I put this in EVERY room! Smart room detection 😲

I put ESPresense around my entire house! Now I can automate based on what room I'm in with my Apple Watch.

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If it says the WiFi doesn't connect, it might be a current bug so look for the device on your network and go to the IP address. Should be fine.

*Update* Use the IRK for Apple devices. Yes it can work without it but the IRK method is way more accurate.

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[reedssmarthome]

Tip: use the IRK for Apple devices. Yes it can work without it but the IRK method is way more accurate.

[rickyjones]

Hey, been watching your videos for many years now, you have helped me and my wife with some simple things we’ve done in our home, but I have a very interesting twist that might also help create content for your channels. I am totally blind and trying to create a blind friendly, smart home. Would love it if we could connect and speak more about it.

[ThisSmartHouse]

I used to use ESPresense a lot, but recently it just can’t handle the amount of BLE devices in my neighborhood. Even when upgrading to ESP32s with more memory, I get reboot loops from it crashing. I just got some more of the ROVERs that have more memory on board, and I hope that will help. I love the project and miss having detection in my office.

[roodynewbie]

Love this channel. I've been learning and playing with esp32's for a few weeks now. Definitely something everyone should look into.

[tomm]

You can make a hot and cold thing with lights when you're looking for things. "Find my phone" all lights are blue until you get closer to yellow lights and red lights for where it is...

[_j_j]

Ali Xpress has inexpensive ble tags. I affixed one to each of my bins and have an esp in the garage that picks them up. Reminds me if I forget to put them out, get the recycling fortnights mixed up or forget to bring them in.
There's also a build you can add extra sensors so you can measure light in the room, temps etc. With the same device

[TenshiR]

OMG!! I have a bunch of ESP32s laying about and my wife ALWAYS losing her phone. Then asks me to search all over for it. LITERALLY EVERY BLOODY This is GREAT!!

[petertaylor]

Thanks for reminding me to give these another go. Stuck them all over more than a year ago but never bothered to tweek the absortion. Working really good with my galaxy watch 4 and HA app.

[gregmcullen]

We put an ESPresense in each room, and a tile tracker on both our cats. Added some fun automations like if an extrior door is open for too long, the assistant speakers will announce their last location. Took a bit of time to figure out the right settings, but its been great!

[ScottCulberson]

Could you use an apple tracker instead of an iphone or apple watch? Does this routine work for family members when your not home?

[ningelsohn]

While it’s maybe suitable for some people, I don’t want my automation to be dependent on a specific person (or rather a specific device worn by a specific person).

At least not in all cases, and I think a „presence“ sensor is one of the best examples of that.

I have not yet tackled this task, but I think you can still get a cheap solution with the usage of RC-WL0516 sensors. You can get 10 of them for a couple of bucks and most likely there is already a ready solution out there, you only need some to do some soldering.

If building it from scratch, there is some stuff to consider, e.g. the occasional misfires or vice versa the occasional missing detection when movement is done.

Weakness of the sensor is obviously that it by-default detects all sorts of movements. So with a simple solution, you will have problems especially with pets.

Since it’s using microwaves to detect movements, you might also encounter issues with windows: mocrowaves can travel trough glass and also other non-metallic materials and people passing windows could also cause unwanted behavior.

That said, there are sophisticated methods to filter out unwanted signals and use it as a somewhat reliable human-motion-detector even in complex environments.

[HATipsByLarry]

I prefer the LD2410 mmWave sensors (about $7.00 USD on a test board for powering it on aliexpress) along with aome Enclosures (5 total) for about 3.50 USD. This way you don't need a 3D printer to print an enclosure and you don't have to wear or carry any kind of electronic device such as a watch or phone. Works great with no problems.

[wrbrower]

This was genuinely helpful. I used ESP32 with Arduino with Bluetooth BLE iBeacon (BC021-MultiBeacon) for car detection.

[AtlantaTerry]

What about setting off an alarm when the presence of an *unknown* Bluetooth device is detected?

What if an intruder is creeping around your ground floor windows or the patio door? You could set the range to a meter or so and it would alert you that someone is looking in or actually breaking in.

Add a mm wave detector to increase the odds on your side (in case the intruder does not have any BT device on them).

[MaxGoddur]

Just throwing it out there. Currently, I'm using ESPhome and have installed motion sensors in various locations within my home, backyard, and garage. I have three ESP8266s running smoothly under HA/ESPhome, which effectively report back whenever motion is detected.

My objective is to create a central ESP8266, to which all the motion sensors can communicate. I plan to attach a circuit board with LEDs to this central ESP8266, allowing the LEDs to illuminate based on the specific location where motion was detected around the home.
Possible? Don't want to use Arduino solutions as I am only running Home Assistant and ESPhome.

[Waterbottle]

Reed- Doesn't the BT MAC change in Apple Watches? I thought that was an issue when I looked into doing this previously. Have you had any issues with it?

[fpskywalker]

I prefer to use the M5 Stack Atoms for this application as you can stick it directly to a small usb charger like those 5w iphone charger that most people already have laying around.

[drawzeywazig]

Is there a more user friendly alternative? A wired one? Not bluetooth but Zigbee or Matter & thread? Something you can advise? I don't like to wear anything (build a new house - planning for home assistant as the base) ;) Thanks allready!

[michaeldisieno]

I've got the trackers going, but I haven't been able to figure out how you tracked the distance to the closest. How do we set that entity monitor?

[RickyFish]

I'd love to set this up but the biggest issue I have is the looks.. Is there a case, cable, power combo that doesn't look so DIY? I'd love something as low-profile and 'one piece' as possible to look as though I just plugged a thing into the wall similar to a zigbee or zwave range extender, rather than a wall wart, usb cable, esp32.