i love what espresence seems to offer,

[river river]

The SkyConnect is for Zigbee, not Bluetooth

#bluetooth-archived has docs linked that'll help you

[jagged locust]

it says it uses mqtt though

[river river]

So?

Do you know what MQTT is?

And are you confusing MQTT with Zigbee2MQTT?

[jagged locust]

probably right

is mqtt over wifi i assume?

[river river]

No

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+mqtt

[jagged locust]

so if I have an espresence module on the other side of the house to HA box, bluetooth is meant to reach?

[river river]

Well, yes, but no

ESPresence doesn't use BT to reach HA

[jagged locust]

i don't see anything on the website that indicates what it uses

[river river]

ESPs use WiFi or wired networking

[jagged locust]

oh it's just based on the board right.

[river river]

Correct

[jagged locust]

i need to look more into what esp actually is aha

from my understanding it's an even smaller Pi

so essentially, an esp board could implement zigbee protocol and use that, it's up to the board to connect to HA

[river river]

I mean, yes, but then that would make things more complicated

[jagged locust]

ESP32-C6

A low-power and cost-effective 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5 (LE) + Thread/Zigbee SoC, with a 32-bit RISC-V core, for securely connected devices.

[river river]

And now you need ZHA (or Zigbee2MQTT) to support that

Or you can just use IP networks and MQTT

[jagged locust]

i thought that reducing the amount of IoT devices on your wifi is a good thing

because it can slow down everything

[river river]

It's really worth reading up on what all these things are, and how they interact with HA

It's not as simple as switching a device from WiFi to Zigbee

Any more than it's simple to swap the brains between a cat and a dog, while keeping them both fully alive and functional