Hass.io Bluetooth and Bluetooth LE configuration

Configuration
1

I have a raspberry pi3 and am running the latest hass.io image.

I’m trying to get bluetooth LE working.

I have installed the Bluetooth Module in Add-ons.

My configuration.yaml file has these entries

#Start Bluetooth Tracking
device_tracker:

  • platform: bluetooth_tracker

device_tracker 1:

  • platform: bluetooth_le_tracker

Bluetooth seems to work as I’m seeing some bluetooth devices on the hassio.local web front. However, Bluetooth LE is giving me an error.

The web front has this:

The following components and platforms could not be set up:
devicetracker.bluetoothle_tracker
Please check your config

I’ve looked through several configuration.yaml cookbook files linked from the main web page but can’t seem to find one that uses bluetooth le.

2

I am also seeing this same error. Is the Bluetooth module on the Pi3 not LE compatible?

3

Hi,

Get same issue on my setup, BT LE was working on RAspbian + AIO but not using BT addon for Hass.io, seems to be linked to /tmp size on Hass.io that is not large enough to allow gatlib installation:
Bluetooth LE not enabled?

Still looking for a fix on this for Hass.io to get my beacon back in HA.

4

Here is the Bluetooth LE error from the log

2017-08-09 21:34:10 ERROR (SyncWorker_15) [homeassistant.util.package] Unable to install package gattlib==0.20150805: Command “python setup.py egg_info” failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-_fs32tnw/gattlib/
2017-08-09 21:34:10 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Not initializing device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker because could not install dependency gattlib==0.20150805
2017-08-09 21:34:10 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Unable to prepare setup for platform device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker: Could not install all requirements.

Anyone with ideas?

5

Hi SirBaconTheFirst

Did you have to do anything to get your Raspberry Pi3 enabled for Bluetooth tracking other than putting the following in your configuration.yaml file?
I did it however I can’t locate any devices. However if I use the inbuilt Raspberry Pi 3 bluetooth app, I can see some devices.

Thank you

device_tracker:
platform: bluetooth_tracker