Anyone use room-assistant? not showing im home even though its connected via mqtt

Configuration
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running in a docker container in ubuntu,
I beleive i am about 99% setup (surprisingly). I have mqtt in hassio that is working

this is my sensor:

  - platform: mqtt_room
    device_id: 2231e65f6132
    name: "Downstairs"
    state_topic: 'room_presence'
    timeout: 5

This is my config/local.json file

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room-assistant says its connected to my mqtt broker, however home-assistant says im not home with the sensor, even though my iphone is an inch away from the rasbperry pi zero

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Check the room assistant log. Do you try to listen to this mqtt topic ?
In your room assistant conf, there is not “topic”, try that.
My conf is (I use an old room assistant version, 0.4.2, because the new one does not work for me) :
{
“app”: {
“unsafe”: false,
“logging”: true
},
“mqtt”: {
“enabled”: true,
“url”: “mqtt://192.168.0.4:1883”,
“reject_unauthorized”: true,
“topic”: “Home”
},
“console”: {
“enabled”: true
},
“ble”: {
“enabled”: true,
“channel”: “room_presence”,
“max_distance”: 0,
“whitelist”: [“d7ee1cd94df3”,“e9d94c32dcec”,“18b79e0a1754”],
“use_mac”: false,
“system_noise”: 0.01,
“measurement_noise”: 3,
“update_frequency”: 0
},
“shell”: {
“enabled”: false,
“commands”: [],
“qos”: 1,
“retain”: false
}
}

3

Thanks. Do I need to add the port number? Should it work with my iPhone? what does your sensor look like?

4

You should try the port number yes. It will not work with your iPhone, it works with bluetooth advertising (BLEA). I use some cheap but very reliable Nut mini sensor (http://nutspace.com/products/nutmini) (and with a Raspberry Pi)

5

sigh…, do you just carry those around with you? does it work with android smart watches?

6

Yes on my keyring. If you use them for bluetooth advertising, they can’t connect to your smartphone anymore

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sigh, thanks… i am trying to do per room presence detection, i dont want to carry my keys around while im home, thanks, im going to try [monitor] Reliable, Multi-User, Distributed Bluetooth Occupancy/Presence Detection

maybe i’ll have to get an android smart watch