Finding sensor MAC address

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Dear all,

I am new to HASS and ESPHome, and try to integrate my RadonEye Sensor by following these instructions to discover its MAC address: Radon Eye BLE Sensors — ESPHome

I have an ESP32 controller, which I can integrate into ESPHome, and which also connects and replies when being flashed with the standard configuration. However, when I add the relevant lines to find the MAC address (as suggested in the link above), the controller becomes unresponsive, and I cannot get the logs with the MAC address. The validation in ESPHome seems succesful though.

Do I put the code in the wrong place? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Here is the complete yaml:

esphome:
  name: esphome-test
  friendly_name: esphome-test

esp32:
  board: esp32dev
  framework:
    type: arduino

# Enable logging
logger:
  level: DEBUG # Required for the tracker to show the device

esp32_ble_tracker:
radon_eye_ble:


# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  encryption:
    key: "MYKEY"

ota:
  password: "MYPWD"

wifi:
  ssid: "MYSSID"
  password: "MYWIFIPASS"

  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "Esphome-Test Fallback Hotspot"
    password: "MYPWD"

captive_portal:

I have the following HASS versions installed on a Raspberry Pi 5 through the PI Image Tool:

  • Core 2024.3.3
  • Supervisor 2024.03.1
  • Operating System 12.1
  • Frontend 20240307.0
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Did you compile upload the firmware?

3

Yes, I have connected the controller via USB and pressed install. The process did not show any errors, and the ESP Home dashboard shows the controller as online.

4

So what happens when you press logs at that point.

5

Nothing (just a blank output) happend when I press the log button. I have now though press the reset button, and now I get the following output when pressing the log button (it still does not contain the MAC address). Do you have any suggestions? Thanks!

INFO ESPHome 2024.3.1
INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/esphome-test.yaml...
INFO Starting log output from 192.168.0.27 using esphome API
INFO Successfully connected to esphome-test @ 192.168.0.27 in 0.101s
INFO Successful handshake with esphome-test @ 192.168.0.27 in 0.121s
[18:02:01][I][app:102]: ESPHome version 2024.3.1 compiled on Apr  3 2024, 07:12:26
[18:02:01][C][wifi:580]: WiFi:
[18:02:01][C][wifi:408]:   Local MAC: 94:E6:86:3D:71:84
[18:02:01][C][wifi:413]:   SSID: '[redacted]'
[18:02:01][C][wifi:416]:   IP Address: 192.168.0.27
[18:02:01][C][wifi:420]:   BSSID: 38:10:D5:6F:11:D0[redacted]
[18:02:01][C][wifi:421]:   Hostname: 'esphome-test'
[18:02:01][C][wifi:423]:   Signal strength: -54 dB ▂▄▆█
[18:02:01][C][wifi:427]:   Channel: 1
[18:02:01][C][wifi:428]:   Subnet: 255.255.255.0
[18:02:01][C][wifi:429]:   Gateway: 192.168.0.1
[18:02:01][C][wifi:430]:   DNS1: 192.168.0.1
[18:02:01][C][wifi:431]:   DNS2: 0.0.0.0
[18:02:01][C][logger:166]: Logger:
[18:02:01][C][logger:167]:   Level: DEBUG
[18:02:01][C][logger:169]:   Log Baud Rate: 115200
[18:02:01][C][logger:170]:   Hardware UART: UART0
[18:02:01][C][captive_portal:088]: Captive Portal:
[18:02:01][C][mdns:115]: mDNS:
[18:02:01][C][mdns:116]:   Hostname: esphome-test
[18:02:01][C][ota:096]: Over-The-Air Updates:
[18:02:01][C][ota:097]:   Address: esphome-test.local:3232
[18:02:01][C][ota:100]:   Using Password.
[18:02:01][C][ota:103]:   OTA version: 2.
[18:02:01][W][ota:107]: Last Boot was an unhandled reset, will proceed to safe mode in 8 restarts
[18:02:01][C][api:139]: API Server:
[18:02:01][C][api:140]:   Address: esphome-test.local:6053
[18:02:01][C][api:142]:   Using noise encryption: YES
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And this is?

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The local MAC address of the ESP32, isn’t it!?

8

Apologies, it is, you are looking for the bluetooth mac address…my mistake…

Are there any bluetooth devices in the vicinity of the device? Just leave the debug log on for a while, and scan for bluetooth with your phone or something ?