Anova BLE control via BLE Proxy

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I have successfully setup BLE proxy via 3 EP1 sensors in my home. I confirmed that each EP1 was proxying BLE traffic via the logs.

One device I really wanted to integrate into HA is my Anova sous vide cooker.

I added the correct YAML code to my EP1 sensor closest to my kitchen:

esp32_ble_tracker:
  scan_parameters:
    active: true

bluetooth_proxy:
  active: true

ble_client:
- mac_address: 34:03:DE:20:04:49
  id: my_anova

climate:
- platform: anova
  name: "My Anova stick"
  ble_client_id: my_anova
  unit_of_measurement: c
  update_interval: 10s

The “My Anova Stick” device was created and added to HA successfully. However I cant control it at all.

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Any inputs to this device will just revert back to “Off” and 32°
When I try to issue a command nothing happens.

I’ve restarted HA, turned the Anova off and on again, added the same YAML code to the other EP1s I have in the house. I uninstalled the Anova app off my phone, because the ESPhome docs say you cant use both at once, restarted the nearest EP1 and created a switch inside ESPhome to toggle the connection to see if that would work:

switch:
  - platform: restart
    name: "Anova ESP Restart"
  - platform: ble_client
    ble_client_id: my_anova
    name: "Anova ESP Bluetooth Connection"

I pulled up a laptop and turned on debug logs for the EP1 device near the cooker and every command I sent, off, increase or decrease temperature, resulted in the error copied from the logs:

[14:36:31][D][climate:010]: 'My Anova stick' - Setting
[14:36:31][D][climate:014]:   Mode: HEAT
[14:36:31][W][anova:041]: [34:03:DE:20:04:49] esp_ble_gattc_write_char failed, status=259

I searched esp_ble_gattc_write_char failed and wasn’t able to find anything useful to resolve my issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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FWIW, I had a similar problem with adding the anova to a bluetooth proxy in my house. I could get it to connect and show up, but that was about it. I’m curious what the solve is, though it’s no longer critical to me. I’ve locally integrated a wifi inkbird sous vide and that works for me atm.

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Thanks for info, I’ll keep Inkbird in mind if decide to move away from Anova.

Doesn’t appear that Joule has been integrated into HA either.

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Which devices from ANOVA are actually supported via BLE? I don’t want to spend time building my own sous vide machine.

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Hi @iebooker sorry to drag up an old thread but I was wondering how you found your MAC address. I am not currently seeing it when I use the scanner but maybe it doesn’t have a name?

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I’m not totally sure to be honest. Its been a while since I was messing around with this. It might have either popped up in the BLE logs of the EP1 or via my espresence sensors. If it wasn’t those 2 options it was probably my phone (maybe the Anova app), or some other BLE scanning app. I don’t have it handy currently to test out. Sorry, I couldn’t be more helpful.