# \[APP\]\[Pro\] Beacon - Detect your presence with BLE beacons **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 38
**Author:** ![olepjo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/olepjo/32/38283_2.png) [@olepjo](https://community.homey.app/u/olepjo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/763 "2021-10-28T13:09:42Z")
I added Chipolo One without Chipolo app, stable for hours now. Rebooted Homey to test; was Not Detected. After 3 minutes it was Detected. Install Beacon app Add device Beacon-\>iBeacon AND press and hold Chipolo until it beeps (~10s) Chipolos address should appear Beacon app is great! I especially like that I can adjust verification. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/764 "2021-11-03T11:37:48Z")
Okey, I got it working by flashing espresence, but that lowers the BLE power a lot. I keep digging šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Henk\_Bartels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/henk_bartels/32/12762_2.png) [@Henk\_Bartels](https://community.homey.app/u/Henk_Bartels)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/765 "2021-11-05T11:30:58Z")
I have a question about the Tile beacons. I read that the Tile Pro 2020 does not work. Do you know is the new Tile Pro (2022) works?? I want to use this, but i don;t want to buy tiles, that does not work with this app. I hope you can clear this for me. Thank you, Henk ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/766 "2021-11-05T18:39:10Z")
Tile went from public discoverable signal (up to 2019) to closed signal (from 2020). That probably is not changed back. Why donā€™t you consider buying the supported iBeacon or Eddystone beacons? Or maybe Feasycom: > [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Beacon - Detect your presence with BLE beacons](https://community.homey.app/t/beacon-an-app-for-presence-detection-using-ble-beacons/3550/663): > > Hello @NoX, On previous post I tried to explain why the integration of Apple AirTags into the Beacon App is not possible. However the [Beacon App v1.3.1 released two days ago](https://community.homey.app/t/beacon-an-app-for-presence-detection-using-ble-beacons/3550/652) supports an interesting beacon, the Feasycom FSC-BP108 that looks a lot like an AirTag. Similar size (48 mm x 37 x 7.8) and similar weight (15 g); same case protection degree (IP67); same battery (CR2032). Like with an AirTag, you can see on Homey the estimated distance (but not the direction) and the battā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Henk\_Bartels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/henk_bartels/32/12762_2.png) [@Henk\_Bartels](https://community.homey.app/u/Henk_Bartels)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/767 "2021-11-05T19:58:25Z")
Thank you for the reply. I will take a look at those. ---
**Author:** ![Automansion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/automansion/32/45899_2.png) [@Automansion](https://community.homey.app/u/Automansion)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/768 "2021-11-16T08:53:46Z")
I had trouble with Beacon not detecting the events when I leave home or come back, for instance it would show me as home for hours after Iā€™d left. Worked around it by rerunning my ā€œbeacon status changedā€ flow every 10 minutes. Eventual consistency - good enough for my purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Johan\_Lindbom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/johan_lindbom/32/3537_2.png) [@Johan\_Lindbom](https://community.homey.app/u/Johan_Lindbom)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/769 "2021-11-18T19:56:50Z")
Great app! This app make beacons usable in an new way. One thought, many beacons (all?) have a button that is made for triggering a signal on the phone when used with a phone. Could this button be used to trigger flows in homey? For example, pressing the button on my beacon triggers a flow to turn off all lights when leaving home. Or, pressing the button opens the garage and so onā€¦ Just a thought that would even expand the use of beacons. Maybe impossible, I donā€™t know. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_nl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/chris_nl/32/27194_2.png) [@Chris\_nl](https://community.homey.app/u/Chris_nl)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/771 "2021-12-03T00:36:56Z")
> [@Koktail](#): > > WARNING: The tile pro 2020 does not work because it is not publicly discover-able @Koktail could you please edit this warning and also include the Mate 2020? Probably will save others from buying one too šŸ˜¢ Because the Pro 2020 was explicitly mentioned as not working, I didnā€™t even give it a second thought before buying a Mate 202x (and yeah I should have read the 763 messages in this topic šŸ™ˆ ) UPDATE: After playing around a bit with the room assistant setup (next post), all of a sudden it seems like it discovered the Tile Mate 2020 as an ibeaconā€¦very very strange ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_nl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/chris_nl/32/27194_2.png) [@Chris\_nl](https://community.homey.app/u/Chris_nl)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/772 "2021-12-03T00:43:33Z")
