Created At
Apr 23, 2020
UniFi Presence
Created By Oleksiy Lukyanchykov
Quick App to track presence based on the status of the device's MAC address in the UniFi controller.
Last Update
May 04, 2020
Platforms
HC 3 Lite, Yubii Home, HC 3
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Type Quick App
It is a Quick App to track presence based on the status of the device's MAC address in the UniFi controller. The app emulates a binary sensor. "Unknown" and "Home" correspond to the sensor's status "true", "Away" corresponds to the sensor's status "false".
The following variables are mandatory:
- controller - address of controller including protocol and port (e.g., https://192.168.1.10:8443/)
- site - name of the site defined in controller and where MAC address will be searched (e.g., default)
- login - username to log into the controller. I recommend creating a dedicated user with read-only access to the controller (e.g., fibaro)
- password - self-explanatory
- frequency - how often to poll controller (in seconds, e.g., 120)
- mac - MAC address of the device that will be tracked (e.g., d4:a3:3d:c2:b9:e4)
The following variables are optional:
- away delay - the app changes status for MAC address from "presence detected" to "presence not detected" if the UniFi controller "sees" the mac more than "away delay" seconds ago. If the variable is not defined, then the value of "frequency" is used as "away delay".
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Razvan Velterean - I am trying to do this same and have received the same results as you using port 443. I get connection refused when trying port 8443. Have you managed to find out what was stopping your quick app from running? we are using a Cloud Key Gen2 Thanks Owen
[24.03.2021] [21:38:00] [ERROR] [QUICKAPP357]: QuickApp crashed [24.03.2021] [21:38:00] [ERROR] [QUICKAPP357]: /usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode/util.lua:35: unexpected character @ character: 2 1:2 [<] line: [24.03.2021] [21:38:52] [WARNING] [QUICKAPP357]: Variable away delay not found [24.03.2021] [21:38:52] [DEBUG] [QUICKAPP357]: onInit(): away delay equals frequency [24.03.2021] [21:38:52] [TRACE] [QUICKAPP357]: setPresenceStatus() called: Unknown [24.03.2021] [21:38:52] [DEBUG] [QUICKAPP357]: loginUnifi() succeed [24.03.2021] [21:39:52] [TRACE] [QUICKAPP357]: checkMacUnifi() succeed [24.03.2021] [21:39:52] [ERROR] [QUICKAPP357]: QuickApp crashed [24.03.2021] [21:39:52] [ERROR] [QUICKAPP357]: /usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode/util.lua:35: unexpected character @ character: 2 1:2 [<] line: [24.03.2021] [21:40:00] [WARNING] [QUICKAPP357]: Variable away delay not found [24.03.2021] [21:40:00] [DEBUG] [QUICKAPP357]: onInit(): away delay equals frequency [24.03.2021] [21:40:00] [TRACE] [QUICKAPP357]: setPresenceStatus() called: Unknown [24.03.2021] [21:40:00] [DEBUG] [QUICKAPP357]: loginUnifi() succeed [24.03.2021] [21:41:01] [TRACE] [QUICKAPP357]: checkMacUnifi() succeed [24.03.2021] [21:41:01] [ERROR] [QUICKAPP357]: QuickApp crashed [24.03.2021] [21:41:01] [ERROR] [QUICKAPP357]: /usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode/util.lua:35: unexpected character @ character: 2 1:2 [<] line: [24.03.2021] [21:42:00] [WARNING] [QUICKAPP357]: Variable away delay not found [24.03.2021] [21:42:00] [DEBUG] [QUICKAPP357]: onInit(): away delay equals frequency [24.03.2021] [21:42:00] [TRACE] [QUICKAPP357]: setPresenceStatus() called: Unknown [24.03.2021] [21:42:00] [DEBUG] [QUICKAPP357]: loginUnifi() succeed [24.03.2021] [21:43:00] [TRACE] [QUICKAPP357]: checkMacUnifi() succeed [24.03.2021] [21:43:00] [ERROR] [QUICKAPP357]: QuickApp crashed
@Oleksiy Lukyanchykov, I reinstalled your app after this long beta and still not working. I see you're using a software controller and I use a UCK-G2-Plus. There's no way I did something wrong. There's only one variable. My site is named different than default but I tried both names: default and the actual name. Other than that, there's not much I can try. Except the port. It worked to connect on port 443 and with actual site name but now I have another problem [24.03.2021] [21:23:05] [ERROR] [QUICKAPP357]: loginUnifi() failed: "Connection refused" [24.03.2021] [21:23:33] [WARNING] [QUICKAPP357]: Variable away delay not found [24.03.2021] [21:23:33] [DEBUG] [QUICKAPP357]: onInit(): away delay equals frequency [24.03.2021] [21:23:33] [TRACE] [QUICKAPP357]: setPresenceStatus() called: Unknown [24.03.2021] [21:23:33] [DEBUG] [QUICKAPP357]: loginUnifi() succeed [24.03.2021] [21:24:33] [TRACE] [QUICKAPP357]: checkMacUnifi() succeed [24.03.2021] [21:24:33] [ERROR] [QUICKAPP357]: QuickApp crashed [24.03.2021] [21:24:33] [ERROR] [QUICKAPP357]: /usr/share/lua/5.3/json/decode/util.lua:35: unexpected character @ character: 2 1:2 [<] line:
@Razvan Velterean: the app works fine for me with UniFi 6.1.x. I run UniFi on a NAS in a Docker container. ''Connection refused" means that the app can't establish a TCP connection with UnFi, so it can't be related to API changes. Most likely, it is the result of the wrong app configuration.
Does it works well?