Thanks for the video, Travis! I've been using ESP32 boards as bluetooth proxies for a while, but I didn't realize that that ESP32 based Shelly devices could act as bluetooth proxies with the stock firmware! I just enabled it on a bunch of my Shelly devices that are still running stock firmware (mainly minis that require soldering to flash, and plugs that are just kind of a pain to open), and it worked like a charm 👍
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Nice! Little hidden secret for sure. I had to test it myself when I saw it on a test box.
@blakebowden9558 күн бұрын
Love the presentation and information- appreciate the candor and the conversational way you've gone about it
@digiblurDIY8 күн бұрын
Thanks! Old school and real without the script nonsense.
@JohnDoe1999-lg7mh10 күн бұрын
Thanks for all you do for the community.
@digiblurDIY10 күн бұрын
Many thanks!
@JohnDoe1999-lg7mh10 күн бұрын
Hi. Yes, I would like to see a video that shows the setup/config with the TTGO ESP32 PoE as the BT-Proxy.
@digiblurDIY8 күн бұрын
Will do
@michaelmacho17 күн бұрын
Yes do more videos on Bluetooth proxy …. Trying to figure out if a I phone and headphones would work with Bluetooth proxy to avoid Bluetooth range limitations when talking on the phone or listening to music.
@digiblurDIY4 күн бұрын
These aren't Bluetooth repeaters.
@TntdruidАй бұрын
I do like the *long* videos 👍
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Someone might have complained saying my 14 min one was too long before so I did a 2 for one. The ones that like the long ones even got a longer video so win win right?
@raymiles534Ай бұрын
Enjoyed the video, learned about the newer shellys. My older shellys are wifi only. I have 3 or 4 atom stacks that I use as bt proxies. I'm not a programmer, but I don't know how to see if these proxies are working, how often they transfer data. A tutorial on how to see this in HA would be awesome to me. Thanks
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
You can turn on the logging as verbose and see the logs. It can get crazy depending on traffic of Bluetooth. Other than that it is unplug each and test one by one to see if sensors work or not.
@gadget1968Ай бұрын
Great Video nice content many thanks for the work you put in... Question have you thought about doing a good video about setting up and configuring a Unifi or other network properly ? Just a thought and or idea .....
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
I don't have or use UniFi routers though so it would definitely trip up some folks trying to do full stacks.
@vikylin28 күн бұрын
so informative!
@wapphigh5250Ай бұрын
Thanks for this Digi , you are a gun on this stuff. One day I'll get around to all this! Believe it or not I have a large (but real stable) HA set up since following yr Dell Micro PC build but don't have any of the ESP32 home or bluetooth stuff. Just stable wifi and ZHA. And maybe 8 older Shellies. I don't even have Matter yet! Been so happy! My question is by adding say an ESP32 (which I'd like to get into) and choosing a bluetooth one, am I going to get 2.4 or other wifi interference? I'm not into wireshark and don;t want to screw up a real stable wifi set up or mess around with different channels. Do I need to worry about this? thanks.
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Nice to hear about the setup! And nawww.... it isn't going to cause any interference really. You probably have a lot bluetooth around already from other things as it is. Bluetooth jumps around with smaller narrow channels as needed.
@rasbe686320 күн бұрын
Great video Travis. The question I have is the govee Bluetooth bulbs. Are they auto discovered or do you have to have the govee Bluetooth installed into home assistant. I bought some of those govee bulbs but they were not Auto discovered.
@digiblurDIY18 күн бұрын
Not sure if those are supported by the built in integration of Govee. Have you tried this one? www.home-assistant.io/integrations/govee_light_local/
@FrankyB295Ай бұрын
I use 3 olimex. Have had problems with them being unstable. Curious on why you are iffy with them. I am thinking about buying new poe BT proxies
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
I had one stop working and then how hot they get compared to others.
@terryuland6502Ай бұрын
How often does the Shelly BLU H&T update the sensor readings? Some folks on Amazon have complained the version of that with the e-ink display only updates every 5 minutes and only if the temp has changed by 1 degree or humidity by 2% and that setting is not configurable.
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
I think it is triggered by the delta. I can put it outside and check to see the change if it is driven by time or temp.
@jtarangomАй бұрын
Great video!!! I have follow your instructions for the shelly method and I can control the shelly from HA but I cannot use it as a Bluetooth proxy, Im trying to add the Switchbot lock but when I try to add the integration it says there are no devices to connect to. Any guidance on how to troubleshoot why its not working? Thanks in advance!!
@digiblurDIY29 күн бұрын
Which lock is it? The non pro one? Is it working with other Bluetooth devices?
