Feature Request: Support for Inkbird IHT-2PB Thermometer

skerekeke · May 19, 2025, 4:53pm

I’d like to request support for the Inkbird IHT-2PB thermometer in the existing Inkbird integration.

The IHT-2PB is a Bluetooth-enabled thermometer that is widely used for BBQ and cooking, and it would be great to be able to monitor its readings directly within Home Assistant. Currently, this model is not recognized by the integration, and no temperature data is retrieved.

If possible, I’d be happy to assist in testing or providing any necessary device information (e.g., Bluetooth logs, service UUIDs, characteristics, etc.).

Thanks in advance for considering this request!

jackjourneyman · May 19, 2025, 5:14pm

Have you tried the TheengsGateway add-on? I’ve found that it recognises Inkbird devices (though I haven’t got that particular one).

github.com/mihsu81/addon-theengsgw

theengsgateway/DOCS.md

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# Installation and Configuration

1. Open Home Assistant and navigate to the "Add-on Store". Click on the 3 dots (top right) and select "Repositories".
2. Enter `https://github.com/mihsu81/addon-theengsgw` in the box and click on "Add".
3. You should now see "TheengsGateway HA Add-on" at the bottom list.
4. Click on "TheengsGateway", then click "Install".
5. Under the "Configuration" tab, change the settings appropriately (now the MQTT connection settings are automatically discovered if you have the Moquitto Broker Add-on running and configured), see [Parameters](#parameters).
6. Start the Add-on.

## Parameters

| Option                | Type    | Required | Description                                                                     |
| --------------------- | ------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| MQTT_HOST             | string  | Yes      | MQTT host address, i.e. the IP/hostname of your Moquitto Broker Add-on          |
| MQTT_USERNAME         | string  | Yes      | MQTT username                                                                   |
| MQTT_PASSWORD         | string  | Yes      | MQTT password                                                                   |
| MQTT_PORT             | integer | Yes      | MQTT host port, defaults to `1883`                                              |
| MQTT_PUB_TOPIC        | string  | No       | MQTT publish topic, defaults to `home/TheengsGateway/BTtoMQTT`                  |
| MQTT_SUB_TOPIC        | string  | No       | MQTT subscribe topic, defaults to `home/+/BTtoMQTT/undecoded`                   |
| PRESENCE              | boolean | No       | Publish room presence detection, defaults to `no`                               |

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skerekeke · May 20, 2025, 8:50am

I installed the add-on as you suggested, configured it, and started it up. Since I didn’t see any device discovery in Home Assistant, I checked with MQTT Explorer.

Unfortunately, I only found what you can see in the screenshot regarding Inkbird. It seems like either I’m missing something in the setup, or this particular model isn’t compatible with TheengsGateway either.

Any ideas or suggestions would be very appreciated!

jackjourneyman · May 20, 2025, 10:08am

Don’t forget to vote for your own feature request.

skerekeke · May 20, 2025, 10:49am

I did find a temporary workaround by following this project:

It works really well!

Still, I hope that in the future the official integration will support this model directly, so we won’t need to go through an ESP32 board.