Switchbot battery

[matt8707]

Hi, is receiving battery info supported?

Currently using https://github.com/OpenWonderLabs/python-host

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With pySwitchbot, but that library likes to randomly throw errors

import switchbot
sb = switchbot.Switchbot(mac="aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff")
print(sb.get_device_data()["data"].get("battery"))

[fphammerle]

Hi, adding support to receive the battery state is currently blocked by the issue described here: #31 (comment)

In summary: get_device_data calls BLEScanner().start(). Unfortunately, scanning for low-energy bluetooth devices requires elevated privilleges (incompatible with typical docker setups)

[fphammerle]

new release v2.0.0 reports battery levels on topic homeassistant/cover/switchbot/MAC_ADDRESS/battery-percentage (enable with command-line option --fetch-device-info)

please open a new issue, if that doesn't work for you