Also another question, I have installed the room-assistant companion app on my iPhone (installed it for testing room presence functionality) and noticed the Beacon app also detects it, which sounds amazing! Unfortunately, it seems everything is working RSSI gets updated etc, but after a few minutes, the state changes to detectable: NO and canā€™t find a way to get it working again, other than deleting and adding the beacon again. Does anyone have a great idea how to resolve this? UPDATE: After adding the device a couple of times, the connection now seems stable for 15+ minutes, but after i disconnect (for example leave the house) and get back, it does not reconnect. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_nl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/chris_nl/32/27194_2.png) [@Chris\_nl](https://community.homey.app/u/Chris_nl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/773 "2021-12-04T09:41:54Z")
@Koktail i have now 2 Tile Mate 2020ā€™s working, are the people that posted it shouldnā€™t work incorrect (and is it different from the Tile Pro), or did you maybe update the app since people reported it and is it now working? (it is discovered as an Ibeacon, not as a beacon) ---
**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:** [December 4, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/774 "2021-12-04T10:55:17Z")
There are some changes made by @Piero_F that add compatibility for ibeacons and eddystones. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_nl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/chris_nl/32/27194_2.png) [@Chris\_nl](https://community.homey.app/u/Chris_nl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/775 "2021-12-04T11:34:51Z")
Ah okay, well it seems the Time Mate 2020 work, maybe someone can test the Tile Pro 2020 too. If someone does want to try: 1. Install the Tile app on your phone 2. Install the Beacon app on Homey 3. Connect the tile to the phone app 4. Hide the tile on the phone app (select the tile, click more options, hide) and close the phone app completely (also no background use) 5. In homey, add a device, select beacon, ibeacon 6. It will not find anything, click back (so you can add beacons again) 7. Press the tile until it beeps 8. While itā€™s beeping, try to select ibeacon again and see if it can be found. Sometimes it doesnā€™t work the first time, just try step 7-8 again) I donā€™t know why step 5-6 are necessary, but it wonā€™t discover the first time with me even when you press the button in step 7 without doing 5 & 6 (maybe you can also do step 7-8 twice lol), might be different on the Pro, but steps 5-6 are at most unnecessary) The above works with a Tile Mate 2020, added 3 now, might also work with the Pro, but donā€™t have one to test with ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_nl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/chris_nl/32/27194_2.png) [@Chris\_nl](https://community.homey.app/u/Chris_nl)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/776 "2021-12-08T12:39:45Z")
Also bought a Tile Pro 2020, just cause I wanted to know if they work too now, and Iā€™ve just added it and it seems to work fine. Iā€™ve used the method above, can someone owning a tile 2020 confirm itā€™s working for them too? Another side note, Iā€™ve restarted Homey yesterday (with 2 Tile Mateā€™s connected) and after the restart, the tiles didnā€™t update anymore, right-click (in the web interface of homey) and click repair fixed that issue, so potentially you need to do that again after every reboot on every tile. ---
**Author:** ![Otter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/otter/32/11467_2.png) [@Otter](https://community.homey.app/u/Otter)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/777 "2021-12-12T07:40:03Z")
My tile pro 2018 is sometimes a few seconds ā€˜goneā€™ then it pops up and marks me as home againā€¦ this happens sometimes during night. The Tile is always in my jacket in the hallway 4 meters away from Homey ---
**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:** [December 12, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/778 "2021-12-12T10:06:44Z")
Do you use the settings: 15-1-10? ---
**Author:** ![Otter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/otter/32/11467_2.png) [@Otter](https://community.homey.app/u/Otter)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 10:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/779 "2021-12-12T10:18:52Z")
Sorry can you point me in the right direction? Lost the context hereā€¦ ---
**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:** [December 12, 2021, 10:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/780 "2021-12-12T10:45:00Z")
Go to the app settings and use this settings: ![Screenshot_20211212-114409](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/c/2c2ce6717a427f38eccf76ac4ee8fb0a1f06e4c9.jpeg) That is stable for the most of us ---
**Author:** ![Otter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/otter/32/11467_2.png) [@Otter](https://community.homey.app/u/Otter)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 10:58am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/781 "2021-12-12T10:58:51Z")
Thanks! Changed it. Hopefully this solves that issue šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [December 13, 2021, 7:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/782 "2021-12-13T07:57:12Z")
Did it solves your issue? ---
**Author:** ![Otter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/otter/32/11467_2.png) [@Otter](https://community.homey.app/u/Otter)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550/783 "2021-12-13T10:31:22Z")
I think so! No connection loss thusfar [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550.md?page=37) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550.md?page=39)