BLE Client Text Sensor
The ble_client component is a text sensor platform that can
query BLE devices for specific values of service characteristics.
For more information on BLE services and characteristics, see Ble Client.
esp32_ble_tracker:
ble_client: - mac_address: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX id: itag_black
text_sensor: - platform: ble_client ble_client_id: itag_black name: "Sensor Location" service_uuid: '180d' characteristic_uuid: '2a38'Configuration variables
Section titled “Configuration variables”-
ble_client_id (Required, ID): ID of the associated BLE client.
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service_uuid (Required, UUID): UUID of the service on the device.
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characteristic_uuid (Required, UUID): UUID of the service’s characteristic to query.
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descriptor_uuid (Optional, UUID): UUID of the characteristic’s descriptor to query.
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notify (Optional, boolean): Instruct the server to send notifications for this characteristic. Defaults to
false. -
update_interval (Optional, Time): The interval to poll the device. Defaults to
60s. -
All other options from Text Sensor.
Automations:
- on_notify (Optional, Automation): An automation to
perform when a notify message is received from the device. See
on_notify.
BLE Sensor Automation
Section titled “BLE Sensor Automation”on_notify
Section titled “on_notify”This automation is triggered when the device/server sends a notify message for
a characteristic. The config variable notify must be true or this will have
no effect.
A variable x of type std::string is passed to the automation for use in lambdas.