My HA server is in the basement and I want to talk to bluetooth devices in the garage. I have ethernet out there and a POE switch.
#Is there a POE powered bluetooth proxy that I can buy?
meager saddle
and, if there is - can I have multiples and talk to bluetooth devices all over the place?
mystic rivet
https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1867tlt/poe_version_of_esp32/ take a look here. you can use esphome devices as bluetooth proxies. https://esphome.io/components/bluetooth_proxy/
echo pecan
north bluff
The above are good advice, I'd also say that PoE-to-DC converters are an option sometimes. A little expensive if you want to use it to power a $4 ESP32, but can be super useful for "converting" non-PoE devices to PoE
I especially like the fact I can run my PoE switch off a UPS and then use PoE to "send" that UPS protection around the house
meager saddle
https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1867tlt/poe_version_of_esp32/ ta...
dumb question - but it seemed too easy
I got an olimex board all setup and it's working in HA.
Is that all there is to it? It's seeing bluetooth devices and the visualizer is showing devices.
Does HA simply just start making use of the proxy just like that even with existing bluetooth devices? There's both a proxy now and the onboard bluetooth in the minipc server.
(also, I won eve a while back but Fuzzwork was hugely useful to me back in the day, thanks)
digital folio
Hey @meager saddle sorry for bothering you but i want to order one of these too but I'm in the US, and it says I need to spend over $1,000 in order to get it shipped here. Are you in the US too, and if so, did you have this issue as well?