@jtarangom29 күн бұрын
@@digiblurDIY yes the non pro. I don't have any other Bluetooth to test at the moment. But I looked into the Shelly logs and the Bluetooth mac address of the lock shows as discovered.
@naronaroyan323Ай бұрын
If I have a Tuya BLE smart lock, would this work as a BLE gateway to have it connect to HA and control the lock that way?
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
I doubt it unless you can obtain the Bluetooth encryption key
@naronaroyan323Ай бұрын
@@digiblurDIY It connected to a Adaproxy bridge that had came with my Fingerbot; did the bridge have the key? I thought it would connect to the hub as it does to my phone. I am able to have local Tuya work on HA using their keys, maybe I can get the bluetooth key that way as well?
@wapphigh5250Ай бұрын
Sorry for all the questions Digi. If somebody like me has a non bluetooth (built in) Dell set up, no ESP home, no new bluetooth shelly's, no bluetooth USB dongle - would you say the best way to "add bluetooth" to HA would be by getting an ESP32 (with bluetooth inbuilt) POE ? what ESP32 board would you recommend to get? Is there an M5Stack that does ESPHome, bluetooth proxy and could also be built as a base for HA local voice? Thanks!
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
No worries, ask away. In my opinion I wouldn't combine all that. Bluetooth can get kind of busy so I wouldn't have it with something else that takes a lot of processing. Trying to save $20 to later potentially give me hours of trouble isn't worth it.
@BryanWood1Ай бұрын
I have ha on a Nuc 11. How to use the onboard Bluetooth of the nuc?
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
I assume HAOS? If it isn't popping in then that chipset probably isn't supported.
@wapphigh5250Ай бұрын
great question!
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Before you go down the rabbit hole of trying to see if your onboard BLE is supported read the "before you begin section" www.home-assistant.io/integrations/bluetooth/#before-you-begin
@BryanWood1Ай бұрын
It does show up in HA, but it says there is entities
@BryanWood1Ай бұрын
It says it is passive
@SteveJones172pilotАй бұрын
Awesome video.. New sub earned for biden PiP 🙂
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Sorry. I was having a bad day. 🤣
@SteveJones172pilotАй бұрын
@@digiblurDIY It was perfect!
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Not literally lol.. Just another shameless quote I keep hearing on news sites.
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Oh and nice name! The kiddo got to fly one a few years ago. I have some video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rr9phqRqmLvIiKM.html
@SteveJones172pilotАй бұрын
@@digiblurDIY That is AWESOME!! I haven't flown in several years.. hope to get back to it! One of my FAVORITE things about flying was to take people for rides like that.. especially kids. Save your money - I bet you're going to be paying for flying lessons soon!! :-) One time, I took a 9 year old girl, and when we were about 300' up, literally still over the runway climbing up, without warning, she yelled "My turn" and stiff-armed the controls and tried to take over.. Luckily it was easy to overpower a small 9 year old girl, and nothing bad happened, but it certainly made me include "dont grab the controls until I let you know!" to my preflight briefing!!
@langelguy8 күн бұрын
I tried do the Shelly Plug method and everything seems to be set up right (active bluetooth scanner mode, newest software, in HA) but isn't discovering any devices. I have an Intel NUC running HA and turned off the native bluetooth to that and my bluetooth devices wouldn't be discovered with the Shelly. When I turn the NUC bluetooth back on, the bluetooth devices are now discoverable in HA. I am just trying to use an easy device to extend my bluetooth near my Yale smart locks for more reliability.
@digiblurDIY8 күн бұрын
Is it the esp32 model of the plug?
@langelguy8 күн бұрын
@@digiblurDIY Its the Shelly Plus Plug US, the same as in this video (got from your Amazon link).
@langelguy3 күн бұрын
@digiblurDYI any thoughts on this?
@thebrentfamily760212 күн бұрын
Any idea if the Shelly plug could be used for Bluetooth proximity too? That would make my life way easier if it could do that vs making cases for esp32 and getting plugs and charger and such
@digiblurDIY12 күн бұрын
Proxy? Yes the Shelly esp32 devices can be enabled
@thebrentfamily760212 күн бұрын
@@digiblurDIYfor Bluetooth proximity sensors, to locate devices in your home. I know you can run it on esp32.
@thebrentfamily760212 күн бұрын
You can use it to configure a dashboard on your device based on the room it's in.
@digiblurDIY12 күн бұрын
No idea there. I would assume it would be the same as other Bluetooth proxies sending data to HA to process.
