2022.8: You can fix it!

Wow. I upgraded and the first thing I saw was:
New Integration Discovered

I didn’t even know my NUC had Bluetooth in it.

Configured and it found this:
configure

What is “hci0”? Is this how HAOS sees my bluetooth in the NUC?

Anyway, this is what the configured integration looks like:
devices

Now what? How do I get it to “discover” any BT devices I have?

hci is an acronym for host controller interface, basically a way for the software to inferface with the hosts bluetooth hardware

Now that you have the bluetooth integration setup if there are any that are currently supported it will auto discover them in time. If they don’t then you may not have any currently.

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Mine did the same, but I think it is the loss of being able to adjust the temperature rather than the color of the bulb. When I came home, all my bulbs were a bit red-ish. I’m reverting to my backup now to see.

Confirmed, previous version has a temperature and color option.

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Upgraded during the live stream and was able to migrate my 8 Goove H5075 Bluetooth Hygrometer Thermometer from Passive BLE to the native Bluetooth integration, and I can say I am experiencing a more stable connection on the most distant devices.

Amazing work HA and Passive BLE team!

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You need to run it on the host

You can also install the community ssh/term addon and disable protected mode to get into the host

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Same. I have several broadlink switches in configuration.yaml and all are no longer available.

Thanks, chaps!
Can’t wait for my Airthings sensors to finally get a stable, local bluetooth integration. I’m also hoping for a magician to find a way to integrate Mill sensors through the new bluetooth integration. I love everything local!

I’d love to see battery life alerts in the Repairs section / it be expanded to more than just “this integration will break in the next version”

I’ve got a hallway motion sensor, which has 5% battery left. Definitely need to replace the battery, but it doesn’t show up in the Repairs section. device_class is battery, so I’d imagine it’d be easy enough to iterate through all the batteries in HA, check if they’re under a certain percentage, then report it as an issue that needs to be repaired.

Yeah I could create a dashboard tab that shows all the batteries, or a sensor to list the batteries that need to be replaced, but at the same time, there’s a section for repairing stuff, and “your device doesn’t work because it’s flat” is something that can easily be repaired.

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A very easy upgrade for me, thanks team!

Only issue I had was 5 Lifx lights not being migrated (out of ~30), I removed them along with the conifig in configuration.yaml and then re-added them in the front end, all working and only a couple of mins work.

So, hci0 is the BT chip on my host processor? Cool.
Even if I did have any compatible BT devices I doubt that my NUC would be in range. It is in the basement, though Zigbee and Z-wave do find all my devices.

What would be an inexpensive BT device I could buy to test if the integration I have would even work?

Maybe the BT2MQTT mentioned in post 85 by @ mrdj863 might be worth look at…

Good job, devs.
118 posts and only one saying he had to revert to 2022.7

You should take a well deserved bow.

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Is 1st gen Eve Room supposed to be supported?
I’m having an error when trying to pair it.

Synology DSM 6 runs bluetoothd version 4.101. So seems incompatible :frowning: Anyone Synology users out there have a way to get it working?

Anyone else with LIFX out there ? My bulbs are being discovered under HomeKit Controller integration, not something I have.

Any ideas? Is it safe to click IGNORE?

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Yes it’s safe but you may not want to. The Home Assistant Homekit connection to your Lifx bulbs will be local push. The Lifx integration is local polling. Push is better than polling.

One reason to keep the Lifx integration connection is that it supports the lifx.set_state service which works even when the light is off. If you don’t use this, go with Homekit.

Edit: also Homekit does not support the lifx effects services though these can be replaced with scripts that have variables passed to them (entity_id, cycles, colour, etc). However there is no way to set the infra-red intensity of security lights using Homekit.

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See the section HomeKit Accessory Protocol

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Thanks - makes sense now.

I assume if you do this:

It is possible to set up control of the device in Home Assistant using both protocols simultaneously by configuring both the LIFX integration and the HomeKit Controller integration for the same device.

Then you don’t get the “significantly less network traffic.”

Thanks Tom - I’ll ignore until another day. I have 12 foot ceilings and the last thing I want to do is start unscrewing all my LIFX bulbs to read the HK number on them. I just did a floor lamp and the advantages make it seem worthwhile - but not right now :slight_smile:

Yeah likewise. I also have made extensive use of the lifx.set_state service which I would have to workaround somehow.