SensorPush BLE sensor battery reading, again
I have a SensorPush outdoor temperature/pressure/humidity sensor that I’m pretty happy with. It’s BLE, it’s reliable, its range is good, it seems pretty accurate. However it doesn’t report its battery level in its adverts, but the manufacturer app can read this level through reading GATT characteristics. I previously had a go at adding this to my HA two years ago. It worked for a while, but the distance between my desktop at the front of the house, and the sensor in the back garden became too far when I tried to protect the sensor from the sun with more aluminium foil. Using a desktop for this always felt a little over-engineered, so moving back to the UK has given me an excuse to try it again with ESPhome. ...