Help with presence detection

[jivgym (John)]

I am looking for how to detect if I am in my shed in my backyard. I tried to set up espressense, that didn’t work. Any idea on how to tell if I’m there?

[Rofo (Ro)]

Are you looking for suggestions on a device that can do this ?

The EP1 is very good, but difficult to get hold of (in limited supply)
You can check these out here:

Everything Presence One

Also, the tuya ZY-M100 looks ok for much cheaper money:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005065943067.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.35d75524q02pJS&algo_pvid=1a391101-8625-4e74-ae2c-cba8951b1102&algo_exp_id=1a391101-8625-4e74-ae2c-cba8951b1102-0&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id"%3A"12000031504211093"}&pdp_npi=3%40dis!GBP!30.02!25.52!!!!!%40211beeec16783057832471961d06de!12000031504211093!sea!UK!135684459&curPageLogUid=NmDpbgiEIrVJ

[jivgym (John)]

Is there anything I can try with the esp32 I already have? Also I was thinking of buying a EP1 once I save up enough, is it worth it to buy?

[gadgetbazza]

What are your challenges with ESPresense? I use it around my home without issue once I got past the identification of Apple device difficulties.

This thread has some useful info in it, and I posted details on how to obtain the Apple IRK markers if that’s where you are stuck…

Espresense device id - how to get them?

Hi there Yesterday I stumbled across espresense (https://espresense.com) and love it! I installed it testwise on a spare ESP32 and the installation went fine. I struggled with the device_id and noticed that you cant put in the bluetooth MAC-address (as it changes) After some research here and in the internet I read that I have to put in the apple-specific ID like apple:XXX:XX-X. Below you can find an example of my config.yaml with a sensor. my question right now is: how can I retrieve the dev…

[jivgym (John)]

I think that might be the issue, because the Bluetooth Mac on my phone would change, also should it also work with Samsung?

[gadgetbazza]

I’ve never tried it on an Android devices as we are an Apple household!

I suspect it might work the same though so worth a try doing the bluetooth enrolment as per the other thread to see if it provides you an IRK value.

[jivgym (John)]

K, so it this http://your_espresense_ipaddress/ui a whole different ui then this?

[gadgetbazza]

What you have shown is the default page with the configuration on it. To do the enrolment etc as per the other thread, the page ending /ui should look like this…

[jivgym (John)]

Ok, I’ll try when I get back home, thanks in advance