custom-components/ble_monitor 1.5.0-beta

1.5.0-beta - New MAC address Bluetooth interface configuration option

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BREAKING CHANGES in 1.5.0-beta

• New configuration option bt_interface to specify the MAC address of your Bluetooth interface (e.g. Bluetooth dongle or build-in Bluetooth).

  bt_interface is an alternative for the current hci_interface option. With bt_interface you specify the MAC address of your Bluetooth interface, in stead of the HCI number. The reason for adding this option is that the HCI interface number can change, e.g. when restarting Home Assistant, while the MAC address won't change. It is therefore advised to use bt_interface. For backwards compatibility the hci_interface option is still available.

  When using YAML to configure BLE monitor, Home Assistant will show the available MAC addresses in the Home Assistant logs when starting up (check the log).
  When using the User Interface to configure BLE monitor, your old hci config will be converted to the corresponding MAC address(es) automatically. In the UI, you can only select MAC addresses (a selection list of available MAC addresses will be automatically generated and presented as a selection list).

  The breaking change is that, when not specifying a MAC address or HCI number, by default the first MAC address will be used in stead of hci0.

  Note that hci_interface will overrule bt_interface when using both options at the same time.