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Device tracker entity | Device tracker |
A device tracker is a read-only entity that provides presence information. There are two types of device tracker entities, a ScannerEntity and a TrackerEntity.
ScannerEntity
A ScannerEntity reports the connected state of a device on the local network. If the device is connected the ScannerEntity will have state home
and if the device is not connected the state will be not_home
.
Derive a platform entity from homeassistant.components.device_tracker.config_entry.ScannerEntity
Properties
:::tip
Properties should always only return information from memory and not do I/O (like network requests). Implement update()
or async_update()
to fetch data.
:::
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
battery_level | int | None |
None |
The battery level of the device. |
hostname | str | None |
None |
The hostname of the device. |
ip_address | str | None |
None |
The IP address of the device. |
is_connected | bool |
Required | The connection state of the device. |
mac_address | str | None |
None |
The MAC address of the device. |
source_type | SourceType |
SourceType.ROUTER |
The source type of the device. |
DHCP discovery
If the device tracker source_type
is router
and the ip_address
, mac_address
, and hostname
properties have been set, the data will
speed up DHCP discovery
as the system will not have to wait for
DHCP discover packets to find existing devices.
TrackerEntity
A TrackerEntity tracks the location of a device and reports it either as a location name, a zone name or home
or not_home
states. A TrackerEntity normally receives GPS coordinates to determine its state. Either location_name
or latitude
and longitude
should be set to report state.
Derive a platform entity from homeassistant.components.device_tracker.config_entry.TrackerEntity
Properties
:::tip
Properties should always only return information from memory and not do I/O (like network requests). Implement update()
or async_update()
to fetch data.
:::
Name | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
battery_level | int | None |
None |
The battery level of the device. |
latitude | float | None |
None |
The latitude coordinate of the device. |
location_accuracy | int |
0 |
The location accuracy (m) of the device. |
location_name | str | None |
None |
The location name of the device. |
longitude | float | None |
None |
The longitude coordinate of the device. |
source_type | SourceType | SourceType.GPS |
The source type of the device. |