Unable to connect Everything Presence Lite (can't find the device)

[larsern007]

I'm trying to add "Everything Presence Lite", but the app does not find any device.

I added the sensor to Home Assistant first, and the firmware is up to date.

I want to use the bluetooth proxy for Home Assistant, and the presence sensor part for Homey (that's why I want the device added to both systems).

Homey is connected to the same vLAN as the sensor, through ethernet. I have tried adding the device from my Android phone and from browser/web.

[cgiacca]

Hi, I also am having a similar issue with one of the ESP Lite sensors I purchased.

I purchased 4 x Lite and 1 x One sensor and all but one were found easily and set up no problem. I have tried flashing the Firmware multiple times just in case, and I can confirm the sensor can connect to my Wifi network when powered as I see its MAC address on my network, but the Homey app does not detect it. I have tried over a dozen times.

Any ideas how I may resolve this? Is there any way to manually enter the MAC address?

[oldowl2]

Hello. Same issue here. I have flashed the firmware and connected to wifi (both Smarthings and homeassistant versions), I see the MAC and IP on my network (can go to the web interface on the smartthings firmware only) so I know it is connected and working, but when using the EverythingSmart app in Homey, when searching for the EP1 device is does not find. It is almost instant the failure to find the unit... I am on the same wifi network as well. Thank you. Looking forward to it working!

Also, the EP1 is the latest version with the SEN0609 sensor, it is the completed, prebuilt kit. Firmware is: 1.2.6. I actually have two of these units and both are experiencing this issue.

[Busschers]

Same issue here, the device has been linked since I started using it (for about a week) then switched from internet provider (kept the same wifi because I am using my own access points) and then the device was not found anymore.

Deleted the device in my homey and tried to connect again, then a message no new devices found. tried to flash it again, setup wifi again but still the message no new devices found.

Also deleted and reinstalled the app on my Homey and restarted everything but without succes. Is it possible that Homey saved the MAC address so he does not see it as a new device or something?

Hope someone can help with this issue.

[jmdraper]

I have the exact same experience as @oldowl2 using the Lite with Homey. Flashed firmware, connected to Wifi, can see the device on my network. Not discovered in the Homey app when going to add device.

[jvmenen]

Hoi Robin,

I had the same issue as everybody else, not being able to find the Lite. I have 1 running succesfull for a few months and I wanted to add a second Lite recently and it was not discovered. Since I order both at the same time it must have been some change in the 1.2 firmware update that I only installed on the second Lite.
So today I sat down to try to debug the issue (I want to use my Lite :-) ). And the issue of not detecting is caused by a change they have made in the project name which is filtered on in the everything-presence-lite.json file. Instead of underscores in "Everything_Presence_Lite" they now use spaces: "Everything Presence Lite".

Below te version that works for me. It discovers both the old firmware version and the new firmware version for the Lite. Don't know if they did something similar to the One. I have one unused with old firmware and not attached yet to Homey. Oneday I'll have a look.

Thanx for the awesome work you did and hope this helps. Looking forward to the updated version of your app!

Kind regards,
Jeroen

{
"type": "mdns-sd",
"mdns-sd": {
"name": "_esphomelib",
"protocol": "tcp"
},
"id": "{{txt.mac}}",
"conditions": [
[
{
"field": "txt.project_name",
"match": {
"type": "string",
"value": "EverythingSmartTechnology.Everything_Presence_Lite"
}
},
{
"field": "txt.project_name",
"match": {
"type": "string",
"value": "EverythingSmartTechnology.Everything Presence Lite"
}
}
]
]
}

[jvmenen]

@RobinBol Same issue with the newer firmware for the One (version 1.2.7). They use a different project name and so I can't add the device to Homey

version 1.2.7 bonjour info:
Key: project_name
Value: Everything Smart Technology.Everything Presence One

version 1.1.x bonjour info:
Key: project_name
Value: Everything_Smart_Technology.Everything_Presence_One

[jvmenen]

@RobinBol Maybe, to make it less error prone for future updates, match on the bonjour name (instead of the project.name) with regex. The below conditions did find all my lite's and one's

--- LITE

{
"type": "mdns-sd",
"mdns-sd": {
"name": "_esphomelib",
"protocol": "tcp"
},
"id": "{{txt.mac}}",
"conditions": [
[
{
"field": "name",
"match": {
"type": "regex",
"value": "^everything-presence-lite-.*"
}
}
]
]
}

--- ONE

{
"type": "mdns-sd",
"mdns-sd": {
"name": "_esphomelib",
"protocol": "tcp"
},
"id": "{{txt.mac}}",
"conditions": [
[
{
"field": "name",
"match": {
"type": "regex",
"value": "^everything-presence-one-.*"
}
}
]
]
}

[larsern007]

@jvmenen how do you change the Json file?

I tried installing ESPHome builder in HomeAssistant, and when adding the device there, the Json file looks like this:

File name:

everything-presence-lite-5c9cd4.yaml

Content:

`substitutions:
name: everything-presence-lite-5c9cd4
friendly_name: Everything Presence Lite 5c9cd4
packages:
EverythingSmartTechnology.Everything Presence Lite: github://everythingsmarthome/everything-presence-lite/everything-presence-lite-ha.yaml@main
esphome:
name: ${name}
name_add_mac_suffix: false
friendly_name: ${friendly_name}
api:
encryption:
key: ******************************************

wifi:
ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
password: !secret wifi_password`

[ZodChimp]

@RobinBol @jvmenen Can someone help rebuild/update this app please? I have tons of sensors rendered completely useless due to a package name change, and would appreciate some help with this as I am not that technical! Thanks a lot!

[abrahavt]

I'm trying to add "Everything Presence Lite", but the app does not find any device. I do not have Home Assistant. I tried plugging it into the usb port of my windows computer but it doesnt show up. Is there anything I can do to get it working in Homey Pro.

[Kremx]

@RobinBol Maybe, to make it less error prone for future updates, match on the bonjour name (instead of the project.name) with regex. The below conditions did find all my lite's and one's

--- LITE

{ "type": "mdns-sd", "mdns-sd": { "name": "_esphomelib", "protocol": "tcp" }, "id": "{{txt.mac}}", "conditions": [ [ { "field": "name", "match": { "type": "regex", "value": "^everything-presence-lite-.*" } } ] ] }

--- ONE

{ "type": "mdns-sd", "mdns-sd": { "name": "_esphomelib", "protocol": "tcp" }, "id": "{{txt.mac}}", "conditions": [ [ { "field": "name", "match": { "type": "regex", "value": "^everything-presence-one-.*" } } ] ] }

I'm experiencing the same issue but lack the skills to modify this for my own use case. I would be really nice if this solution could be merged into the app.

[EverythingSmartHome]

Hi everyone! I've actually been working hard last few weeks on official Homey support for both EP1 and EPL after some good demand.

Just published the first version now and it's working well. It uses the Native ESPhome API to communicate with the device so very fast and responsive. It also configures the wifi credentials over bluetooth and setup process is very nice.

I am sure there will be bugs but please join the discord server or drop me an email and can take a look at them.

https://homey.app/en-gb/app/com.everythingpresence.homey/Everything-Presence/test/

Thanks Robin for creating the app initially for the last few years, we wanted to add official support as we had a lot of customers asking for it.

[Kremx]

That's great! Tested and it already works for me!

[EverythingSmartHome]

Awesome, glad to hear it!

[cgiacca]

This is great news! I was seriously considering having to replace all my EST sensors with Aqara's FP300 when it gets released.

How do I set up the zones?