mosquitto updated this morning to fix the issue you identified. Please update mosquitto to at least 1.6.2.
Thanks for the report!
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Thank you! Iāll try later this week. Should I just follow step 7 in your GitHub instructions?
If youāve already installed mosquitto, a simple sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade will do the trick.
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@andrewjfreyer I actually updated my mosquitto yesterday I think it loaded the latest one.
Been running monitor since yesterday and so far it has not stopped.
however Iām getting a bunch of
`[+] 0.2.186 30-04-2019 12:50:19 PM [CMD-INFO] cycling bluetooth hardware on hci0. please wait a momentā¦
*** Error in `/usr/bin/mosquitto_pubā: free(): invalid pointer: 0x7e86a864 ***
./support/mqtt: line 46: 28543 Aborted $mosquitto_pub_path -I ā$mqtt_publisher_identityā $mqtt_version_append $mqtt_ca_file_append -L ā$mqtt_url$mqtt_topicpath/$mqtt_publisher_identity/statusā -m āonlineā -q ā2ā 2>&1
The invalid pointer issue will be solved by updating mosquitto to 1.6.2+. This is specifically the issue that was pushed in a release by mosquitto devs this morning in response to an issue report I drafted, so you likely do not have the most recent version.
As far as the cycling warning, see this FAQ. Make sure only one monitor instance is running at a time and that no other services are using the bluetooth hardware.
ok thanks will update mosquitto again.
I had the monitor running on boot then run the monitor again with the -F and -V again thats why I was getting the cycling warning.
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Hmm, so Iāve just set this up and I do get 100 confidence MQTT messages come through my my iphone and my wifes Samsung (I have these filters set up), however when I turn off bluetooth on my phone (or even put it in airplane mode), nothing seems to happen and I never get a message sent out. Iām sure iām missing something simple but still getting my head around all thisā¦
Thanksā¦ gonna update tonight
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Right now, just sudo bash monitor.sh -x -b -V
I have two bluetooth mac addresses in the known_static_addresses file and one in the known_beacon file (a Tile).
My behaviour file is:
#MAX RETRY ATTEMPTS FOR ARRIVAL
PREF_ARRIVAL_SCAN_ATTEMPTS=2
#MAX RETRY ATTEMPTS FOR DEPART
PREF_DEPART_SCAN_ATTEMPTS=2
#SECONDS UNTIL A BEACON IS CONSIDERED EXPIRED
PREF_BEACON_EXPIRATION=240
#MINIMUM TIME BEWTEEN THE SAME TYPE OF SCAN (ARRIVE SCAN, DEPART SCAN)
PREF_MINIMUM_TIME_BETWEEN_SCANS=15
#ARRIVE TRIGGER FILTER(S)
PREF_PASS_FILTER_ADV_FLAGS_ARRIVE=".*"
PREF_PASS_FILTER_MANUFACTURER_ARRIVE="Apple|Samsung"
#ARRIVE TRIGGER NEGATIVE FILTER(S)
PREF_FAIL_FILTER_ADV_FLAGS_ARRIVE="NONE"
PREF_FAIL_FILTER_MANUFACTURER_ARRIVE="NONE"
My mqtt_preferences file is:
# ---------------------------
#
# MOSQUITTO PREFERENCES
#
# ---------------------------
# IP ADDRESS OR HOSTNAME OF MQTT BROKER
mqtt_address=192.168.1.161
# MQTT BROKER USERNAME
mqtt_user=myuser
# MQTT BROKER PASSWORD
mqtt_password=mypass
# MQTT PUBLISH TOPIC ROOT
mqtt_topicpath=monitor
# PUBLISHER IDENTITY
mqtt_publisher_identity='ha-monitor'
# MQTT PORT
mqtt_port='1883'
# MQTT CERTIFICATE FILE
mqtt_certificate_path=''
#MQTT VERSION (EXAMPLE: 'mqttv311')
mqtt_version=''
Where 192.168.1.161 is the IP of the Pi monitor is running on (can i use localhost there?)
Iām using Node-RED to check for messages:
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Hi @hansel, i had the same behaviour when i disable bluetooth through of the iphone control center. If i turn off bluetooth from config -> settings everything works ok.
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Interesting, Iāll try that tonight, thanks. I did put it in airplane mode though, youād think thatād be a fairly hard cut off of the signals.
