mm  |       onwrite: [Function: bound onwrite],
                  0|mm  |       writelen: 0,
                  0|mm  |       bufferedIndex: 0,
                  0|mm  |       pendingcb: 0,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kState)]: 17564420,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBufferedValue)]: null
                  0|mm  |     },
                  0|mm  |     allowHalfOpen: false,
                  0|mm  |     _maxListeners: undefined,
                  0|mm  |     _eventsCount: 3,
                  0|mm  |     _sockname: null,
                  0|mm  |     _pendingData: null,
                  0|mm  |     _pendingEncoding: '',
                  0|mm  |     server: null,
                  0|mm  |     _server: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(async_id_symbol)]: 6617,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kHandle)]: Pipe { reading: true, [Symbol(owner_symbol)]: [Circular *3] },
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(lastWriteQueueSize)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(timeout)]: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBuffer)]: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBufferCb)]: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBufferGen)]: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(shapeMode)]: true,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kCapture)]: false,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kSetNoDelay)]: false,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kSetKeepAlive)]: false,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kSetKeepAliveInitialDelay)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBytesRead)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBytesWritten)]: 0
                  0|mm  |   },
                  0|mm  |   stderr: <ref *4> Socket {
                  0|mm  |     connecting: false,
                  0|mm  |     _hadError: false,
                  0|mm  |     _parent: null,
                  0|mm  |     _host: null,
                  0|mm  |     _closeAfterHandlingError: false,
                  0|mm  |     _events: {
                  0|mm  |       close: [Function (anonymous)],
                  0|mm  |       error: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       prefinish: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       finish: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       drain: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       data: [Function: onChildStderr],
                  0|mm  |       end: [Function: onReadableStreamEnd],
                  0|mm  |       readable: undefined
                  0|mm  |     },
                  0|mm  |     _readableState: ReadableState {
                  0|mm  |       highWaterMark: 16384,
                  0|mm  |       buffer: [],
                  0|mm  |       bufferIndex: 0,
                  0|mm  |       length: 0,
                  0|mm  |       pipes: [],
                  0|mm  |       awaitDrainWriters: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kState)]: 200354052,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kDecoderValue)]: [StringDecoder],
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kEncodingValue)]: 'utf8'
                  0|mm  |     },
                  0|mm  |     _writableState: WritableState {
                  0|mm  |       highWaterMark: 16384,
                  0|mm  |       length: 0,
                  0|mm  |       corked: 0,
                  0|mm  |       onwrite: [Function: bound onwrite],
                  0|mm  |       writelen: 0,
                  0|mm  |       bufferedIndex: 0,
                  0|mm  |       pendingcb: 0,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kState)]: 17564420,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBufferedValue)]: null
                  0|mm  |     },
                  0|mm  |     allowHalfOpen: false,
                  0|mm  |     _maxListeners: undefined,
                  0|mm  |     _eventsCount: 3,
                  0|mm  |     _sockname: null,
                  0|mm  |     _pendingData: null,
                  0|mm  |     _pendingEncoding: '',
                  0|mm  |     server: null,
                  0|mm  |     _server: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(async_id_symbol)]: 6618,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kHandle)]: Pipe { reading: true, [Symbol(owner_symbol)]: [Circular *4] },
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(lastWriteQueueSize)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(timeout)]: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBuffer)]: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBufferCb)]: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBufferGen)]: null,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(shapeMode)]: true,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kCapture)]: false,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kSetNoDelay)]: false,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kSetKeepAlive)]: false,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kSetKeepAliveInitialDelay)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBytesRead)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |     [Symbol(kBytesWritten)]: 0
                  0|mm  |   },
                  0|mm  |   stdio: [
                  0|mm  |     <ref *2> Socket {
                  0|mm  |       connecting: false,
                  0|mm  |       _hadError: false,
                  0|mm  |       _parent: null,
                  0|mm  |       _host: null,
                  0|mm  |       _closeAfterHandlingError: false,
                  0|mm  |       _events: [Object],
                  0|mm  |       _readableState: [ReadableState],
                  0|mm  |       _writableState: [WritableState],
                  0|mm  |       allowHalfOpen: false,
                  0|mm  |       _maxListeners: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       _eventsCount: 1,
                  0|mm  |       _sockname: null,
                  0|mm  |       _pendingData: null,
                  0|mm  |       _pendingEncoding: '',
                  0|mm  |       server: null,
