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Bluetooth Tracking

Helpful links: ESP32 Bluetooth Low Energy Beacon and iBeacon Region

  1. Install the iBeacon integration in HA.  
    1. HA
      iBeacon Install Guide
  2. Install the Home Assistant App on your device

    1. Android

    2. Apple
  3. Navigate to the HA settings


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  5. Select Companion app


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  7. Select manageManage Sensors
  8. sensors

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  9. Turn on the "BLE Transmitter"


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  11. After opening BLE transmitter and turning it on, then scroll down to get the iBeacon unique ID


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  13. Add it to the ESPHome yaml config for the MSR-1

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    1. You havesure to add the "power_save_mode: LIGHT" to the wifi section


    2. # Example config.yaml
wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password
  power_save_mode: LIGHT

esp32_ble_tracker:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: ble_presence
    ibeacon_uuid: '77a6438d-ea95-4522-b46c-cb2b4412076f'
    ibeacon_major: 100
    ibeacon_minor: 1
    name: "Jane's Phone"
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