This is correct. Disabling from control center on an iPhone does not disable the bluetooth radio. Phones can still be detected by monitor.
Airplane mode should disable the radio, however. @Hansel please let me know if you have any continuing issues.
Right ok, Iāve mostly been testing by disabling through control center (itās probably worth adding a line to the guide about that), but Iāll try airplane mode again when I get home tonight (unfortunately about 11 hours away).
Actually, as Iām out of the house, if I ssh in and enabled Monitor now, will it send a message that my device is missing, or will it only send those once itās seen it and it then disappears?
If you ssh restart monitor, your device will be marked as ānot presentā (0% confidence), and an mqtt message will be sent
Ok cool, Iāll try that now then 
Hi Andrew,
Out of interest, could you post your node-red flow for arrival scans (assuming you have one)?
Also, assuming I want to be cautious of minimizing any interference, I assume I should be using -tad? Iāve already set up a trigger (using your example in your post Iām replying to) for departs when my front door lock is activated (I notice in your example you have it set to trigger on both lock and unlock (or any state change at least) ), and it makes sense to do the same for arrivals. Logically Iād use the same trigger (the door lock state changing), but that would mean both a depart and and arrive scan triggered at the same time (is that ok?)
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I have four monitor nodes in the house. The two on the first floor (garage, 1st floor) are set to -tdr and the other two (2nd floor, 3rd floor) are set to -tad.
This means that the 1FL/garage nodes listen for advertisements to detect arrival of devices but ONLY scan for depart in response to an MQTT instruction. Also, this means that the 2FL/3FL nodes ONLY scan for arrive or depart in response to an MQTT instruction.
As a result of this architecture, when I arrive home, either the 1FL or garage node will observe an advertisement from my phone. That node will begin scanning and it will find my phone and report 100% confidence. Then, because of the r suboption in my -tdr setting, that node will report to the three other nodes that at least one device has arrived. Thereafter, the three other nodes will start scanning for my phone too.
In HA, I just use a YAML automation based on the state of a numeric sensor that takes the max of my four monitor nodesā confidence:
- platform: min_max
name: "Andrew Occupancy Confidence"
type: max
entity_ids:
- sensor.andrew_garage
- sensor.andrew_third_floor
- sensor.andrew_second_floor
- sensor.andrew_first_floor
This is my full automation, with minor redactions/changes:
- alias: andrew on
initial_state: 'on'
hide_entity: true
trigger:
- platform: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.andrew_occupancy_confidence
above: '90.0'
condition:
condition: and
conditions:
- condition: state
entity_id: 'input_boolean.andrew_occupancy'
state: 'off'
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ (as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(state_attr('automation.andrew_on', 'last_triggered') | default(0)) | int > 5)}}"
action:
- service: notify.ios_andrews_iphone
data:
title: "Home Alert"
message: 'Welcome home, Andrew. You were away for {{relative_time(states. input_boolean.andrew_occupancy.last_updated)}}. Need access?'
data:
push:
badge: 0
category: 'door'
action_data:
entity_id: light.test
- service: notify.ios_wifes_iphone
data:
title: "Home Alert"
message: 'Your loving husband has arrived back home.'
- service: media_player.volume_set
entity_id: media_player.nursery
data:
volume_level: '0.3'
- service: notify.alexa_media
data_template:
target:
- media_player.kitchen
- media_player.nursery
- media_player.garage
- media_player.master_bedroom
title: "Home Assistant"
data:
type: announce
method: all
message: "Andrew has arrived home. He was away for {{relative_time(states.input_boolean.andrew_occupancy.last_updated)}}."
- service: input_boolean.turn_on
data:
entity_id: input_boolean.andrew_occupancy
In pseudocode/English:
IF
- (andrewās input_boolean is off) AND
- (at least one monitor node changes to 100% confidence) AND
- (this automation has not run in the last 5 seconds [debouncing])
THEN
- send an actionable iOS alert to Andrewās phone that includes an option to unlock the door
- send a simple alert to wife letter her know Iām home
- turn down the volume of the babyās Alexa so that I donāt accidentally wake him if heās sleeping
- announce that Andrew is home on every Alexa in the house
- set the input boolean that represents Andrewās home/away status to ON
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