Microbot Push

Third party integrations
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Any chance of seeing an intergration for this in HASS?

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That would be awesome ! There is a python implementation to interact with it available here, maybe it could help.

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bringing this back from the dead. By chance, did anyone end up working on this? I have this product and I canā€™t find anything quite like it

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I ended up just getting a SwitchBot, works way better

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I always pick the wrong horse

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I never had much luck with the VRGhost util for these devices, I am using Switchbots elsewhere, but for the washing machine it doesnā€™t seem to work (the button seems to require more of a finger surface area press, to activateā€¦ the Microbot push has a wider pad that I think might do the job).

Anyway, came across another script for controlling the Microbot Push:

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I have one of these knocking about and was looking for a project to test my limited but improving python skillsā€¦

Itā€™s not working very reliably at the moment but feel free to give it a try;

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Great Integration!

I had the push microbot collecting dust since the first naran hub was decommissioned. I already considered that it was quite expensive and it didnā€™t work very well either to buy the next Hub, and luckily I didnā€™t because soon after the company went bankrupt and they didnā€™t provide service.

I also have the microbot alert that has several sensors (if someone know of any possibility of ha integration that would also be great).

As for this integration, I have already installed everything and reset the microbot push, although it has not given me several lights, only a blue LED blinking. It seems that I am able to send some kind of response because the blue LED stays on for a few seconds when I do any service such as token or server. I can never get it to activate, it gives me an ā€œerror call service switch turn on/off. list index out of rangeā€.

At the moment I can only use it manually.

It is not clear to me if it has obtained the token. I canā€™t find the path. Where do I find it?

Shouldnā€™t the token be put in the microbot push configuration?
For example
platform: microbot_push
bdadr: ā€˜FC:37:9C:0E:64:74ā€™
token: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I await your answer fot that it works again, thanks for your work

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Can you confirm the firmware version of the push. It should be >1

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I think it is more than 1. It is the most strongest version because the beginning version was broken and they send me another one second generation. But I really donā€™t know

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Try pairing with the Keymitt app and see if there is a firmware upgrade available

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Yes, it have a firmware update.

It works! not always but it works

Hope it is possible to integrate Microbot Alert soon

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Yeah it can take up to a minute to respond but, at least for me, is pretty reliable. If you try and send a command before waiting for the first to complete however, it will fail. Not ideal but Iā€™m not knowledgable enough to fix it, Iā€™m simply using an existing library.

The server option should help but for me itā€™s not working so I should probably remove it.

If you have a spare phone/tablet hanging around then you can use it with the Keymitt app as a hub with webhooks and integrate into HA that way. It wonā€™t be local obviously but itā€™s another option.

I canā€™t help with the alert sorry

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A couple of questions about the Microbot Push plus integration:

  1. I want to remotely push the switch on a Surestop SS/22/RPL Stopcock remote switch, which will need more force than a switchbot can muster (bit stiffer than just a rocker light switch). The suggestion is this is 1.6kgf which hopefully could deal with this. I know everything is relative but those who have one, does it have a decent downwards force?

  2. The HA integration - is a hub required?

  3. Anybody tried the Kermitt model?

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Sorry a bit late but seems Iā€™m not watching this thread.

  1. Itā€™s definitely more powerful than the Switchbot. Seems to able to push most things Iā€™ve thrown at it is all I can say

  2. No hub required

  3. No but as far as I can tell itā€™s identical

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Firstly, thanks to this thread, I now have a working pair of OG Microbot Pushes ready to be repurposed. Canā€™t add them in Kermitt (they pair but then fail to show up, I assume some version incompatibility somewhere) but Iā€™ve got them working over bluetooth from a PC, so thanks everyone.

I also have a Surestop remote switch, and I can tell you that from a quick held-in-place test my OG Push struggles to toggle it. I have a vague recollection they increased the torque for the second gen ones, but I definitely wouldnā€™t trust mine for something as critical as turning off the water supply.

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The original MicroBot app is still available. They should work with that I would guess?

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I did a quick search on the Play Store and didnā€™t see it. Can you paste a link?

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Odd, itā€™s on the apple store.

Try https://m.apkpure.com/microbot/com.thenaran.microbots