Using my RPi to relay Bluetooth tracking to my HA

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For simple device / presence detection I went with a Pi Zero:

Bluetooth presence detection without Raspberry Pi 3

I use a Pi Zero (running Hassbian, can be raspbian) to do the job, it has built-in Bluetooth. I run a little python rest api script to listen out for any BluetoothLE devices, in my case Tile keyrings. It’s basic - just checks if the device is detectable or not. Might be of use: Some things you might need to install sudo apt-get install python3-pip libglib2.0-dev python-flask sudo pip3 install bluepy And the python script: from flask import Flask from bluepy.btle import Scanner, DefaultDel…

It’s very simple but I still find it useful.