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Adding Commercial Products

Xiaomi Temperature and Humidity Sensor

Below are several commercially available Xiaomi temperature and humidity sensors.

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These types of temperature/humidity sensors broadcast information such as temperature, humidity, and battery level via Bluetooth broadcasting without requiring a connection. They can be directly discovered by the WalnutPi Home Assistant host.

Bring the Xiaomi temperature/humidity sensor close to the WalnutPi Home Assistant host:

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Click Configuration -- Add Integration, and search for xiaomi in the popup window:

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Select Xiaomi BLE:

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You can see that a device has appeared — click Submit.

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The Xiaomi BLE integration now appears in the integrations list.

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Click into it to see the associated devices and entities, then click Devices to view the data information:

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It can be added to the homepage dashboard:

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