                  0|mm  |       _server: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(async_id_symbol)]: 6616,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kHandle)]: [Pipe],
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(lastWriteQueueSize)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(timeout)]: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBuffer)]: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBufferCb)]: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBufferGen)]: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(shapeMode)]: true,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kCapture)]: false,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kSetNoDelay)]: false,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kSetKeepAlive)]: false,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kSetKeepAliveInitialDelay)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBytesRead)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBytesWritten)]: 0
                  0|mm  |     },
                  0|mm  |     <ref *3> Socket {
                  0|mm  |       connecting: false,
                  0|mm  |       _hadError: false,
                  0|mm  |       _parent: null,
                  0|mm  |       _host: null,
                  0|mm  |       _closeAfterHandlingError: false,
                  0|mm  |       _events: [Object],
                  0|mm  |       _readableState: [ReadableState],
                  0|mm  |       _writableState: [WritableState],
                  0|mm  |       allowHalfOpen: false,
                  0|mm  |       _maxListeners: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       _eventsCount: 3,
                  0|mm  |       _sockname: null,
                  0|mm  |       _pendingData: null,
                  0|mm  |       _pendingEncoding: '',
                  0|mm  |       server: null,
                  0|mm  |       _server: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(async_id_symbol)]: 6617,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kHandle)]: [Pipe],
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(lastWriteQueueSize)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(timeout)]: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBuffer)]: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBufferCb)]: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBufferGen)]: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(shapeMode)]: true,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kCapture)]: false,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kSetNoDelay)]: false,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kSetKeepAlive)]: false,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kSetKeepAliveInitialDelay)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBytesRead)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBytesWritten)]: 0
                  0|mm  |     },
                  0|mm  |     <ref *4> Socket {
                  0|mm  |       connecting: false,
                  0|mm  |       _hadError: false,
                  0|mm  |       _parent: null,
                  0|mm  |       _host: null,
                  0|mm  |       _closeAfterHandlingError: false,
                  0|mm  |       _events: [Object],
                  0|mm  |       _readableState: [ReadableState],
                  0|mm  |       _writableState: [WritableState],
                  0|mm  |       allowHalfOpen: false,
                  0|mm  |       _maxListeners: undefined,
                  0|mm  |       _eventsCount: 3,
                  0|mm  |       _sockname: null,
                  0|mm  |       _pendingData: null,
                  0|mm  |       _pendingEncoding: '',
                  0|mm  |       server: null,
                  0|mm  |       _server: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(async_id_symbol)]: 6618,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kHandle)]: [Pipe],
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(lastWriteQueueSize)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(timeout)]: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBuffer)]: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBufferCb)]: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBufferGen)]: null,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(shapeMode)]: true,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kCapture)]: false,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kSetNoDelay)]: false,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kSetKeepAlive)]: false,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kSetKeepAliveInitialDelay)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBytesRead)]: 0,
                  0|mm  |       [Symbol(kBytesWritten)]: 0
                  0|mm  |     }
                  0|mm  |   ],
                  0|mm  |   [Symbol(shapeMode)]: false,
                  0|mm  |   [Symbol(kCapture)]: false
                  0|mm  | }
                  0|mm  | [2024-09-30 20:03:15.321] [LOG]   Rene F0:EE:7A:XXXXXX
                  0|mm  | [2024-09-30 20:03:15.363] [LOG]   Kathi F0:EE:7A:XXXXXX
                  0|mm  | [2024-09-30 20:03:15.364] [LOG]   Final state:
                  0|mm  | [2024-09-30 20:03:15.369] [LOG]   [ [ 'Rene', 0, '' ], [ 'Kathi', 0, '' ] ]
                  
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                    rewie85 @yedidia
                    last edited by

                    @yedidia The state folder exists but is empty

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                      yedidia @rewie85
                      last edited by

                      @rewie85
                      Please try to use non capital letters on mac address, maybe this is the problem…
                      And also, what is your home network address ? netmask ?

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                        yedidia @rewie85
                        last edited by

                        @rewie85 @DarrenHill
                        The main version was broken, sorry.

                        Just fixed and updated the git repo.
                        simply do git pull in modules/MMM-whoshome directory and it should work.

                        –Yedidia

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