Home Assistant Active Bluetooth Proxy - Lights, Switchbots, Toothbrushes

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The Home Assistant Devs have done it again with active bluetooth proxies to control all the things! digiblur.com/wiki/ha/#bluetooth - How to Create a proxy - • How To Make a Home Ass...
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#esp32 #bluetooth #homeassistant
00:00 Intro
1:19 ESP32-C3 and Solo
3:46 Bluetooth Compatible Devices
5:34 Bluetooth Light Testing
06:29 Closing Thoughts
07:36 The BEST Part!

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@jperquin1807 Жыл бұрын

Would be nice if BT Proxy supports BT pairing (with PIN code). That would open up a whole bunch of other devices (eg. Eqiva 3 radiator thermostatic valve)..

@brendanm720 Жыл бұрын

Super cool!

@TristynRusselo Жыл бұрын

I have 3 switchbots, one turns on my Keurig, one on the espresso machine, and one on my KVM in the basement for when i forget to switch off the basement input. I use a HA automation to "set state" to OFF, 15 or 30 minutes after turning on to mimic the auto-off feature of the coffee machines.

@user-jm8ho2hy8g Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this info

@RocketBoom1966 Жыл бұрын

I flashed a couple of AtomS3 Lite (ESPS3 chip) devices and configured them with Bluetooth Proxy active and passive. They are working pretty good so far.

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I do need to try it on a Devkit S3 now that I see that model supported.

@ronm6585 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Travis.

@jeibar Жыл бұрын

After testing couple of flood light , I found that the only ones that work with the Bluetooth integration are the ones that work with the happy lighting app and show up as trioones , not other ones . I bought couple that work with the duoCo strip app and they didn’t show in HA . Keep in mind before buying , make sure the lights work with happy lighting only .

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

We have found a few here as well digiblur.com/wiki/ha/bluetooth-compatible-devices#lights

@guyin916 Жыл бұрын

that bluetooth floods are looking pretty slick!

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Only bad thing I can see is no security so your neighbors could control the floods if they reallllly wanted to.

@mvrck-pb5pk Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY this: no security

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

If you have that worry then I would stick to zigbee/zwave floods.

@mvrck-pb5pk Жыл бұрын

Gonna stick with zigbee. Thanks for your insights put in this video about ble/bt. Cheers

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Do you know any decent 100w outdoor floods? Gledopto has some 60 watts but they were a little too pricey.

@guyin916 Жыл бұрын

High Troller thanks you for this video.

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Thanks bro!

@74357175 Жыл бұрын

Are there any cool thematic lighting programs to drive the shopLEDs? Like fading cycling colors, or something for Christmas... 😏

@hoodwink55 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for keeping us in the know with new HA tech. Question on this esp device, what usb power source is recommended for it?

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Just regular phone chargers work.

@hoodwink55 Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY Thanks, but how many volts and amps do these little boards need? I only ask because there are many different plain phone charges out there.

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

USB phone charger 5V even 500ma would be fine. Most you'll find now are 5V 1A which is overkill but nothing wrong with overkill.

@hoodwink55 Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY Thanks for clearing that.

@Teleport73 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I have a few ESP32 around the house already doing things with esphome. Could I add this functionality to them in the yaml, but still also keep them doing what they're doing already? So multitasking.

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Yes, as long as the ESP32 isn't busy with crazy sensor reading stuff or what not. Simple devices..sure..fire it away!

@eden7786 Жыл бұрын

Been looking for flood lights that work well with Home assistant. If you got any more info on flood, please share. thanks for the video.

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Those are the two I know of right now.. There are some other zigbee or ws2812 options but a little more money and rabbit hole.

@Tntdruid Жыл бұрын

NIce guide

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@DmitriyKhazansky Жыл бұрын

What’s the Wally’s addressable led light you mentioned around the 5min mark?

