Shelly BLU integration with Home Self-Hosted Server

Homey Self-Hosted Server
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Hi everyone,

I’ve installed Homey Self-Hosted on a Raspberry Pi 4. I was able to integrate all my Shelly sensors except the Door/Window/BLU sensors. Is that even possible, or is it only possible with the Homey Bridge?

Thanks

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If you mean the Bluetooth devices:

Go to Shelly | Homey

Select Homey Self-Hosted Server

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I guess the answer is in the Device List

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You canpair Shelly BT devices to rhe shelly wifi modules which support BT and not directly to Homey.

In the case you want the Shelly BT button to be used directly, then you need the bridge.

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Thanks for your replies. I kind of figured that. I guess I’ll have to buy a bridge then.

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I’ve ordered a bridge.

But that raises another question: do I need more than one bridge?

I live in a house with four floors: basement, ground floor, first floor, and attic. Will the Bluetooth connection work across all floors, or do I need range extenders?

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This very much depends on the structure of your house, if it is an older or very new one made from wood with wooden in between floors then there is no real issue.

If it is an concrete fortress, then you need to have probably more repeaters. The bridge is your starting point, but you can add zigbee repeaters to extend your reach. Normally zigbee equipment witch is always on are repeaters as well.

I my self have used some Ikea repeaters and spread then through the house hidden under the kitchen, couch and a cabinet (out of sight).

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The raspberry pi (which is running homey) already has Bluetooth, and all the shelly BLE devices are already connected on it. Homey should be able to add them. Sounds like a cash grab to me.

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Yes, that sounds like it.

I now have a bridge, but the Shelly BLU sensors aren’t working. I can connect them, but they’re not transmitting any status changes; it’s all very annoying.

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I also run Homey SHS on a Raspi 5, with the Homey Shelly app installed. I‘ve already added Shelly 1 gen4 and Shelly BT Gateway to Homey, started the BT Proxy, added Shelly BLU devices in the Shelly app. But adding „any BT Shelly device“ just shows a message, I would need the Homey Bridge for it.