#Getting step count from walking pad. Any ideas?

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frosty sandal
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Hello everybody, I just got a King Smith Z1 Walking Pad. Unforunately it can't be added into HA. I tried connecting it to a smart plug to watch the power level to estimate the speed.... but thats pretty unreliable too. I'd really like to get a accurate step count I could try and use my smartphone for this... but this would mean that I'd have to keep it in my pocket all the time... which just doesn't work for me as I use my phone at work and use the walking pad ad work. So, I would like to use some kind of pedometer or similar. The Xiaomi Smart Band 9 doesn't seem to be supported by HA either... and I really owuldnt want to invest hundreds of euro into a garmin watch. Maybe there are some BLE powered devices or similar? Thanks in advance

blazing hatch
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Would probably need to import those as HA entities into Core or something

frosty sandal
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Oh wow. Haven’t seen that one yet. From what I read it seems to not provide realtime data though but only summarized last session.

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But if they managed to get a BT connection done then maybe I can figure out how to obtain realtime data updates. Will take a look. Thx a lot

carmine rapids
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Easier to grab it from a watch

frosty sandal
# carmine rapids Easier to grab it from a watch

Sure, but which one? I use an iphone since 20 years or something...so, from what I could gather most watches also require a smartphone from which the data is then received. A smart watch or smart band is exactly the solution I'd like to use, but I can't find a device that is either reliable or has a decent pricing point.

merry cove
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Where did you get the idea it doesn't provide realtime data?

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The example has it updating every 750ms - if that isn't real time enough for you, you've got issues

frosty sandal
merry cove
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Yeah I'm not sure what the best method to talk to it would be, possibly an arduino/pi pico running the python script via mqtt or something

frosty sandal
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I hope I can find a way to just use a smart band or smart watch to get the step count from that and combine it with a smart power plug to detect when the walking pad is turned on... that way I can at least count steps while the device is active. But I cant find a smart band / watch thats easily accessible with HA,

merry cove
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honestly that seems a lot harder and a lot uglier to me - but neither solution is going to be quick and easy

frosty sandal
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i Smart Band 9 is inexpensive... but I am not sure if the miot integration supports it. I only have so much mone to invest into trial n error ^^,

frosty sandal
merry cove
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yeah, which is why a dedicated device just to talk to the treadmill is a better solution

frosty sandal
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oh for sure... but it seems to be quite tehnical. also I never wrote a HA integration myself. I tried once but gave up

merry cove
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you wouldn't need to

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well - if you have mqtt set up somewhere at least

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you can use that as an intermediary to load stuff into HA without needing a custom integration

frosty sandal
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I do have MQTT. I am using 3 Tasmota plugs and Z2M... so, yeah.

frosty sandal
merry cove