Device Tracker - tracking new devices

Configuration
1

Does anyone else have a problem with track_new_devices not working?

I have:

  #=== Bluetooth
  - platform: bluetooth_tracker
    new_device_defaults:
      track_new_devices: false

but every time a random person (read, junk mail delivery!) comes to my door I get a new entry in known_devices that is tracked:

t821:
  hide_if_away: false
  icon:
  mac: BT_00:11:67:XX:XX:XX
  name: T821
  picture:
  track: true
2

If you have multiple device_tracker configurations, the first is the one that the defaults are taken from, see the docs.

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3

So it does, Thanks. :blush:

Although I am not sure I see the logic in why it can’t be configured per Platform. One might reasonably want Bluetooth devices not tracked but devices on other platforms to be…

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