bluetooth tracking does not work

[dolohow]

I am trying to set up bluetooth tracking for my device, but I can't make it work. Binary sensor is exposed to HA, however it has "off" state all the time.

This is my configuration from https://wiki.apolloautomation.com/products/general/setup/bluetooth-tracking/

esp32_ble_tracker:

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password
  power_save_mode: LIGHT

binary_sensor:
  - platform: ble_presence
    ibeacon_uuid: 'cut'
    ibeacon_major: 100
    ibeacon_minor: 1
    name: "Phone"

I also tried from https://github.com/ApolloAutomation/AIR-1/blob/main/Integrations/ESPHome/AIR-1_BLE.yaml#L42

bluetooth_proxy:
  active: true
esp32_ble_tracker:
  scan_parameters:
    active: false

https://esphome.io/components/esp32_ble_tracker/#use-on-single-core-chips

esp32_ble_tracker:
  scan_parameters:
    continuous: false

api:
  encryption:
    key: !secret encryption_key
  on_client_connected:
    - esp32_ble_tracker.start_scan:
       continuous: true
  on_client_disconnected:
    - esp32_ble_tracker.stop_scan:

Every time it shows this in logs:

[11:15:08.992][C][esp32_ble:650]: BLE:
[11:15:08.992][C][esp32_ble:650]:   MAC address: cut
[11:15:08.992][C][esp32_ble:650]:   IO Capability: none
[11:15:09.053][C][esp32_ble_server:244]: ESP32 BLE Server:
[11:15:09.054][C][esp32_improv.component:307]: ESP32 Improv:
[11:15:09.054][C][esp32_ble_tracker:676]: BLE Tracker:
[11:15:09.055][C][esp32_ble_tracker:677]:   Scan Duration: 300 s
[11:15:09.055][C][esp32_ble_tracker:677]:   Scan Interval: 320.0 ms
[11:15:09.055][C][esp32_ble_tracker:677]:   Scan Window: 30.0 ms
[11:15:09.055][C][esp32_ble_tracker:677]:   Scan Type: PASSIVE
[11:15:09.055][C][esp32_ble_tracker:677]:   Continuous Scanning: YES
[11:15:09.058][C][esp32_ble_tracker:685]:   Scanner State: RUNNING
[11:15:09.058][C][esp32_ble_tracker:685]:   Connecting: 0, discovered: 0, disconnecting: 0
[11:15:09.059][C][bluetooth_proxy.connection:091]: BLE Connection:
[11:15:09.060][C][esp32_ble_client:071]:   Address: 
[11:15:09.060][C][esp32_ble_client:071]:   Auto-Connect: FALSE
[11:15:09.060][C][esp32_ble_client:071]:   State: IDLE
[11:15:09.063][C][bluetooth_proxy.connection:091]: BLE Connection:
[11:15:09.064][C][esp32_ble_client:071]:   Address: 
[11:15:09.064][C][esp32_ble_client:071]:   Auto-Connect: FALSE
[11:15:09.064][C][esp32_ble_client:071]:   State: IDLE
[11:15:09.064][C][bluetooth_proxy.connection:091]: BLE Connection:
[11:15:09.068][C][esp32_ble_client:071]:   Address: 
[11:15:09.068][C][esp32_ble_client:071]:   Auto-Connect: FALSE
[11:15:09.068][C][esp32_ble_client:071]:   State: IDLE
[11:15:12.129][D][esp32_ble:493]: Disabling

[bharvey88]

Please share the full yaml you are using - I think you're likely using the AIR-1_Factory.yaml and running into issues due to this yaml

AIR-1/Integrations/ESPHome/AIR-1_Factory.yaml

Lines 54 to 59 in 6637a0c

	wifi:
	on_connect:
	- delay: 5s
	- ble.disable:
	on_disconnect:
	- ble.enable:

[bharvey88]

we're currently testing new beta features with this yaml removed if you'd like to help test https://wiki.apolloautomation.com/products/general/setup/switch-to-beta-branch/

[dolohow]

Please share the full yaml you are using - I think you're likely using the AIR-1_Factory.yaml and running into issues due to this yaml

Looks like it

substitutions:
  name: apollo-air-1-39e980
  friendly_name: Apollo AIR-1
packages:
  ApolloAutomation.AIR-1: github://ApolloAutomation/AIR-1/Integrations/ESPHome/AIR-1_Factory.yaml
esphome:
  name: ${name}
  name_add_mac_suffix: false
  friendly_name: ${friendly_name}
api:
  encryption:
    key: cut


wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password

bluetooth_proxy:
  active: true
esp32_ble_tracker:
  scan_parameters:
    active: false

binary_sensor:
  - platform: ble_presence
    ibeacon_uuid: 'cut'
    ibeacon_major: 100
    ibeacon_minor: 1
    name: "Phone"

[bharvey88]

You can just switch to using AIR-1.yaml (just remove _Factory) and then save and install and it should work fine!

[bharvey88]

Although it would still be nice to get feedback on the beta branch since we're using web server v3 and it would be nice to confirm you dont run into any issues running ble tracker, ble proxy, web server, and air-1 components.

[dolohow]

Sure, I'll try to

[dolohow]

There is no Disabled log anymore. However my binary_sensor for device is always "off". I also enabled iBeacon and that seems to find my device using AIR-1 built-in bluetooth.

Problem is that with iBeacon there is a flood of device_tracker ids of the same device plus some random and the end

[bharvey88]

Apologies I have no idea on that - it's something related to your ble tracking not our yaml. Can you confirm this issue is solved and able to be closed?