ping.yaml

substitutions:
  my_name: ping-sensor

esphome:
  name: ${my_name}
  platform: ESP8266
  board: nodemcuv2
  libraries:
    - ESP8266WiFi
    - https://github.com/akaJes/AsyncPing#95ac7e4

logger:

web_server:

ota:
  password: !secret ota_password

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password
  ap:
    ssid: Ping
    password: !secret wifi_ap_password

captive_portal:

external_components:
  - source:
      type: local
      path: ../components

sensor:
  - platform: ping

    # IP address of the target
    ip_address: 8.8.8.8

    # number of packets to send
    num_attempts: 17

    # the timeout. however, this is not what you usually expect from `ping`
    # implementation: the timeout is also the interval to send packets. if you
    # set this value to 10 sec, and the network is fine (no packet loss), then
    # the component sends a packet at 10 sec interval, and the total time to
    # finish would be 10 sec * num_attempts = 10 * 17 = 170 sec.
    timeout: 1sec

    loss:
      # the name to be shown.
      name: Packet loss

    latency:
      # the name to be shown.
      name: Latency
      # this should be 3 as the value is float, unit is sec, and the raw
      # values are in ms.
      accuracy_decimals: 3

    # the interval for checking the sensors. defaults to 60s.
    update_interval: 30s