# \[App\]\[Pro\] Elevated Sensors - Bring your DIY to a new level
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587
**Category:** Apps
**Tags:** app, presence, homey-pro, esphome
**Created:** [September 4, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587 "2025-09-04T12:20:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Waldo](https://community.homey.app/u/Waldo)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2025, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/1 "2025-09-04T12:20:50Z")
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](https://homey.app/nl-nl/app/tv.waldoandfriends.elevatedsensors/Elevated-Sensors).
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### Author:  [@Waldo](https://community.homey.app/u/Waldo)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/2 "2025-09-30T15:20:44Z")
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
> **[Elevated Sensors](https://homey.app/en-us/app/tv.waldoandfriends.elevatedsensors/Elevated-Sensors/test/)**
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> Bring your DIY to a new level
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### Author:  [@Waldo](https://community.homey.app/u/Waldo)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/3 "2025-10-03T15:24:09Z")
**Version 1.0.6**
- Fix global `alarm_presence` logic
- Improve disconnection logic and logging
> **[Elevated Sensors](https://homey.app/en-us/app/tv.waldoandfriends.elevatedsensors/Elevated-Sensors/test/)**
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> Bring your DIY to a new level
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### Author:  [@Waldo](https://community.homey.app/u/Waldo)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/4 "2025-10-05T13:01:35Z")
**Version 1.0.8**
- Base `alarm_presence` on reported values instead of calculated ones
- Add additional keep-alive logic
> **[Elevated Sensors](https://homey.app/en-us/app/tv.waldoandfriends.elevatedsensors/Elevated-Sensors/test/)**
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> Bring your DIY to a new level
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### Author:  [@Shawn\_Belben](https://community.homey.app/u/Shawn_Belben)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/5 "2025-10-12T02:12:43Z")
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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### Author:  [@Waldo](https://community.homey.app/u/Waldo)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/6 "2025-10-12T11:53:51Z")
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,
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### Author:  [@David\_Hartwick](https://community.homey.app/u/David_Hartwick)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/7 "2025-11-24T18:26:34Z")
I found the sensor was “locked up” this morning. The pressure measurements were frozen and there was no response from the sensor. It appears that my router updated in the night and rebooted, so I’m not sure if that was the cause. I had to do a factory reset to get it back but the app page with the pressure display got rearranged and stayed that way.
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### Author:  [@owuerker](https://community.homey.app/u/owuerker)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/8 "2025-11-25T17:05:42Z")
Don‘t know if you have updated the firmware via ESPHome.
I had similar experience starting with ESPHome 10.x. There is a breaking change
[[[APP][Pro] ESPhome - Control your ESP8266/ESP32 by simple configuration files - #152 by bschmidt](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-esphome-control-your-esp8266-esp32-by-simple-configuration-files/87271/152)]
Downgrading to ESPHome 9.x solved the communication issues with Homey App for me
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### Author:  [@Waldo](https://community.homey.app/u/Waldo)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/9 "2025-11-25T18:54:47Z")
A new version of the app is live
**Version 1.0.10**
- Updated underlying library for better compatibility newer ESPHome versions
- Correctly set sentry logging environment values
> **[Elevated Sensors | Homey](https://homey.app/en-us/app/tv.waldoandfriends.elevatedsensors/Elevated-Sensors/)**
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> Bring your DIY to a new level
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### Author:  [@Waldo](https://community.homey.app/u/Waldo)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/10 "2025-11-25T18:59:02Z")
There’s a good chance it was related to your router update, though it’s difficult to troubleshoot that now. The reason the capabilities are in a different order in the device view is because that’s the default order, and if I add capabilities to a device while you already have the device connected, I can only append new capabilities, so they’ve appeared at the end of the list.
When you add the device again, it will however be in the ‘intended’ order.
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### Author:  [@David\_Hartwick](https://community.homey.app/u/David_Hartwick)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/11 "2025-11-25T21:03:03Z")
Is pressure history planned for insights? I’m wondering if it could show sleep quality by measuring movement. It appears to be sensitive enough.
My list of applications for this sensor is growing. Anywhere pressure sensing is needed, under a carpet or pet pad or sofa cushion is really pin pointing proximity and fine tuning my automations!
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### Author:  [@Waldo](https://community.homey.app/u/Waldo)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/12 "2025-11-26T19:21:14Z")
Should be added in the new test version _1.0.11_, however I haven’t had the time to properly test it myself.
> **[Elevated Sensors | Homey](https://homey.app/en-us/app/tv.waldoandfriends.elevatedsensors/Elevated-Sensors/test/)**
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> Bring your DIY to a new level
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### Author:  [@GvHassel](https://community.homey.app/u/GvHassel)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2026, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/13 "2026-03-10T19:19:33Z")
Hi Waldo,
First of all, thank you for creating this app. I really appreciate the work you’ve put into it.
I have a small request: would it be possible to add full Dutch language support to the app, similar to your other apps? At the moment it seems to be partly in Dutch and partly in English.
Thank you in advance!
Kind regards,
George
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### Author:  [@Waldo](https://community.homey.app/u/Waldo)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2026, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/14 "2026-03-10T20:07:28Z")
I’ll make sure to tackle that this weekend!
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### Author:  [@Waldo](https://community.homey.app/u/Waldo)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/15 "2026-03-21T13:36:04Z")
I’ve added multiple translations in the latest test version of the app.
> **[Elevated Sensors | Homey](https://homey.app/en-us/app/tv.waldoandfriends.elevatedsensors/Elevated-Sensors/test/)**
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> Bring your DIY to a new level
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### Author:  [@Gregory\_Boyd](https://community.homey.app/u/Gregory_Boyd)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 4:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/16 "2026-05-22T04:16:29Z")
I am unable to add my bed sensor to my Homey Self Hosted Server. I can use the ESPController app but this app will not find it.
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### Author:  [@AusLuke](https://community.homey.app/u/AusLuke)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-elevated-sensors-bring-your-diy-to-a-new-level/142587/17 "2026-07-27T04:23:45Z")
Wanted to thank you for your integration of the Elevated Sensors app. Took me less than a minute to add two! I am noticing them disconnecting every few days but I’m yet to set them to a static IP which could be the issue. Thanks again!