I have a BLE proxy that is in a place where it sometimes loses connection. What’s the best way to spot this from an automation for notifying me when there’s a problem?
I found info about the Status Binary Sensor, but if I simply try to add it’s config to my ESP32’s yaml via ESPHome, it fails on installation.
Is there something I need to do to make Status Binary work (this is my first time touching the YAML for an ESPHome device) or is there a better way to monitor my BLE proxy?
are you losing the connection with ESP or bluetooth signal goes instable?
If it is ESP, I would either rely on PING sensor if it stops responding or WIFI SIGNAL sensor if it has not changed in last X minutes.
If you are adding a new component, you need to clean the build file and start the clean installation
I was thinking that a ping sensor might be more “costly”. I’m assuming that the binary sensor uses MQTTs “last will” or something lighter-weight like that.
Clearing my build and then installing did the trick! Thanks!