uh… that’s not how this works. An integration of sorts needs to track the device. The configuration for this should be done in the integration. You can’t just put something in the known_devices.yaml and expect it to be tracked.
OK had another look at that page and it does mention to use something like my netgear router to track it
I ma bit worried of putting my admin details in there though even with the secrets
Any suggestions?
You don’t need to actually pair the phone with HA or anything. You just need to provide the BT MAC address in HA and as long as the bluetooth is switched on then HA will see the phone.
The difference is that in the Known_devices.yaml file you put the MAC in as “BT_XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX”.
Ok so since I am running Hassio on a pi4 which is hidden away in the attic, then it would probably have no chance of the signal going through the ceiling which has aluminium foil insulation on the back (kills all wifi at least)
My Pi is in a cupboard in the living room so can pickup the devices.
I also have a 2nd Pi Zero W upstairs that I use to connect to my bluetooth thermostats and for device tracking and then connect to it with custom component remote home assistant.
As long as the device remains connected to wifi nmap should work fine.
I’m going to try disabling the bluetooth actually and see if nmap can do it alone reliably.
Will try nmap with the wifi, do you know if there is a way to exclude it picking up everything on wifi except phone’s wifi?
I know you can do exclude: but I don’t want to go through 50 ips of more to add there, can it be given just the list of 3 ips of which to track and then exclude all else?