Track Objects Inside Your House with BLE // ESPresense & Home Assistant

Guide, Home Assistant

Direct Links in Video

ESPresense Home Page – https://espresense.com/

ESPresense Project Page – https://github.com/ESPresense/ESPresense/

Install Page – https://espresense.com/install

Web Terminal – https://espresense.com/terminal

Hardware

ESP32 “Base Stations” – https://espresense.com/hardware

Compatible BLE Trackers – https://espresense.com/beacons

Create a Virtual Device Tracker with ESPresense

Now if you want to be able to use the ESPresense device as a device tracker in Home Assistant you need to use this little bit of code. Now make sure you update the sensor entity ID and the device tracker name. Now this is a virtual tracker, so you just need to give it a unique name.

Now there are two automations, one for when the tracker gets home and the other when it leaves.

Device Home Automation

alias: Liam Backpack BT Home
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.liam_backpack
    from: not_home
action:
  - service: device_tracker.see
    data:
      dev_id: liam_backpack
      location_name: home
mode: single

Device Away Automation

alias: Liam Backpack BT Away
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: sensor.liam_backpack
    to: not_home
action:
  - service: device_tracker.see
    data:
      dev_id: liam_backpack
      location_name: not_home
mode: single