Homebridge + UniFi = Occupancy
Homebridge plugin that adds HomeKit occupancy sensors for selected
devices (and people) on your UniFi network to the iOS Home app:
quickly see who's where and automate accordingly
By default, every smartphone gets an occupancy sensor for each access point (room/floor/area).
Access points can be mapped to rooms in Settings. Note that the accessories still need to be manually assigned to the corresponding room in the Home app, which will then automatically hide the room name prefix in the sensor name.
By default, smartphones show up using their owner's name, which is derived from the device (host)name or the alias configured in the UniFi Network UI.
For example, Douwe's iPhone (English), iPhone de Douwe (Spanish), and iPhone van Douwe (Dutch) all show up as Douwe.
Other device types to create sensors for can be enabled in Settings. Device types are determined using the device fingerprint in the UniFi Network UI, either detected automatically or assigned manually.
In addition to sensors for whether a specific device is in a specific room, sensors can be created for whether a specific device is in any room (with the special name Anywhere), whether any device of a specific type is in a specific room, or whether any device of a specific type is in any room.
PS. To see the smartphones on your network in your macOS menu bar as well, check out XBar + UniFi = Who's Home?.
Web Server
This plugin can expose an API to allow other services on your network to learn what devices (and people) are connected. Currently, the only endpoint is http://localhost:<port>/clients.
The Web Server can be enabled in Settings. You can also assign an avatar (using a Gravatar email or image URL) to each device owner. The avatar is not shown in the Home app, but its URL is exposed in the API for use by other services.
Example JSON
[
{
"display_name": "Douwe",
"type": "smartphone",
"room": "Living",
"image_url": "https://s.gravatar.com/avatar/2053c25524bfc5fe833861f628896f87",
"owner": "Douwe",
"name": "Douwe’s iPhone",
"hostname": "",
"mac": "...",
"ip": "192.168.1.214",
"connected": true,
"wired": false,
"wifi_ssid": "...",
"room_mac": "...",
"fingerprint": {
"dev_type_id": "44",
"family_id": "9",
"name": "Apple iPhone 14 Pro",
"os_class_id": "15",
"os_name_id": "24",
"vendor_id": "320",
"id": 4841,
"image_url": "https://static.ubnt.com/fingerprint/0/4841_101x101.png",
"family": "Smartphone",
"type": "Handheld",
"type_id": "44",
"vendor": "Apple, Inc.",
"os_class": "Apple iOS",
"os_name": "Apple iOS"
},
"avatar_url": "https://s.gravatar.com/avatar/2053c25524bfc5fe833861f628896f87",
"guest": false,
"show_as_owner": true,
"raw": {...} # Raw client info from UniFi API
}
]Screenshot
| Default | Customized |
| Smartphones show as their owner | Include smart watches, laptops, tablets, and "Anywhere" sensors |
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Installation
The easiest way to install and configure this plugin is via Homebridge Config UI X.
Alternatively, add homebridge-unifi-occupancy to your Homebridge package.json and add the following to config.json:
{
"platforms": [
{
"platform": "UnifiOccupancy",
"unifi": {
"controller": "https://192.168.1.1",
"username": "<username>",
"password": "<password>",
"site": "default",
"secure": false,
"unifios": true
},
"interval": 180,
"accessPointAliases": [
{
"accessPoint": "Dream Machine",
"alias": "Living"
},
{
"accessPoint": "Office nanoHD",
"alias": "Office"
},
{
"accessPoint": "Bedroom nanoHD",
"alias": "Bedroom"
},
{
"accessPoint": "Roof FlexHD",
"alias": "Rooftop"
}
],
"showAsOwner": "smartphone",
"deviceType": {
"smartphone": {
"roomAccessory": true,
"homeAccessory": false,
"roomCatchallAccessory": false,
"homeCatchallAccessory": false,
"lazy": false
},
"smart_watch": {
"roomAccessory": false,
"homeAccessory": false,
"roomCatchallAccessory": false,
"homeCatchallAccessory": false,
"lazy": false
},
"laptop": {
"roomAccessory": false,
"homeAccessory": false,
"roomCatchallAccessory": false,
"homeCatchallAccessory": false,
"lazy": false
},
"tablet": {
"roomAccessory": false,
"homeAccessory": false,
"roomCatchallAccessory": false,
"homeCatchallAccessory": false,
"lazy": false
},
"ereader": {
"roomAccessory": false,
"homeAccessory": false,
"roomCatchallAccessory": false,
"homeCatchallAccessory": false,
"lazy": false
},
"game_console": {
"roomAccessory": false,
"homeAccessory": false,
"roomCatchallAccessory": false,
"homeCatchallAccessory": false,
"lazy": false
},
"handheld": {
"roomAccessory": false,
"homeAccessory": false,
"roomCatchallAccessory": false,
"homeCatchallAccessory": false,
"lazy": true
},
"other": {
"roomAccessory": false,
"homeAccessory": false,
"lazy": true
},
"wired": {
"roomAccessory": false
},
},
"clientRules": [
{
"label": "Douwe's devices",
"namePatterns": [
"/^Douwe/",
"Nintendo Switch"
],
"roomAccessory": true,
"homeAccessory": false,
"roomCatchallAccessory": false,
"homeCatchallAccessory": false,
"lazy": true
}
],
"server": {
"enabled": false,
"port": 8582,
"username": "",
"password": "",
},
"avatars": [
{
"owner": "Douwe",
"identifier": "hi@douwe.me"
},
{
"owner": "Gaby",
"identifier": "https://em-content.zobj.net/thumbs/240/apple/354/woman_medium-skin-tone_1f469-1f3fd_1f3fd.png"
}
]
}
]
}