Bridge Bluetooth

Questions & Help
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Hi,

I read a lot about the Homey bridge in satelitte modus but on the website there are some strange things.
As I know extending BLUETOOTH is not working in satellite modus. But screenshot below says something else for my idea.

I just want to know for sure. If I buy a bridge and install this in my poolhouse, would I be able to connect Homey with some bluetooth devices overthere.

For example I bought a Yinmik pool monitoring device. For Ph, Chloor, …
The device has an app on Homey (thanks to T. Hill, see topic here YINMIK Pool Monitor )

But my Homey Pro is too far away to get the bluetooth signal and info from the device.
So I want to add bridge closer and have good connection.

But you read a lot on this range issue here. But never a solution…

So for once… Is there somebody knowing if that coudl work or not ?

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Bluetooth isn’t supported (yet?) on the bridge when in satellite mode, the bluetooth reported on the page you show is just from the main device.
And the app wil be a community app, so not supported with the bridge when you would use it with a Homey in the cloud.

If you want to stay in the Homey eco system, you’ll have to buy another (/older) Homey Pro and then add the device with HomeyLink (or Homesh) to your main Homey Pro.

Or ask Athom when (/if) they will support bluetooth for the bridge in satellite mode.

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Another Homey Pro is expensive I think. Also I already bought antena for Ruuvi because of lossing the bluetooth signals from those temperature sensors. 200€…

But is there really no other way to extend bluetooth signals ? Or signal boosters ?

I will try Athom but I see a lot of people trying and seems Athom don’t listen :wink:

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(On hold)

5

Annoying, I also thought in sattelite mode it would extend bluetooth.

The more I learn about the bridge, how more I learn is a pretty useless device for my setup.
I think Athom should be more clear about sattelite mode.

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6

Yes, not being able to extend Homey Pro’s BLE range is very limiting given a lot of battery powered smart devices utilise BLE for its obvious energy efficiency.

7

How about Bluetooth range extenders

8

And it is not only the range. Bluetooth simply freezes and stops working, requiring reboot. This happens in irregular intervals every few days. Bluetooth in Homey Pro simply sucks.

9

This is well-known, at least here on the forum, but BLE doesn’t seem to have a priority for Athom.

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Homey knows that we know that they know, but the problem persists. I’ve learned to live with it, but from the pov of device manufacturer and app developer I would think that this type of problem is even worse. At least I don’t even consider buying more BLE devices until problem is solved.

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Check the second hand market. I bought one for €50.
And you get the full functionality.

You can use the homeylink or the homesh app to connect them

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