Another great video! Just ordered a couple of M5Stacks. I believe they are just what I need.
@MartinHiggs84
3 ай бұрын
" Home Automation By Jeff " would be a name I would put forward 😊
@fasthowto
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the suggestion! That does have a nice ring to it, I'll add it to the list of possibilities. Thanks for watching! :)
@MartinHiggs84
3 ай бұрын
@@fasthowto anytime 😊 like the size of your videos
@fasthowto
3 ай бұрын
@@MartinHiggs84thank you! 😊
@wendellp601
3 ай бұрын
For a cheap case to contain a generic ESP32 board, I use a cheap travel soap box from "Wally World". I cut a slot in one end for the power cable. Costs about $0.97 each.
@fasthowto
3 ай бұрын
That's actually a pretty great idea for a device that will be out of sight. I may just adopt that, if you don't mind. :) Thanks for watching!
@ndudman8
29 күн бұрын
great thanks for this, so can 1 m5 stack connect/show to 2 different bms bld balancers... Or can only one be connected at a time? Thanks
@fasthowto
29 күн бұрын
I have no idea what that is, but I have three different Bluetooth devices connected to the same proxy currently.
@ndudman8
28 күн бұрын
@@fasthowto Thanks very much for the confirmation, I could have asked the question in a simpler way, but yes I just wanted to know if you can connect multiple devices :) The BMS (battery managment system) is just a device for balancing the multiple cells of a diy solar system I have, it only has bluetooth).
@alondinbar6193
Ай бұрын
thanks, follow you guide - in the end I get this proxy 'discoverd' on the new devices' should I configure it again from there?
@MartinHiggs84
3 ай бұрын
Be mindful where you place them in rooms as bluetooth signals go through walls. Keep distance low enough to see when seated on sofa or chairs in lounge etc.
@jaroslavsimecek8452
29 күн бұрын
Hi and thank you for excellent video. Is there any way how to connect blue tooth proxy to the WiFi extender? (different SSID, but connected to the same router via WiFi). I can access Home Assistant from my cell phone through the extended WiFi but did not find the way how to configure Blue Tooth Proxy which is in the remote area.
@fasthowto
26 күн бұрын
You're most welcome! Sorry, I don't use wifi extenders so I have no idea what you would need to do with it. Thanks for watching!
@gerryf7015
3 ай бұрын
Been a minute! How about - Automation - How To. More specific but keeps a link to your old channel name. Got a couple of these M5s. Will go try this. I'm told the BT person presense sensor approach is very finicky.
@fasthowto
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the suggestion! I've added that to the potential list. :) Yeah, I've read the person detection can be finicky as well. I suspect it's much like everything else, where the devil is in the details (config). I've already found some configuration specifics that I needed to set for my August locks with just the regular BT that I covered in this video. I'll get into those in the next one. If and when I do the BLE presence detection, I'll do the same thing I always do - fight with it until I'm happy with it, and then make a video, or scrap the whole thing and never speak of it again. LOL
@ppi57
Ай бұрын
My atom lite's came with a light showing (on first power up), after flashing, the light no longer comes on?
@major_west
3 ай бұрын
Other than ESPresense monitoring our cell phones to determine room location, I've never found a Bluetooth device to connect to HA. What BT devices do you have?
@fasthowto
3 ай бұрын
I showed the devices and discussed them in the video (August/Yale locks). As mentioned, my next video will be about adding them to HA. Thanks for watching!
@dcipher69
3 ай бұрын
I use a Govee Bluetooth Hygrometer Thermometer to monitor the temperature of my chest freezer in the garage. I have automation set to alert me if the temperature exceeds a set threshold.
@dcipher69
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. Just ordered 2 devices to play with. I run HAOS as a VM in Proxmox on a mini PC. Bluetooth breaks every time HAOS or Proxmox release a new kernel version since they're not in sync. I'm hoping your solution will resolve this issue for good.
@fasthowto
3 ай бұрын
Yep, that's a GREAT use case for these little things! Be sure to report back once you get them and set them up, I'm always interested to hear real-world feedback. Thanks for watching!!
@dcipher69
3 ай бұрын
Things did not work for me as shown in your video. I plugged the Atom Lite to my PC via USB and was able to flash it and configure the wireless network successfully, however, it never showed up in the ESPHome dashboard. I was able to add the Atom Lite manually as an ESPHome integration by using it's IP address. Once added, it immediately connected to my Govee temperature sensor and have been rock solid since. I suspect this is because the way my Home Assistant and network is configured. Here is my setup in case you're interested: I run the Home Assistant OS as a VM in a Proxmox Virtual Environment. Proxmox is the host OS on a dedicated mini PC. I use TP-Link Omada gear and my network is segregated using VLANs for added security and ease of management. I have dedicated VLANs and wireless networks for my network devices (router, switches, access points), PCs, wireless clients and wireless IoT devices.
@fasthowto
3 ай бұрын
Sounds to me like things worked exactly as they were supposed to. If you are knowledgeable enough to configure a complicated network, you're probably knowledgeable enough to understand broadcast domains and mDNS and why you have to manually add devices... ;) Glad to hear you figured it out and that they are working for you though!!
@LawrenceFarrugia
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the informative tutorial. I followed your step by step tutorial, however the device keeps going offline. I can see it in ESPHome but it goes offline. Any advise ? Thanks
@fasthowto
Ай бұрын
I think that's likely due to a breaking change made in 2024.6 one of my devices is doing the same thing - shows offline in esphome, even though it works and I'm able to use it still. I haven't had time to dig into what the fix is just yet, though. Hopefully this info is enough to get you pointed in the right direction. Thanks for watching!
@sdhack0890
Ай бұрын
For some reason when I go to flash the board at the esphome site I get an error saying "Your ESP32-S3 board is not supported". I've tried Chrome and Edge on both my Mac and Windows machine. Has anyone seen this before?
@imssrinu
Ай бұрын
Does m5stack nano c6 works?
@naronaroyan323
3 ай бұрын
If I have a Tuya BLE smart lock that would this work as a BLE gateway to have it connect to HA and control the lock that way?
@fasthowto
3 ай бұрын
If there's an integration for it, I would imagine so. Try it out and let me know! I'm always looking to earn about new stuff. Which lock do you have?
@naronaroyan323
3 ай бұрын
@@fasthowto Well I have a Adaproxy that came with my fingerbot which worked to connect to the BLE Tuya lock, and it showed up within HA but it has no controles in it; so I’m thinking it’s not compatible with HA. But I was thinking of making my own gateway as mentioned in the video would make it compatible with HA. 🤔
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