# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Beacon - Detect your presence with BLE beacons

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550>\
**Category:** Apps\
**Tags:** app, tools, homey-pro\
**Created:** [November 1, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550 "2018-11-01T17:45:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![hans-J](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hans-j/32/5576_2.png) [@hans-J](https://community.homey.app/u/hans-J)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/350 "2019-03-31T20:10:59Z")

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Beacon v1.2.5  
Homey 2.1.0 rc2  
Homey early 2016  
2x Chinese beacons

All working properly right now.

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**Author:** ![PascalB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@PascalB](https://community.homey.app/u/PascalB)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/351 "2019-04-01T10:41:42Z")

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Out of curiosity: which beacons do you use?

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wolf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marcel_wolf/32/8087_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wolf](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcel_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/352 "2019-04-01T18:53:43Z")

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@Koktail Something has changed. My tile worked perfectly until… Know the tile isn’t discovered anymore. It stays always detected.  
Even if i remove it i can’t install it anymore.  
Beacon v1.2.5  
Homey 2.1.0 rc2  
Homey early 2016  
Tile mate

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**Author:** ![Erik\_de\_Vries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/erik_de_vries/32/4138_2.png) [@Erik\_de\_Vries](https://community.homey.app/u/Erik_de_Vries)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/353 "2019-04-01T19:37:32Z")

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Happens to me to, only reboot of homey updates the status again.  
Beacon stuck as discovered until homey reboot, after reboot it discovers that the beacon is not home anymore when i am away.

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wolf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marcel_wolf/32/8087_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wolf](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcel_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/354 "2019-04-01T20:42:56Z")

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a reboot and reinstall does solve the problem

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**Author:** ![Koktail](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/koktail/32/51498_2.png) [@Koktail](https://community.homey.app/u/Koktail)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/355 "2019-04-02T13:38:21Z")

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It is a known issue:

> [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Beacon - Detect your presence with BLE beacons](https://community.homey.app/t/beacon-an-app-for-presence-detection-using-ble-beacons/3550/333):
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> Yes it is a know issue:

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**Author:** ![hans-J](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hans-j/32/5576_2.png) [@hans-J](https://community.homey.app/u/hans-J)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/356 "2019-04-02T18:16:00Z")

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The cheap chinese ones noted in the beginning of this thread.

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**Author:** ![Novatrust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/novatrust/32/4066_2.png) [@Novatrust](https://community.homey.app/u/Novatrust)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/357 "2019-04-02T19:50:21Z")

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Do you have a direct link (shop) for us, where we can buy it.

I have chipollo and some ibeacons but they won’t work

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**Author:** ![Eternity](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/eternity/32/102113_2.png) [@Eternity](https://community.homey.app/u/Eternity)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/358 "2019-04-02T20:21:11Z")

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**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 6:51am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/359 "2019-04-03T06:51:50Z")

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Weird. I have like no problems at all :). Odd

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**Author:** ![Novatrust](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/novatrust/32/4066_2.png) [@Novatrust](https://community.homey.app/u/Novatrust)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/360 "2019-04-03T10:41:19Z")

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With which Ble beacons? I think it’s depends of type of beacons

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**Author:** ![Eternity](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/eternity/32/102113_2.png) [@Eternity](https://community.homey.app/u/Eternity)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/361 "2019-04-03T12:10:56Z")

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> [@Novatrust](#):
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> With which Ble beacons?

Works fine here. I bought the cheap chinese tokens, I posted a link a couple of messages back. Had to replace a battery once; not sure yet how long they last. Range is about 5 meters.

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**Author:** ![danone](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/danone/32/115743_2.png) [@danone](https://community.homey.app/u/danone)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 9:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/362 "2019-04-04T09:16:18Z")

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Same here, stuck in discovery. 2x Tile Pro, Homey 2.1.0, Beacon app 1.2.5

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**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/363 "2019-04-05T07:35:52Z")

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ah\< I see. yeah, also have the NRF etc etc.

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**Author:** ![Michel\_Bredius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michel_bredius/32/9492_2.png) [@Michel\_Bredius](https://community.homey.app/u/Michel_Bredius)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/364 "2019-04-13T14:30:10Z")

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are there still problems? 3 tile mate no longer works, they did it for a while. they remain fixed on the status. refusing and re-registering does not help

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**Author:** ![Peter\_de\_Vos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_de_vos/32/151925_2.png) [@Peter\_de\_Vos](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_de_Vos)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/365 "2019-04-13T14:55:21Z")

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There still seems to be problems, although my tilepro’s still working without any problems

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**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 9:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/367 "2019-04-14T09:54:54Z")

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The random not discovering thingy started happening to me last night on my nRF51822

Weird. Ah well. Trying to re ad and for now telling Alexa to turn my beacon off.

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**Author:** ![hans-J](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hans-j/32/5576_2.png) [@hans-J](https://community.homey.app/u/hans-J)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/368 "2019-04-15T18:57:09Z")

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I had one that suddenly didn’t respond. I just removed the battery and now it’s working flawlessly again.

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**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/369 "2019-04-16T15:37:39Z")

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Hmm. The apps also says time out…

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**Author:** ![victoroos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victoroos/32/8344_2.png) [@victoroos](https://community.homey.app/u/victoroos)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 7:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/370 "2019-04-22T07:15:49Z")

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Didn’t seem to work :s

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