I hope it’s ok to share this in this topic. BLE monitor now also supports Xiaomi Mi Scales. BLE monitor passively monitors a lot of BLE sensors, and has added the scales recently.
Hi @Ernst , thanks for that! But it seems that BLE Monitor only takes the weight and impedance but does not do the computation to create all the other sensors or attributes.
Anyway, did anyone created a nice Lovelace frontend (UI) ?
I have ideas where it could be green or red depending of values, inspired by the official app.
You can get additional attributes with this integration.
Thank you! It seems not to manage more than one user.
You can create multi user support with node red.
A template sensor will probably also be possible to do the split up.
The reason I didn’t include this, it because I think it would make more sense if there is an integration that does this calculations like BMI and extra attributes independently of the weight measurements. In that way, it is useful for every scale, not only MI Scales.
If node red turns you off, you can create a sensor template
- Put a name for your weight sensor = weight_name_user1
- Change the name of the sensor according to your choice above = {{ states(“sensor.weight_name_user1”) }}
- To determine the user you must enter where your weight is. Between xx kg and xx kg = {% if 69 <= weight <= 72.99 %}
The problem with this solution is that if 2 users have a weight too close together it will not work.
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- platform: template
sensors:
weight_name_user1:
friendly_name: "Weight Name"
value_template: >-
{% set weight = states('sensor.xiaomi_mi_scale_weight') | float %}
{% if 69 <= weight <= 72.99 %}
{{ states("sensor.xiaomi_mi_scale_weight") }}
{% else %}
{{ states("sensor.weight_name_user1") }}
{% endif %}
unit_of_measurement: 'kg'
icon_template: mdi:weight-kilogram
- platform: template
sensors:
weight_name_user2:
friendly_name: "Weight Name"
value_template: >-
{% set weight = states('sensor.xiaomi_mi_scale_weight') | float %}
{% if 60 <= weight <= 68.99 %}
{{ states("sensor.xiaomi_mi_scale_weight") }}
{% else %}
{{ states("sensor.weight_name_user2") }}
{% endif %}
unit_of_measurement: 'kg'
icon_template: mdi:weight-kilogram
For impedance:
We keep the same logic, it is the weight that will determine the user
- Put a name for your impedance sensor = impedance_name_user1
- Change the name of the sensor according to your choice above = {{ states(“sensor.impedance_name_user1”) }}
- To determine the user you must enter where your weight is. Between xx kg and xx kg = {% if 69 <= weight <= 72.99 %}
- platform: template
sensors:
impedance_name_user1:
friendly_name: "Impedance Name"
value_template: >-
{% set weight = states('sensor.xiaomi_mi_scale_weight') | float %}
{% if 69 <= weight <= 72.99 %}
{{ states("sensor.xiaomi_mi_scale_impedance") }}
{% else %}
{{ states("sensor.impedance_name_user1") }}
{% endif %}
unit_of_measurement: 'ohm'
icon_template: mdi:omega
- platform: template
sensors:
impedance_name_user2:
friendly_name: "Impedance Name"
value_template: >-
{% set weight = states('sensor.xiaomi_mi_scale_weight') | float %}
{% if 60 <= weight <= 68.99 %}
{{ states("sensor.xiaomi_mi_scale_impedance") }}
{% else %}
{{ states("sensor.impedance_name_user2") }}
{% endif %}
unit_of_measurement: 'ohm'
icon_template: mdi:omega
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I need help getting rid if “Timmy”. Timmy was added as a user from an update. I removed him from the options but he is still in my entities. How do i remove this user since that was a default user.
Running the addon from home assistant supervised on hassos on raspberry pi.
@sbobergje you need to post an empty message to the Timmy topic with the retain flag set on.
Alternatively use an app like MQTT Explorer to delete the unwanted topic
Hello. Did anyone have experience weighing something that is not heavy. I had an idea to keep track of the weight of my dog (French Bulldog) weight 8-9kg does not record (
Is there any way this scale/setup would work with a persistent weight applied to the scale? Or would it need to be placed on it each time?
I’ve seen some on sale and am thinking of using the scales to keep track of the weight of some kegs of beer in the fridge, so i can use it to convert to how many beers there are left in each.
No that won’t work. You typically need to step in the scale to activate it. It then reads your weight then goes to sleep after a few seconds.
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It’s great work! Could you share the code, please?
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Ok, sure.