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

wallyslights.com/collections/flood-lights

@ljnett1 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on how to install the proxie on a bulb with tasmota3 on a esp32-c3

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Might not be bad walk through of how to do a fresh esp32 proxy. Thanks!

@LIONTRIBEACTUAL Жыл бұрын

I have Melpo downlights and outdoor floods…..is there anything I can do with these?

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

See if they are pop up in bluetooth is really all you can do to see if they are supported.

@johnlandgrave1617 Жыл бұрын

Have you found a way to use the Govee Bluetooth String lights with the BT Proxy?

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

I don't see those supported as of yet.

@salehb1979 Жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for the video, i have esp32 s3 box, i got it to use as a proxy, but i am not able to flash it with esphome, any pointers will be highly appreciated.....

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

I played with a couple S3 variant settings of ESPHome but it seems super buggy and ping times are through the roof. Not normal for this chipset at all. It is just way too early in development I guess.

@HATipsByLarry Жыл бұрын

You said you couldn't find a use for the switchbot bot? I use it to turn my humidifier on and change the levels based on the switchbot temp/humidity sensor. works will. Its a single button does all humidifier. 😁

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

I live in a high humidity area so we don't have those. I did use it to ring the neighbors doorbell once. That was pretty funny and useful.

@unlock-er Жыл бұрын

Hey Travs, i just bought one of those floodlights on the compatible list, but for some reason the bluetooth proxy is not automatically detecting it. Any idea what I might have done wrong?

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Same person in discord or?

@thebatu89 Жыл бұрын

Could i pair with any generic bluetooth lights with the proxy or does it require specific integration? My local store mostly selling tuya bt lights

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Really one of those things you have to try. I couldn't get Tuya BLE stuff to show up though.

@thebatu89 Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY thanks, are you referring to tuya ble sensors only? I’m tempted to try it out since the bt downlights are like way cheaper than yhe wifi/zigbee ones

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

I tried some downlights with Tuya BLE modules.

@74357175 Жыл бұрын

The Xiaomi e-ink thermometers are great, just a pain to flash

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

I have only done the little smaller coin cell ones. But those were just bluetooth flashed via a couple clicks of a web browser. What model were yours?

@74357175 Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY I've been using the XMWSDJ04MMC. Once you go e-ink it's hard to go back... 🙂

@infotechcsvn Жыл бұрын

Hi, Can i connect LD2410 to home assistant throught bluetooth proxy ESP32 to get sensor value, and can i connect many divices LD2410 ? thanks

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

I tried it using that sensor but it was too flakey for Bluetooth usage. Definitely needs the ESP chip to control it.

@richardbanyai6207 Жыл бұрын

There are still no Ceiling wafer light that are Bluetooth that will work. I thought I saw there was. Do you have any extra info on this Travis? Thanks

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

I haven't seen any myself either. There are some you can load via Tuya cloudcutter and put Esphome on them.

@davidgelinas8460 Жыл бұрын

Someone tried The Sylvania SMART+ Bluetooth bulb ? Those are curently 5$ for two at Dollarama (In Canada)

@lidbergtech 4 ай бұрын

Tried installing several times but my ESP32 is never picking up any BL signals... Any ideas?

@digiblurDIY 4 ай бұрын

Did you add the esphome device to HA itself?

@korykearney6497 Жыл бұрын

can this be installed on a switchbot plug?

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Yup. I have one running and have the config here. digiblur.com/wiki/devices/plugs/switchbot_15_amp_w1901400

@FredSchmitthammer Жыл бұрын

Do I need to flash tasmota on the Shelly to get Bluetooth proxy? If I use the Shelly as a Bluetooth proxy, do I lose the switch capability?

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Supposedly now you can use it with stock firmware. I just don't have any stock to try it.

@FredSchmitthammer Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY We can use the Bluetooth proxy and the switch?

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

I know you can with Esphome but also according to the release notes on HA you can do it with stock firmware on the Shelly plus devices as well.

