[App][Pro] Elevated Sensors - Bring your DIY to a new level

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Bring more awareness to your smart home with the Elevated Sensors app for Homey.

This app adds support for the Bed Presence Sensor from Elevated Sensors, allowing you to integrate occupancy detection directly into your Homey Flows. Perfect for automations like:

  • Adjust thermostat schedules when you get into bed

  • Arm or disarm your security system

  • Turn off all lights when the bed becomes occupied

  • Trigger morning announcements when you get up

  • Enable pathway lighting for late-night bathroom visits

Note: This app is an independent project and is not affiliated with Elevated Sensors.

Get it now in the Homey App Store.

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I’ve just pushed a new test version of the Elevated Sensors app!

Version 1.0.4

  • Added global alarm_presence capability to allow for zone activity
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Version 1.0.6

  • Fix global alarm_presence logic

  • Improve disconnection logic and logging

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Version 1.0.8

  • Base alarm_presence on reported values instead of calculated ones

  • Add additional keep-alive logic

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Hello Waldo, we were communicating over on Discord. I also sent you over some logs. The app is now disconnecting vs. freezing values for me. Same fix though, restart the app and everything is good again for about 1 day. I sent over some logs to you. Do you have any ides on anything I can try on my end?

Things I have done is, connected homey pro though Wi-Fi and ethernet, Put device on a IOT network with a static IP. Locked the device to the closet AP and getting good RSSI. Not sure what else to try on my end. I have been searching the internet and can’t really find a fix. I have noticed a few other posts regarding different ESP Home devices but doesn’t seem to be really common.

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I had a look at the logs, and it indeed seems that the device is no longer reachable (at least not by your Homey Pro).

As I mentioned before, it appears that the device stops reporting measurements to the ESPHome Client, which in this case is the Homey app. I’ve therefore added a separate long-polling TCP ping to check whether the device is still reachable on the network by the Homey device. So when you see the “device unavailable” message, it indicates that Homey is unable to communicate with the bed presence sensor device.

Unfortunately, I have very limited control over the connection. However, there are still a few things I want to try, but those will have to wait for upcoming test versions of the app. I wish it was the app itself that just fails, that would have been an easier fix. For now I can only try things, in the hopes that something actually fixes it for you.

I don’t see much that you could try on your end that you haven’t tried doing already. Although, disabling 5Ghz can help for IoT devices to have a better connection,