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Eero integration for Home Assistant
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Need individual device setup after initial install #8

Closed rodhall closed 3 years ago

rodhall commented 3 years ago

When I set up the Integration it gave me the chance to add individual devices. However, after installed the only option I have is to have the plugin automatically detect new profiles. The problem is this - most of us using Eero have device profiles per person that include laptops, etc which are not good for presence detection. We need the ability to determine if someone's phone is connected to figure out whether they are home or not. This method of presence detection is far better than the HA App, etc in my experience. With the old Eero custom integration I simply associated people's iPhone and Apple Watch to their Person profile and then I could tell when people were home with high precision.

I tried to create new profiles with just an iPhone in them but it doesn't really work in the Eero app.

schmittx commented 3 years ago

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking for, but to clarify a few points.

There's no way to link an Eero profile with a Home Assistant person/profile, they sound similar but are completely separate things.

If you're ultimately after Home Assistant presence detection, then you'll need to enable the specific clients that you want to track during the Eero integration setup (ex. John Doe's Apple Watch, Jane Doe's iPhone, etc.). Then associate the device tracker entities which are created for each of the selected clients with the appropriate Home Assistant person. Home Assistant supports multiple device trackers for a single person as well (ex. device_tracker.johns_iphone, device_tracker.johns_apple_watch, etc.).

Hopefully this helps you?

rodhall commented 3 years ago

Hey Matt - I didn’t explain this clearly enough. I understand all of what you are saying. However, it comes down to what device tracker entities Eero makes available to use and when.

The issue is that you can’t add single devices in the config after the initial installation. Also - at install I am finding only connected devices appear as options. If people don’t happen to be home/connected you can’t add their device as a tracker in Eero.

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 I'm not exactly sure what you're asking for, but to clarify a few points.

There's no way to link an Eero profile with a Home Assistant person/profile, they sound similar but are completely separate things.

If you're ultimately after Home Assistant presence detection, then you'll need to enable the specific clients that you want to track during the Eero integration setup (ex. John Doe's Apple Watch, Jane Doe's iPhone, etc.). Then associate the device tracker entities which are created for each of the selected clients with the appropriate Home Assistant person. Home Assistant supports multiple device trackers for a single person as well (ex. device_tracker.johns_iphone, device_tracker.johns_apple_watch, etc.).

Hopefully this helps you?

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rodhall commented 3 years ago

To expand on this, my daughter dropped her iPhone in water and ruined it. It was set up on Eero tracker as a device. I am now unable to set her new phone up as a device without uninstalling and re-installing the Eero integration completely as far as I can tell.

Holbroser21 commented 3 years ago

If you have the latest version, then you should be able to configure which devices are tracked on the HA side.

If you click 'OPTIONS' on the integration, then 'SUBMIT' on the network selection popup, you should be able to access more settings about wired/wireless devices, profiles and eero hubs. Do those options not appear for you?

Additionally I will let schmittx confrim, but the limitation on connected devices only is an eero limitation. I find that even if I name a device in the eero app, if it is not seen by the network for a couple of weeks then it drops out of the app. At that point I guess that it is not accessible by the API.

schmittx commented 3 years ago

@rodhall Thanks for clarifying your concerns, I believe I understand now.

@Holbroser21 is correct on both points.

Use the "Options" feature for the integration to update your config after it's been setup.

The Eero API only shows devices that have recently been connected. I believe the timeout is 1 week, meaning if a device hasn't been connected in a week, it's not shown in the app and isn't available via the API.

rodhall commented 3 years ago

Aha! That works fine. The UI just confused me. I would have expected to see devices in that first window. I would add text saying "Press Submit for more device and profile options" or something like that to make it clear. What I was thinking it that I could only select a Network in options and that was it.

schmittx commented 3 years ago

Glad you got it worked out. It sounds like you're all set, so I'll close the issue but if you have other problems or suggestions, feel free to re-open or start a new one.