@FredSchmitthammer Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY Thank you

@felipegilhiriart Жыл бұрын

Hello, do you know if the flic buttons work with the Bluetooth proxy?

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

I haven't heard a no or yes on this.

@felipegilhiriart Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY thanks a lot, because i haven’t be able to connect them to proxy’s, i have the connected to the raspberry pi, but the range is really bad

@PersonXes Жыл бұрын

Apparently this Bluetooth proxy takes up a lot of memory. All my esp32's have one or more sensors etc attached to it and as a result for most of them the firmware won't install with the Bluetooth proxy activated because it exceeds the memory available. Any tips? Also in terms of BLE devices I'd be highly interested in a Bluetooth remote with basic functionality (play, pause, volume up, volume down, next, previous) or even just a single button Bluetooth button (which I'd then use for play/pause).

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

I have one with a GPS chip and a sensor or two and it seems to run fine on the esp32.

@PersonXes Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY OK looks like it was a different problem. The error seemedto indicate I didn't have enough memory on the ESP32, but then I found and article stating that if you enable bluetooth on the ESP32 you need to flash it again over USB the first time (not wirelessly). That did the trick :)

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Ahh yes... The partition layout is different

@calebjpryor Жыл бұрын

I'm curious have you replaced all your blerry stuff with this now?

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

For the most part yes. I still have a Blerry gateway going though for some MQTT things.

@billschatzow9919 Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY Is there an easy way to convert the tasmota to ESPHome on devices that are mounted in the wall? I.E Lindkind switch?

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

As long as you aren't using the safe boot partition scheme of Tasmota you just make your Esphome bin with the setup as needed and send it over via the GUI

@billschatzow9919 Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY Is there a generic bin file for the Linkind switch? Also it appears that HA is still not supporting the Xiaomi sensor yet. Tony's Blerry does.

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

For esphome? No. You need to build your own for your setup.

@74357175 Жыл бұрын

How's the battery consumption on passive devices? Was that not a concern?

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Been using them for a few years, the coin cell ones are okay if you cut back some power settings in PVVX on them but I do prefer the AAA sensors and just throw in rechargeables and don't worry about it.

@74357175 Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY does the PVVX firmware help in the active setting? How does one mitigate drain in the PVVX firmware?

@emf9 Жыл бұрын

Still struggling with the proxy part. Have a few of the gl-s10 devices.... They aren't reliable. Not sure why

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

I've heard that from many folks that they have stability issues and OTA issues. Some have fixed them via forcing 10 mbit on the switch. I would try one of the ESP32 dev kit boards, like nodemcu or even M5 Stack ESP32 to start out and get your feet wet.

@emf9 Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY I have couple of other boards to try. Just need to get time to do it. The gl are a great form factor... If we could fix stability

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

I have my doubts to be honest as the same code can run on the Olimex POE boards and it runs fine. Sounds almost like a hardware issue.

@emf9 Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY but do any other devices use that ip101 Ethernet chip? Seems like they switched chips between versions.

@ryanhakalmazian 11 ай бұрын

Do i need a proxy to use bluetooth?

@digiblurDIY 11 ай бұрын

If your host system has bluetooth you can use that but I recommend the proxies for extended range.

@unlock-er Жыл бұрын

Yo Travs, any recommendations of which flood light on Amazon UK that will be compatible? If you please share the link then that'd be great. Cheers

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Search for happy lighting app ones and see what you find.

@unlock-er Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY Thanks buddy. I did a quick search on Amazon UK and not looking too great.

@AindriuMacGiollaEoin Жыл бұрын

Minoxidol very effective

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Razors work better.

@mackgoodman Жыл бұрын

nice gay parade

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Halloween parade actually. Just lots of variety

@mackgoodman Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY almost unsubscribed... so sick of it all.

@digiblurDIY Жыл бұрын

Over a Halloween parade? Please unsub and see ya!

@mackgoodman Жыл бұрын

@@digiblurDIY ok