Just a note:
I am not an code expert so the code may have some extra card mod style that may not be doing no thing 
i use custom bar card, and i mimic the settings ( severity in the card) in the mi fit app.
type: custom:bar-card
entity_row: true
align: split
positions:
title: 'off'
minmax: 'off'
value: inside
indicator: outside
icon: outside
style: |-
bar-card-value, bar-card-minvalue, bar-card-maxvalue {
color: #cccccc;
font-weight: bold;
text-shadow: 1px 1px #0005;
}
bar-card-title {
color: var(--secondary-text-color)
font-weight: bold;
}
ha-card:before {
content: " ";
background: url('/local/images/miscale.jpg');
background-size: cover;
opacity: 0.7;
position: absolute;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
z-index: 0;
}
entities:
- entity: bodymiscale.ricardo
attribute: bmi
min: '0'
max: '45'
target: '22'
severity:
- from: '0'
to: '18.5'
color: blue
- from: '18.5'
to: '25'
color: green
- from: '25'
color: yellow
to: '28'
- from: '28'
to: '32'
color: orange
- from: '32'
to: '45'
color: red
name: BMI
positions:
minmax: 'off'
indicator: outside
height: 50%
width: 120%
icon: mdi:human-handsup
- entity: bodymiscale.ricardo
attribute: Body fat
min: '0'
max: '45'
target: '22'
severity:
- from: '0'
to: '12'
color: aqua
- from: '12'
to: '18'
color: blue
- from: '18'
color: green
to: '23'
- from: '23'
to: '28'
color: darkkhaki
- from: '28'
to: '45'
color: orange
name: Gordura
height: 50%
width: 120%
- entity: bodymiscale.ricardo
attribute: water
min: '0'
max: '100'
target: '63'
severity:
- from: '0'
to: '55'
color: orange
- from: '55'
to: '65'
color: green
- from: '65'
color: lime
to: '100'
name: Água
width: ' 120%'
height: ' 50%'
icon: mdi:water-alert
- entity: bodymiscale.ricardo
attribute: basal_metabolism
min: '0'
max: '3800'
target: '2000'
severity:
- from: '0'
to: '1851'
color: orange
- from: '1851'
to: '3800'
color: green
name: Meta. Basal
width: ' 120%'
height: 50%
icon: mdi:run
- entity: bodymiscale.ricardo
attribute: visceral_fat
min: '0'
max: '30'
target: '9'
severity:
- from: '0'
to: '10'
color: green
- from: '10'
to: '15'
color: orange
- from: '15'
color: darkkhaki
to: '23'
- from: '23'
to: '28'
color: red
- from: '28'
to: '45'
color: orange
name: Gordura Visc.
width: ' 120%'
height: 50%
icon: mdi:hamburger
- entity: bodymiscale.ricardo
attribute: muscle_mass
min: '0'
max: '80'
target: '55'
severity:
- from: '-2'
color: orange
to: '49.4'
- color: green
from: '49.4'
to: '59.5'
- color: lime
to: '80'
from: '59.5'
name: Músculo
width: ' 120%'
height: 50%
icon: mdi:weight-lifter
- entity: bodymiscale.ricardo
attribute: protein
min: '0'
max: '40'
target: '20'
severity:
- from: '0'
to: '16'
color: orange
- from: '16'
to: '20'
color: green
- from: '20'
color: lime
to: '40'
name: Proteína
width: ' 120%'
height: 50%
icon: mdi:food-steak
- entity: bodymiscale.ricardo
attribute: bone_mass
min: '0'
max: '10'
target: '3'
severity:
- from: '0'
to: '2'
color: orange
- from: '2'
color: green
to: '4.20'
- color: lime
to: '10'
from: '4.20'
name: Massa óssea
height: 50%
width: ' 120%'
icon: mdi:bone
- entity: bodymiscale.ricardo
attribute: weight
name: Peso
min: '40'
max: '110'
target: '77'
severity:
- from: '40'
color: aqua
to: '57.3'
- from: '57.3'
to: '77.4'
color: green
- from: '77.4'
to: '86.7'
color: darkkhaki
- from: '86.7'
to: '99.1'
color: orange
- from: '99.1'
to: '110'
color: red
width: ' 120%'
height: 50%
icon: mdi:weight-kilogram
title: Ricardo
columns: '2'
animation:
state: 'on'
speed: '15'
decimal: '1'
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Thanks for sharing, it’s working so far.
However, there is one problem when you restart the core. This causes the template sensors to lose their state and have to recreate it since they are not persistent. However, this only works for one person, the one who weighed himself last.
An example with the values from your template: First a person weighs himself with 70 kg. This is assigned to user1. Then a person weighs himself with 65 kg, this is assigned to user2. Now the core is restarted. Both sensors are unavailable at first. The last state of sensor.xiaomi_mi_scale_weight is 65, so this is correctly assigned to user2 again. User1 is assigned sensor.weight_name_user1 instead, which is unavailable. This will not be corrected until user1 weighs itself again.
Do you have any idea how to solve this?
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Hello, at the beginning I was part in this direction then my wife and I we have a weight too close. So I went with this solution. In addition it keeps the data well after a restart.
I am also working on a map. I have some difficulty being a novice. But you will also find a manual card which works very well.
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Yes i saw that card earlier, but wanted something to show how far i was from the ideal value of some attributes. Althow the ideal is to store this value for long time anda make some kind of a chart with it.
with 4 load cell weight sensors, esp32 and esphome I have built a cheap scale which can be used with HA. you can use it for example with your bed so your weight is tracked while you are sleeping (or not).
See also Load Cell Amplifier HX711 Breakout Hookup Guide - learn.sparkfun.com