From 0fe10f8cee060f65b9f80da5822d2d79b95bd4bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Grosen Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 14:34:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update device_tracker.nmap_tracker.markdown (#2289) Added a note to exclude the HA host from scanning as it may cause verbose errors to be generated due to websocket error caused by the scanning. --- source/_components/device_tracker.nmap_tracker.markdown | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/_components/device_tracker.nmap_tracker.markdown b/source/_components/device_tracker.nmap_tracker.markdown index f406a8a25b4..26e4a3fabd6 100644 --- a/source/_components/device_tracker.nmap_tracker.markdown +++ b/source/_components/device_tracker.nmap_tracker.markdown @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Configuration variables: - **hosts** (*Required*): The network address to scan (in any supported NMap format). Mixing subnets and IPs is possible. - **home_interval** (*Optional*): The number of minutes nmap will not scan this device, assuming it is home, in order to preserve the device battery. -- **exclude** (*Optional*): Hosts not to include in nmap scanning. +- **exclude** (*Optional*): Hosts not to include in nmap scanning. Scanning the host where Home Assistant is running can cause problems (websocket error), so excluding that host is a good idea. - **scan_options** (*Optional*): Configurable scan options for nmap. Default to `-F --host-timeout 5s`