i have curtains 3 visible in HA via switchbot bluetooth. i can see the status but the action buttons do nothing. i think they just time out. any ideas?
IIRC and IIUC, SwitchBot supports Matter just in their gateway, which still communicates with the SwitchBot devices just by Bluetooth. Not sure if you can connect the gateway to HA via Matter. (I have no SwitchBot gateway and no Matter in HA.)
If you think the device always times out, you can bring it closer to the Bluetooth adapter. If it starts working then, it is probably just signal strength.
Have you calibrated the SwitchBot Curtain via their app? Not sure, but I think you cannot control it in HA before the calibration.
What BT adapter do you have?
hmm. i can’t imagine it’s signal strength, the bluetooth dongle is quite close. i tried a new dongle and it works, but the initial connection time is extremely slow. subsequent commands are fast. i have a Switchbot Hub Mini E2 but I can’t work out if it supports matter or not
Thinking of getting these, but i dont have a switchbot hub, do these work with home assistant without a swittchbot hub? I usually buy aqara stuff. But its double the price of the switchbot curtain closers
Yes it works without, though your HA must then have some Bluetooth capabilities. I use a Bluetooth Proxy from M5Stack.
hello @jpbaril
could you elaborate a bit more in it? what exactly needs to be done/setup… is bluetooth dongle required?
Thanks
The SwitchBot hub has Bluetooth and WiFi. It uses Bluetooth to connect to the curtain and WiFi to connect to your local network and the internet.
If your Home Assistant server has either built-in Bluetooth, a Bluetooth dongle, or uses a Bluetooth proxy, which is a standalone WiFi device that also has Bluetooth (just like had the SwitchBot hub), then by using Home Assistant SwitchBot integration, which expects Bluetooth connectivity, you will be able to control the curtain, effectively replacing the software features that were in the hub.
The advantage of a Bluetooh proxy is that since it is a standalone device, you can then place it whereever you want in your home. Obviously you will want to place it in both Bluetooth signal range from the curtain and wifi signal range from your router/AP.
@jpbaril thanks
but what device do i need for Bluetooth proxy?
Currently my HAS doesnt have bluetooth dongle ; only zigbe and zwave modules.
currently i dont have any free usb ports … so maybe i should go esp way and extend it via esp?
maybe i can use : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08D5ZD528?crid=PUDWBXQWVFF5&keywords=ESP32&sprefix=esp32,aps,476&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&language=en_US&sr=8-3&linkCode=gg2&linkId=671dcfc67e14e94cc013bd8b4b42a626&tag=smarthomescen-20
it will connect to HA via wifi and control switchbot via bluetooth cmds send from HA?
Thanks!
Yes, bluetooth proxies are usually done through ESP32 devices that are flashed with ESPhome.
As I initially wrote and as you can see in the above link, I recommend M5Stack Atom lite.
https://aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-m5stack-atom-lite.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.search.0
@jpbaril
i did edit of the previous post apparently after your comment:
maybe i can use : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08D5ZD528?crid=PUDWBXQWVFF5&keywords=ESP32&sprefix=esp32,aps,476&ref_=as_li_ss_tl&language=en_US&sr=8-3&linkCode=gg2&linkId=671dcfc67e14e94cc013bd8b4b42a626&tag=smarthomescen-20
it will connect to HA via wifi and control switchbot via bluetooth cmds send from HA?
I recommend these. Small and with usb c.
Just flash them with esphome and add 2 lines of bluetooth proxy. Place them on the same wifi (or network) as your HA is and you have your first proxy.
You can place as many as you whish.
@sender looks nice, thanks i can see on aliexpress they have cp2104 or ch9102… is it possible to say which one is the one you have recommended?
found it - even no idea what is it … CP-2104:)
edit2: regarding cp2104 ch9102 its bandwidth related.
thanks!
Is anyone using the Switchbot Curtain along with a Blind Tilt? I have a single cover entity that controls a helper group. Can I call this component service for the group containing the tilt? The Curtain is way louder than the Tilt, but that’s pretty noisy as well.