No - not android. :( It looks like it might have to be the Fing API and write one. Wish me luck. I hope I still have that much skill (not confident though).
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That was a good suggestion. TRACERT is Windows, but a bit of research gave me traceroute, which is the Linux equivalent. I needed BusyBox on the android device to get that command, and it works fine for the TV. However, for the Home Theatre, it finds it whether it is turned on or not. Very close, but note quite time for the cigar yet. I have a support request in with Fing - that seems to be the only program that is giving me the right answers - to see if there is any way of capturing its output. They do have an API available, and its not expensive - but I am concerned I no longer have the skills to use it to write the utility.
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I can already do that - what I need is the command that will get the info for me.
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That's the one - it can be an incredibly powerful tool, particularly when given superuser privileges. When creating an action, take a look at the "Code" option, and you will see "Shell Command". I also have a plugin for it (RM Plugin - designed primarily to control the RM series of IR blasters) that has a built-in mini server that will execute tasks when it receives a URL. That means I can utilise IFTTT to control just about anything. But it does not solve my problem - the IR remotes for the TV and the Home Theatre is just a power toggle, not separate On and Off. So I need to know if the device is already on or not so that when I say "Turn on the TV", it doesn't just send the signal and actually turn it off. Detecting its existence (or not) on the network will answer that question, so Tasker can decide whether or not to send the IR signal.
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Yes, for Android. The device I am using is a slightly older (but not too old) phone, which I have rooted and loaded Tasker and a Terminal Emulator on. It makes the thing like a cut-down Linux (which Android is based on, anyway). Tasker will happily run a Shell command, and capture both the stdout and stderr streams for me.
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Thanks Richard - I'll take a look at that one when I wake up in the morning, and let you know how it goes.
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I am looking for a command-utility that will tell me if a particular device is connected to the home network. (TV and Home Theatre in particular). These devices are not responding to a Ping, so that does not help. NMap does not find them either (not sure why), even with its most intense scan. Fing finds them OK, but only seems to be available in with a GUI, and I need to be able to capture the response in Tasker. They do also appear on my routers' "Attached Devices" pages. Note that my programming skills have deteriorated significantly over recent months due to my brain injury, so I am unable to write anything from scratch (Its taken me 5 days to even set up tasker to a point that would have taken me 2 hours a couple of years ago). If anyone is able to help, it would be very much appreciated.
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