MyKi GPS/GSM Watch And Tracker For Kids

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EDIT: It seems that the MyKi Watch 4 does not seem to be supported by the web app. This is tested and works with MyKi Touch.

Hi guys. I wanted to share how I managed to setup location tracking for my kids’ MyKi watches.
I hope that this will help someone, and perhaps inspire them to build a proper integration.

Overview
I am using a rest integration to fetch the device location data from the MyKi Web App, and update my child’s custom device_tracker which is defined in known_devices.yaml.

First, we define a custom device_tracker in /config/known_devices.yaml

# whichever device_id you want to define, I used myki_watch_1 here
myki_watch_1:
  # device friendly name
  name: MyKi Watch
  # made up, but unique mac address
  mac: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:F1
  # default device picture
  picture: https://www.home-assistant.io/images/favicon-192x192.png
  # indicate that the device position will change
  track: true
# ... repeat for any other devices

Then, we create a myki package, where we bundle all the config related to this MyKi integration.
Contents of /config/packages/myki.yaml

# I use rest integration to fetch the data from 
rest: 
  - authentication: basic
    username: ""
    password: ""
    # I have set it to update every 60s
    scan_interval: 60
    headers:
      Accept: application/json,text/plain,*/*
      Content-Type: application/json
      User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:106.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/106.0
      # The Authorization header copied from the MyKi web app and stored in secrets.yaml
      Authorization: !secret my_myki_token
    resource: https://my.myki.watch/api/watch/app-data
    params:
      # the MyKi Watch deviceid from the Web App (does not really need to be in secrets.yaml)
      id: !secret my_myki_device
    sensor:
      - name: "MyKi Watch 1"
        value_template: "OK"
        json_attributes_path: "$.data.current"
        json_attributes:
          - position
          - battery
          - steps
  # ... Copy and paste for other MyKi Watches

# Next, we update the device_tracker GPS position using the device_tracker.see service, 
# every time the command_line sensor is updated...
automation:
  - id: update_myki_watch_1_position 
    alias: Update MyKi position for watch 1
    description: ''
    trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: sensor.myki_watch_1
    condition: []
    action:
    - service: device_tracker.see
      data:
        source_type: gps
        dev_id: myki_watch_1
        host_name: myki_watch_1
        gps:
        - '{{ state_attr(''sensor.myki_watch_1'', ''position'').latitude }}'
        - '{{ state_attr(''sensor.myki_watch_1'', ''position'').longitude }}'
        gps_accuracy: '{{ state_attr(''sensor.myki_watch_1'', ''position'').accuracy }}'
        battery: '{{ state_attr(''sensor.myki_watch_1'', ''battery'') | round(0) }}'
    mode: single

Make sure you enable packages in configuration.yaml:

homeassistant:
  packages: !include_dir_named packages/

Next, you go to your Settings > People and add your child and use myki_watch_1 as a tracking device.

That’s it.
Cheers

NOTE: You can find the code on GitHub

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@ArtBIT I did set up the MYKI 4 Watch using the QR code on the box giving me the new app in Google App Store… but with the credentials of this app (email and password) I can not login to the web app … any suggestions?

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Did you try username + password (not email + password) ?

4

The MyKi Touch is the only still available watch that works with the web app, so for any other MyKi model will not work unfortunately :confused:

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