This was just released, and I grabbed one since I was looking for a cheapish Air quality monitor with a screen. Also shows temp and humidity on the screen:
Obviously, being a brand new product, just wanted to give a heads-up that Govee BLE does detect it but gives some crazy values (200F degrees, no AQI reading). I connected it to wifi via the Govee app but there’s no integration for it yet.
Anyone know the first steps on getting this working? Good alternative to the Amazon one that still isn’t integrated yet.
noob question… but I run home assistant in a docker, i dont have an ‘add on’ store in my settings. do you know which route i would have to take to get this to work?
While there currently is a backlog with getting the Theengs Gateway Docker image updated to the latest Theengs Gateway release, the existing Docker image should already have the H5106 included.
We don’t currently support this device, but any device which freely broadcasts its data through BLE advertising data can be added to the library.
Doing a quick scan of other AirThings Wave Radon integration though, it seems that connections are required to read the properties, something which is currently out of the scope of Theengs Decoder/Theengs Gateway Add-On.
Thanks for the info and your explanation about the device requiring a connection makes sense and jives with what I’ve experienced.
I am currently using the standard ble integration for this and it works ok. I’m just worried about the distance between the device and my HA server. Was looking for something to use as a middle man.
But anyway like I said I don’t mean to hijack this. Sorry to OP!
I’m running the AirThings ble integration with the Wave Radon in the storage room and my HA server on the main floor. I have a ESPHome device with Bluetooth active located near the Wave Radon in the storage room.
Maybe I’m not familiar enough with ESPHome but is there any way to tell if this is even helping? I am receiving regular updates in HA from the Wave but I can’t see any way to tell if the Wave is communicating directly with the HA server or if the ESPHome device is relaying the messages.
So I have Theengs gateway up and running and posting to MQTT. I now have one of the Govee AQ sensors, and have it communicating with HA. Interestingly, I had it configured via BLE directly with HA, and it would report temp, humidity, and battery, but not the PM 2.5. Now on Theengs, it reports PM2.5, temp, and humidity, but no battery.
Also, now I have a TON of Apple devices listed in MQTT; approx 80. Obviously I don’t have that many devices, so its like it is picking up a message and creating an new device for each.
Sorry about the current Apple iPhone/iPad flooding. This unfortunately happens if the Theengs Gateway (Add-On) has been newly installed which then pulls in the latest Theengs Decoder, which already has the Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad decoding included, but for Theengs Gateway it will be until the upcoming new release, that these Apple devices are then only correctly discovered if they have been assigned by the user with the Identity MAC address and Identity Resolving Key.
Please bear with us just a few more days. Until then you can delete these entries and add APPLEDEVICE and APPLEWATCH to the existing IBEACON under DISCOVERY_FILTER in the Theengs Gateway configuration.
Once the new Theengs Gateway (Add-On) has been released you will also be able to correctly use any of your Apple iPhone/iPad(s) as local Bluetooth device trackers.
This is correct, the freely broadcast BLE advertisement data does not contain the battery info, only a connection to the device is able to retrieve this, which is currently not in the scope of Theengs Gateway.
Apologies again for the interim random MAC address Apple devices’ entries when newly installed Theengs Gateways were out of sync with an updated Theengs Decoder. The recently released version fixes that and now correctly allows you to auto-discover your iPhone/iPad or Apple Watch as device trackers when defining their Identity MAC addresses and Identity Resolving Key with an additional unlocked property for security relevant automation conditions.
@DigiH Thank you for the update! I have installed the latest update to the gateway and will setup my iOS devices soon. Am I able to remove the Apple entries from the discovery filter?
Yes @simps, you can safely delete them from the discovery filter now, and if you follow the instructions on how to retrieve your Apple devices’ Identity MAC Address and Identity Resolving Key
and enter them in the Theengs Gateway Add-On settings as described in its documentation you should see them similar to my posting above.
