Chipolo integration

Feature Requests
1

I know we have Trackr integration but has anyone looked at Chipolo?

2

I reached out to the Chipolo developers and it seems they don’t have an open API so maybe integration is dead in the water… unless reverse engineering?

3

Isn’t it a Bluetooth tracker?

4

Yes that’s correct.

5

Can’t you pair it using the Bluetooth/BLE tracker component?

I’m kind of scared because I ordered one right before I saw this post.

6

You may be able to pair it (not tried) but wanted it to work with the iOS app/services Chipolo offer as well as my Home Asssitant install.

7

I think BLE trackers don’t need to be paired. HASS simply scans the trackers in the vicinity and tracks them as you have configured.

8

Looks like its not supported in HASS.IO just yet but is possible in standard Home Assistant installs although there is a warnings that it can cause server issues.

9

I found this (https://github.com/sandeepmistry/node-chipolo) in the past, but aside from not having updates for a long time, it needed to pair with the device (which will not work if the Chipolo is paired to your phone (as expected).

10

@apt @nepgeargo @pplucky

Hi, I have purchased both Chipolo One and Chipolo One Spot, and neither is detected by Home Assistant. While in the official documentation it appears that Chipolo One Spot is compatible. Is it a documentation error? Does anyone have any news? Thanks :slightly_smiling_face:

11

My Chipolo all died already (either by itself or battery) and didn’t bother replacing neither, considering that Chipolo guys were never interested in providing API access and the devices were quite unstable/fragile.

Chipolo lost a customer in favor of Apple for Airtags (no API either, but pretty useful and reliable for the price).

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12

I am also a bit confused. I did purchase a Chipolo one spot based on the recommendation on the iBeacon tracker. iBeacon Tracker - Home Assistant
Am I doing something wrong?

13

I also bought chipolo after because documentation mention it as compatible and really it doesn’t :frowning:

14

I wish I had found this topic before. As I too bought a chipolo based on the HA documentation saying it is confirmed working… it is not :frowning:

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15

Same here, has anyone find a replacement for this which works in HA with ibeacon

16

Same by me! :frowning: What a nightmare…

17

Hey guys! I have finally made my Chipolo One working with Home Assistant (but NOT Chipolo One Spot, spot is not working no matter of what I tried).

  1. First you need to get Chipolo One MAC address - install Chipolo mobile app and simply add your tag. There you can find it’s serial number - for example a80000084fb1 - this is MAC address.

  2. After that just create BLE integration (add to your configuration.yaml)

device_tracker:
  - platform: bluetooth_le_tracker
    track_new_devices: false
    new_device_defaults:
      track_new_devices: false
  1. Also create file known_devices.yaml and add your smart tag with MAC you got from serial number.
chipolo_one:
  name: My Chipolo One
  mac: BLE_A8:00:00:08:4F:B1
  icon:
  picture:
  track: true
  1. Restart HA and you are done - you have device_tracker.chipolo_one entity with home/not_home state.

Unfortunately there is no device distance and more information but state only.

Sad news: when you open mobile app - HA looses tag. Also HA will loose it if you delete tag from mobile app. At least for me so.

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