@mindshelfproАй бұрын
I have a BT USB dongle connected directly to the HA OS MiniPC, but I don't get the settings that you have. Can you show how to use a BT dongle directly please? thanks!
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
what settings? I know some of those just pop in as the BT device but I know the devs of HA having been saying to just go BT proxy now for stability and such.
@ugbundominations2007Ай бұрын
Would the Shelly devices allow for connecting up Govee LED strips?
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
If it is supported by the Bluetooth component in HA.
@vjrvideoАй бұрын
Any way to use those shellys like room presence to know who's in the room?
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Does the person have onboard BLE? :) I'm not away of ESPHome of Shelly exposing that to see which device it came from but then again I haven't dug into the room presence thing since my humans do not have onboard BLE yet.
@vjrvideoАй бұрын
@@digiblurDIY With iPhones now days is good to know where people are in the house. Just a sample case, if somebody put clothes on the washer machine I will know who was to message later when ready.
@stang70manАй бұрын
I have problems with the Govee 5178 temperature sensor that they won't stay on Fahrenheit, but go back and forth to Celsius. I contacted Govee and they sent me two more and they did the same thing...
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Looks like it isn't available on Amazon might be one of the reasons
@EmilePolkaАй бұрын
The only Pain in the arse on this thing is once you want to move it to a different SSID any esp32 with bt proxy enabled via wifi have issues accesing the AP mode captive portal. Its very hard to access that you might as well just reflash the entire thing instead if you want to move that thing on different ssid. My other esp32 that doesn't have bt proxy have no problems accessing the AP mode captive portal.
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
You can add more than one wifi ssid on Esphome from what I remember
@jackipieggАй бұрын
26:06 Does it work with aqara locks without the stupid hub now?!
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Aqara is Thread/Zigbee
@jackipieggАй бұрын
@@digiblurDIY Its locks specifically use bluetooth for some odd reason.
@Rsm583Ай бұрын
With your 3d print enclosure that filament did you use? If you use pla use something like abs
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Regular PLA like I used for many other cases. The Olimex just gets smoking hot.
@Rsm583Ай бұрын
@digiblurDIY Don't use pla for electronic enclosures. Use petg or abs. Pla is brittle and can easily break in time.
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
I have some enclosures that ran for years without issues. But they don't get hot so lesson learned there.
@BryanWood1Ай бұрын
What about if my Shellly plug is flashed with Tasmota?
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Nope. Tasmota does not support Esphome Bluetooth proxy at this time.
@BryanWood1Ай бұрын
@@digiblurDIY okay. thanks
@robbiedenton3752Ай бұрын
Why use AAA batteries in freezer?
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
Because coincells don't work well. They just freeze up.
@Ender_WigginАй бұрын
Darn it i had a ESP32-C6 and it did not pop up for me
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
You can manually add Esphome devices. Hit add and hit Esphome then put that IP in.
@OzDrizzleDrizzleАй бұрын
Bluetooth as a tech needs to go away. Maybe ok of for beacon tracking but that’s about it.
@digiblurDIYАй бұрын
What should replace this? It's being implemented in so many more products now.
@OzDrizzleDrizzleАй бұрын
@@digiblurDIY a ground up rethink. Not 2.4ghz for a start, standardised and adhered to transmit and receive power and antenna design. Bluetooth was great for its time when it came out 20 years ago but it’s time for something more reliable and standardised.
@jasonsmathers2361Ай бұрын
I thought the same until I got some Bluetooth devices setup in my camper. It is at remote location to my home assistant instance and I can use wireguard along with Bluetooth proxy on an esp32 device to have them still show up in home assistant. Pretty cool.
@OzDrizzleDrizzleАй бұрын
@@jasonsmathers2361 Great to hear they’re working well. I do fear this just reinforces my judgement though. Blue tooth assumes a nice, congestion free 2.4 ghz environment so no residential density and very short distances between gateway. It’s compromised on just so many levels. After 20+ years I would expect a dedicated radio band sub 2ghz for IoT that is NOT licensed and has rigorous standards. As it stands it’s just a sh** show. My opinion is based on having multiple esp32 gateways both wired Poe and wireless and following what is going on with chatter in the logs. It’s a debarkle. Pretty much only useful for one way devices where it doesn’t matter if it takes 1sec or 300 and 20 retransmits for a byte of info to be received. Bluetooth is cheap and nasty. Mostly nasty.
@jasonsmathers2361Ай бұрын
@@OzDrizzleDrizzle I agree, not the greatest for in a congested environment, but checkout Hubble Network. Bluetooth connection to a satellite.. assuming it ends up happening.