Mqtt

[James Sentman]

Manually editing the YAML file is so 1990 ;) except… there wasn’t any YAML back then ;)

The way it woudl work in XTension is similar to the way it works with the old arp and pin plugin. If you’re looking for a new device you turn on the “create new units in XTension” checkbox, and then once it’s there and working you turn that off so you don’t end up with an entry for every persons phone who walks by the house while walking their dog ;) But no manual editing of configuration files ;)

> On Feb 23, 2022, at 12:25 PM, chad at holeinthewoodsfarm.com wrote:
> 
> Also, espresence implements tracking things by a Bluetooth fingerprint, which doesn’t change.  It reports both the MAC address and the fingerprint via mqtt, so if you create your home assistant entities by fingerprint (you do actually need to manually enter the addresses of what you need to track in your HA yaml files - it auto creates devices for the esp32 stations, but not the devices you want to track.  Which is probably wise, because anytime someone visited with a ble device, it would be adding things.  Anyone with a phone and a smar watch would already have two…) rather than MAC address, the iOS changing MAC address all the time is a non-issue.

Thanks,
 James


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