diff --git a/source/_components/device_tracker.markdown b/source/_components/device_tracker.markdown index e5b5c81da5f..7024f156d56 100644 --- a/source/_components/device_tracker.markdown +++ b/source/_components/device_tracker.markdown @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ footer: true Home Assistant can get information from your wireless router to track which devices are connected. Please check the sidebar for a list of brands of supported wireless routers. -There are also trackers available which uses different technologies like [MQTT](/components/mqtt/) or [nmap](/components/device_tracker.nmap_scanner/) to scan the network for devices +There are also trackers available which uses different technologies like [MQTT](/components/mqtt/) or [Nmap](/components/device_tracker.nmap_scanner/) to scan the network for devices. To get started add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml` (example for Netgear): @@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ device_tracker: ``` Once tracking, a file will be created in your config dir called `known_devices.yaml`. Edit this file to adjust which devices have to be tracked. Here you can also setup a url for each device to be used as the entity picture and set whether the device will be show in the UI when in away state. + +Multiple device trackers can be used in parallel, such as [Owntracks](/components/device_tracker.owntracks/) and [Nmap](/components/device_tracker.nmap_scanner/). The state of the device will be determined by the source that reported last. diff --git a/source/_components/device_tracker.owntracks.markdown b/source/_components/device_tracker.owntracks.markdown index 68281a87146..4661b0f11a3 100644 --- a/source/_components/device_tracker.owntracks.markdown +++ b/source/_components/device_tracker.owntracks.markdown @@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ device_tracker: There is no further configuration needed for tracking Owntracks devices. +Owntracks can also be used with other device trackers, such as [Nmap](/components/device_tracker.nmap_scanner/) or [Netgear](/components/device_tracker.netgear/). To do this, fill in the `mac` field to the Owntracks entry in `known_devices.yaml` with the MAC address of the device you want to track. This way the state of the device will be determined by the source that reported last.