Supervisor: device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker not working with HASS.IO since introduction...?

[Eina61]

The ble tracker was introduced in about version 5.? but I haven't been able to get it working at all.

My logs look like this:

2017-10-27 22:59:01 ERROR (SyncWorker_11) [homeassistant.util.package] Unable to install package gattlib==0.20150805: Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-2hdf7tbx/gattlib/
2017-10-27 22:59:01 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Not initializing device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker because could not install dependency gattlib==0.20150805
2017-10-27 22:59:01 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Unable to prepare setup for platform device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker: Could not install all requirements.

I have tried with a fresh hass.io install about 2 weeks ago but I still get the same errors in the logs.

I have Bluetooth BCM43xx (version 0.7) installed and it shows the following in the logs:

starting version 3.2.1
bcm43xx_init
Flash firmware /lib/firmware/brcm/BCM43430A1.hcd
Set Controller UART speed to 115200 bit/s
Device setup complete

I have tried it with & without this add-on. I am running on a Raspberry Pi 3.
Others are also reporting the same problem here:
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/hassio-list-bluetooth-le-devices/22798/17

[pvizeli]

You need add https://github.com/home-assistant/hassio-build/blob/master/homeassistant/generic/Dockerfile

But there no one was able to make it working. But if you have hardware for test it, feel free to make it working and make a PR 👍

[sharukins]

Do we miss any dependencies for gattlib?

[pvizeli]

No but that person they have test it, was the meaning, that it don't work. Maybe while Alpine not run on glibc and need musl.

[pvizeli]

https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues/9048

But instead glibc we should use libc6-compat

[sharukins]

It didn't work for him because he wasn't able to install gatttool which we have fixed now. Mi Flora now works, but the Bluetooth LE Tracker component needs gattlib which the guy succesfully installed.

[pvizeli]

If you want you can give a try

[sharukins]

Yeah, I'll give it a try, I'm just not sure how to test if it's working in the end

[Eina61]

Just an update after updating to 0.57.2 - still got the same problem. Log files says:

2017-11-07 19:48:12 ERROR (SyncWorker_5) [homeassistant.util.package] Unable to install package gattlib==0.20150805: Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-jcs9g68n/gattlib/
2017-11-07 19:48:12 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Not initializing device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker because could not install dependency gattlib==0.20150805
2017-11-07 19:48:12 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Unable to prepare setup for platform device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker: Could not install all requirements.

[sharukins]

I haven't had time to implement this

[jounivarjonen]

any news on this?

[sharukins]

sorry, but I need to finish my PHD thesis, therefore I lack time. Maybe someone else can jump in on this.

[JuanGrados]

Hi everyone!

Are there any news in this issue? I have just updated today my HASSIO software to the latest version and I am also getting the same errors for BLE.

Thanks!!
Cheers

[sharukins]

I fiddled around with this last weekend but no luck.
Maybe the BLE tracker should be completely rewritten to use bluepy as it was done for MiFlora. But that's way beyond my reach.

[pvizeli]

Some one need implement this to make it working: https://github.com/home-assistant/hassio/issues/235#issuecomment-340268886

[sharukins]

That's exactly what I tried, but it didn't work, gattlib throws errors on installation about missing libraries that I actually added.

[JuanGrados]

I see, that is a pity.
So, for my understanding, in principle, the fix implemented in Mi Flora platform could also be implemented to the tracker platform?
Would not be better be implemented it in hassio it self to make the fix available to any other platform suffering the same problem? (probably my understanding of the different "levels" between hassio and the platforms is not the best) Just asking :)

[sharukins]

There is no fix for Mi Flora anymore, the component was completely rewritten so the answer to your first question is no.

[pvizeli]

It's would be fixable, you need only build the python module with correct library. It is not very difficult (Need only a bit knowledge about musl and glibc envs) but I have no time and to many task for do it self.

[sharukins]

Well then I'm obviously too stupid

[braddo99]

I'm too stupid as well, spent many hours trying to get BLE working with HASS (in Docker) but massive errors always. Would so love this to work so I could use my beacons for something.

[disrupted]

since this seems to be a big issue I am thinking about taking a different route, just FYI @braddo99 https://github.com/mertenats/Open-Home-Automation/tree/master/ha_mqtt_binary_sensor_ble_scanner

[jaburges]

so just looking at this and it looks like firstly boost is needed but as per this thread:
https://bitbucket.org/OscarAcena/pygattlib/issues/41/ld-cannot-find-lboost_python-py34

lboost_python-py35 is there but the system looks for 34 - will report back

so on Ubuntu seems manual install of gattlib is needed; https://community.home-assistant.io/t/new-ha-0-27-and-bluetooth-le-tracker/3336/3?u=jaburges

pip download gattlib
tar xvzf ./gattlib-0.20150805.tar.gz
cd gattlib-0.20150805/
sed -ie 's/boost_python-py34/boost_python-py35/' setup.py
pip install .

[jojoro1]

Any progress?

[nilssonac]

Any progress on this issue?

[allmoney]

Have same problem.

Hostname hassio
System Resin OS 2.3.0+rev1
Hass.io supervisor
Version 103.3

[noorbertt]

Any up?

[braddo99]

BLE sensing is working now for me (but not regular bluetooth for some reason). However, the bluetooth device seems to get captured by something in the system periodically and HA requires a reset. So at the moment still somewhat useless. Haven't been able to find what's causing the device to require a reset.

[ahmadalsaady]

any update? I'm still getting this error

ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.device_tracker] Error setting up platform bluetooth_le_tracker

[braddo99]

@ahmadalsaady When I see that error try:
sudo hciconfig hci0 reset ... or whatever your device may be. I have never figured out why the device becomes unavailable to HA periodically but I did have two bluetooth devices, in built and dongle and when I took the dongle out, the issue presented much less frequently. Works pretty well for me now for BLE, still don't see bluetooth (nonLE) devices though.

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