Hey everyone,
I’ve been building PadSpan HA — a custom integration that turns your existing Bluetooth scanners into a full room-level presence tracking system — and it’s coming out of alpha in March 2026.
This started as a personal project because I wanted more than just “home” or “away.” I wanted to know which room my phone was in, see it on a floor plan, and get alerts when my kids’ trackers moved between rooms. Nothing out there did all of that, so I built it.
What’s in the alpha right now
- Room-level BLE tracking with 5-second updates (not just home/away)
- Upload floor plans and draw room boundary polygons right in the UI
- 3D multi-floor isometric maps with live object positions
- Walk-around calibration system — k-NN fingerprint matching + path-loss model fitting
- Follow mode — pick any tag, watch it move room to room with an animated map
- Email alerts when a tracked device changes rooms
- 21 dedicated views (Basic mode for simplicity, Advanced for power users)
- Full HA entities — area sensors, distance sensors, device trackers, binary sensors
- Works with ESPresense, Bermuda proxies, or any HA Bluetooth proxy
- Sample mode — explore every feature with synthetic data before plugging in hardware
- 11 languages (EN, ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, NL, ZH, JA, KO, RU)
- Standalone phone-friendly calibration panel for walk-around data collection
- Per-scanner signal quality metrics, WiFi SSID/IP display
- Built-in Training Hub with guided walkthroughs
What’s coming for the beta
More details soon — but think tighter HA dashboard integration, automation blueprints, and some things I’m not ready to talk about yet.
Try the alpha now
- HACS → Custom repositories → add
gbroeckling/padspanHA(Integration) - Install PadSpan HA → Restart HA
- Settings → Devices & Services → Add Integration → PadSpan HA
Feedback and bug reports welcome — drop them here or open an issue on GitHub.
GitHub: GitHub - gbroeckling/padspanHA: PadSpan™ HA — BLE room-level presence tracking for Home Assistant
More coming in March.