Hi
I created ble tracker using esp32 and esphome. I also have iBeacon called iNode. When I scan it using phone it is always available, but in home assistant the most of the time it is off.
In esphome logs I can see:
[21:06:41][D][binary_sensor:033]: 'ESP32 BLE Tracker iTag1': Sending state OFF
[21:06:41][D][binary_sensor:033]: 'iNode1': Sending state ON
[21:06:45][D][esp32_ble_tracker:470]: Found device 57:AC:98:FA:D5:CD RSSI=-88
[21:06:45][D][esp32_ble_tracker:491]: Address Type: RANDOM
[21:06:52][D][esp32_ble_tracker:470]: Found device 58:80:3C:24:C0:BC RSSI=-50
[21:06:52][D][esp32_ble_tracker:491]: Address Type: RANDOM
[21:07:01][D][esp32_ble_tracker:147]: Starting scan...
[21:07:06][D][esp32_ble_tracker:470]: Found device 57:AC:98:FA:D5:CD RSSI=-87
[21:07:06][D][esp32_ble_tracker:491]: Address Type: RANDOM
[21:07:21][D][esp32_ble_tracker:147]: Starting scan...
[21:07:21][D][esp32_ble_tracker:470]: Found device 58:80:3C:24:C0:BC RSSI=-50
[21:07:21][D][esp32_ble_tracker:491]: Address Type: RANDOM
[21:07:23][D][esp32_ble_tracker:470]: Found device 57:AC:98:FA:D5:CD RSSI=-90
[21:07:23][D][esp32_ble_tracker:491]: Address Type: RANDOM
[21:07:41][D][esp32_ble_tracker:147]: Starting scan...
[21:07:41][D][binary_sensor:033]: 'iNode1': Sending state OFF
[21:07:46][D][esp32_ble_tracker:470]: Found device 57:AC:98:FA:D5:CD RSSI=-89
[21:07:46][D][esp32_ble_tracker:491]: Address Type: RANDOM
Looks like the beacon is detected and after 20s seconds it is changed to off. And it is not detected for another 2 minutes at least.
My espconfig:
esphome:
name: esp32
platform: ESP32
board: nodemcu-32s
wifi:
ssid: "..."
password: "...."
# Enable logging
logger:
# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
password: "...."
ota:
password: "....."
esp32_ble_tracker:
scan_interval: 20s
binary_sensor:
- platform: ble_presence
mac_address: FF:FF:40:01:22:8C
name: "ESP32 BLE Tracker iTag1"
- platform: ble_presence
mac_address: FC:58:FA:22:B1:7E
name: "ESP32 BLE Tracker iTag2"
- platform: ble_presence
mac_address: FF:FF:00:03:EC:58
name: "ESP32 BLE Tracker iTag3"
- platform: ble_presence
mac_address: D0:F0:18:43:EB:7A
name: "iNode1"
sensor:
- platform: xiaomi_miflora
mac_address: 'C4:7C:8D:6A:DC:3B'
temperature:
name: "Xiaomi MiFlora Fikus benjamin Temperature"
moisture:
name: "Xiaomi MiFlora Fikus benjamin Moisture"
illuminance:
name: "Xiaomi MiFlora Fikus benjamin Illuminance"
conductivity:
name: "Xiaomi MiFlora Fikus benjamin Soil Conductivity"
Am I missing something? I wanted to check presence using this BLE beacons.
MiFlora is working fine all the time…