What you can do is put the device as a whole into the area that you want the BT proxy to show as but then use area overrides for the other entities of the device such that you put them back into the actual area they are for.
Here is an example of what I did. The device is set to ‘ensuite’ to help with the BT proxy for Bermuda, but all the other entities have been overridden to ‘back yard’.
Definitely didn’t know this existed, is it newish? Regardless, thanks for letting me know, it’s exactly what I was looking for!
Within three years? newish - it’s been in since I started using HA October 3 years ago.
Does that mean I’m still young…?
Always, Dave.
Hi
I’m new here and looking for a good way to do bluetooth tracking.
I have a garmin smartwatch and would want to to track that and some android phones and iphones
I already have some shellys too + one moresense CO2 sensor based on esp32 board
Now im mixing things up…
Before i buy more ESP32 boards… i have to be sure i go the right route…
I also heard bluetooth 6.0 is coming…
BUT as i understand there are 2 ways?
So who can clear things up for me? And show me the right way?
Correct! But for best performance use the esp-idf framework. If this is arduino you will have to flash again, as this framework uses significantly more memory and performs poorly with the Bluetooth proxy enabled.
If you’re using the esp-idf framework, follow these steps for each of your ESP32 BLE trackers and add the lines to your existing configuration. After that, the proxies should appear in your Home Assistant. Finally, follow the steps for installing an configuring Bermuda and you’re done!
Its not an arduino… it are shellys and the moresense sensor.
How do i do that then?
Is it possible to explain the difference between the 3 options?
Did you find a way to fix this? My girlfriend has a iphone 11 pro and got the same problem.
The docs say to try the Private BLE device integration. I’m using this with 3x iPhone 11 devices in house without issue.
To clarify, i meant the arduino framework, not an actual arduino device.
My advice, first read up on how to flash a shelly. I’ve never flashed a shelly myself, but i think is roughly the same as any other ESP32 based device. I Think that Shelly Plus 1 flashing and setup guide/ tutorial would be a good starting point.
So long story short, its basically ESPHome+Bermuda vs. ESPresense, where Bermuda communicates via Home Assistand and ESPHome via MQTT.
If i’m wrong, somebody please correct me
I already use the private ble integration
Hi thx for the headsup.
So i guess the way to go is esphome + bermuda then.
I might get some ultimate mini sensors but they are quite expensive.
Or i get some standalone esp32 bords just to have the bluetooth proxy so it can act as a tracker node.
I should think how to hide them and power it up.
Does it work when you hide them in a closet?
Yes. Bermuda does not interoperate with espresence at alll.
This is a good way to go if you’re at all worried about messing with flashing more expensive devices. D1mini32 boards are pretty cheap (under AU$6 ea), and a good way to build confidence with flashing things. The Wiki has config examples you can use.
If the closet isn’t metal, yes. Bear in mind that mirrors usually have a metallic film, so they may block BLE signals to varying degrees. Wood etc will probably reduce the signal a little, but it will certainly still “work”.
Maybe check to make sure you’re using the resulting PrivateBLEDevice and not tracking the iBeacon device, then. It should look like this:
Not this:
Would this work?
Be aware, that I don’t believe it’s possible to flash a Shelly with BT Proxy. I tried a while ago, and while I had no issues flashing ESPHome, as soon as I included BT Proxy, the device would never boot up properly and I had to serially re-flash without it. I spent a fair bit of time trying different board types, etc. with no luck. Would love to be proven wrong though, as the Shelly firmware doesn’t allow for active BT connections (which was my use-case).
So I’m feeling like an idiot, but can someone walk me through how to set things up so I can track my phone (android) using the BLE Transmitter feature of the HA app? I see it mentioned in the docs as possible but no specific instructions. Played around with it for a while and got it to show up in the iBeacon integration but then couldn’t find it in Bermuda.
I’ve installed the room-assistant app on her iPhone and now it seems to work. 
Ok so I have Bermuda working beautifully changing the state of my apple watch to the room it is in That is (sensor entity x_y_x_applewatch_bt_signal_area) changes correctly. I have had no problem reliably using this sensor to automate a specific room I am in to pop up the room on the iphone. (Following the various dashboard setups on this on you tube)
My question is how do I use the same sensor to trigger an automation?
What is the trigger logic?
I have copied a Hue presence sensor logic - trigger x when enter or y when leave, but I can’t get the Bermuda BT sensor to trigger.
Are there any simple blueprints that anybody has created utilising the Bermuda BT sensor/tracker to trigger an automation to do some actions (say turn on a light, play some music etc) then turn them off when the sensor leaves that room?
thanks
