Xiaomi Mi Flora [Temp/Light/Moisture] BLE Sensor

[blauwebuis]

So why didn't you change the wiki after finding the mistake in it?

[tontze]

So why didn't you change the wiki after finding the mistake in it?

Oh, can i ? I didnt knew i can edit them

[blauwebuis]

Yes you can Feel free to change things when you find a mistake.

[krizzz]

Guys, help me out.

I tested the setup on my "test"-Pi and it worked. It seemed that on my Domoticz Pi i already installed a previous version of Bluez (5.32). I noticed this before walking through the wiki and i though I removed everything that came with installing Bluez version 5.32.

Now, I did the wiki and I seem to be stuck. When executing the domoticz.py script

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sudo python3 domoticz.py

I receive an error

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/bin/sh: 1: /usr/bin/gatttool: not found

so it seems that the gattool is not correctly installed. I googled and found the gattool is installed by installing pygatt which was mentioned in the wiki. So I try to install pygatt again and I receive the following

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Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pygatt in /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pyserial in /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages (from pygatt)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): enum34 in /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages (from pygatt)
Cleaning up...

Ok, so maybe it is partially installed or I removed only half earlier. I will try and upgrade

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sudo pip3 install pygatt --upgrade
Requirement already up-to-date: pygatt in /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages
Requirement already up-to-date: pyserial in /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages (from pygatt)
Requirement already up-to-date: enum34 in /usr/local/lib/python3.4/dist-packages (from pygatt)
Cleaning up...

Ok, now I am stuck. Anybody?

*Edit*

I tried again, and now with

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sudo apt-get purge bluez

to remove the bluez stack and succeeded. Then did the whole wiki page again. Same error.

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/bin/sh: 1: gatttool: not found

[physiker123]

Actually, wiki´s crontab part doesnt correspond to instructions earlier. I had same mistake as user before ..

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And then add this line:
0 0,12 * * * python3 /pi/domoticz/scripts/python/miflora/domoticz.py

an extra /python/ in the path, and missing /home from the path start

-T

Actually, I reread the Script. It is written, That you should place the miflora folder in the domoticz python folder. So it was my mistake, I placed it in the domoticz scripts folder.

The wiki article Should be precise as it is now.

[tontze]

Did you try installing latest bluez via sources(not apt-get).? At some versions of bluez gatttool isn't installed and it won't be installed via apt-get

[krizzz]

Did you try installing latest bluez via sources(not apt-get).? At some versions of bluez gatttool isn't installed and it won't be installed via apt-get

How do I do this via sources? Thanks!


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[tontze]

Did you try installing latest bluez via sources(not apt-get).? At some versions of bluez gatttool isn't installed and it won't be installed via apt-get

How do I do this via sources? Thanks!


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It is in the wiki :

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 cd / 
 sudo mkdir bluez 
 cd bluez 
 sudo wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/bluez-5.44.tar.xz
 sudo tar -xJf bluez-5.44.tar.xz 
 cd bluez-5.44 
 sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --enable-tools --disable-test --disable-systemd
 sudo make all 
 sudo apt-get install python-bluez python-requests

Also do (depending where your bins are);

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sudo cp attrib/gatttool /usr/local/bin/ [b]or[/b] sudo cp attrib/gatttool /usr/bin/

-T

[krizzz]

Did you try installing latest bluez via sources(not apt-get).? At some versions of bluez gatttool isn't installed and it won't be installed via apt-get

How do I do this via sources? Thanks!


Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met Tapatalk

It is in the wiki :

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 cd / 
 sudo mkdir bluez 
 cd bluez 
 sudo wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/bluetooth/bluez-5.44.tar.xz
 sudo tar -xJf bluez-5.44.tar.xz 
 cd bluez-5.44 
 sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --enable-tools --disable-test --disable-systemd
 sudo make all 
 sudo apt-get install python-bluez python-requests

Also do (depending where your bins are);

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sudo cp attrib/gatttool /usr/local/bin/ [b]or[/b] sudo cp attrib/gatttool /usr/bin/

-T

Thanks for pointing me into the right direction. I spend my evening trying and compiling again and again the 5.44 Bluez install. And I keept getting the same message, that gattool was not find. And then I noticed 1 small line in the wiki

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Note: Bluez version 5.44 does not compile gatttool on a Raspberry Pi 3, however version 5.43 does work properly.

So I tried compiling Bluez 5.43, and works flawlessly . So not only does the 5.44 Bluez not install gatttool on a Raspberry Pi3, also not on a Raspberry Pi2 and Pi1.

Now for the next step. How to find out when to water the plants and if the fertility is good

[tontze]

Thanks for pointing me into the right direction. I spend my evening trying and compiling again and again the 5.44 Bluez install. And I keept getting the same message, that gattool was not find. And then I noticed 1 small line in the wiki

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Note: Bluez version 5.44 does not compile gatttool on a Raspberry Pi 3, however version 5.43 does work properly.

So I tried compiling Bluez 5.43, and works flawlessly . So not only does the 5.44 Bluez not install gatttool on a Raspberry Pi3, also not on a Raspberry Pi2 and Pi1.

Now for the next step. How to find out when to water the plants and if the fertility is good

Indeed, i missed that part as i had bluez allready installed Good that you got it working !

If you can pair your mi flora with phone(have not updated it to latest fw), you can allways add plant to it and check from there whats good moisture/fert for your plant

[physiker123]

Can anyone post perhaps the values for the different plants? I do not really want to change something now that everything works.

[tontze]

Can anyone post perhaps the values for the different plants? I do not really want to change something now that everything works.

You can safely use phone app, just dont update when it asks you to Im using it this way. And have access to plant database.

[pvm]

Can anyone post perhaps the values for the different plants? I do not really want to change something now that everything works.

For all plants?
I use 20% as moisture trigger. I defined thus by just feeling the soil at which I normally give water to the plant

[tontze]

Can anyone post perhaps the values for the different plants? I do not really want to change something now that everything works.

For all plants?
I use 20% as moisture trigger. I defined thus by just feeling the soil at which I normally give water to the plant

In the android app it says about fertilizing :

Normally when fertility is under 500, you need to add fertility, so i quess they use that same threshold for every plant ?

And also about soil moisture, 20%

I quess those are good guidelines.

-T

[physiker123]

I looked at the app (Flower Care), but when it detects my sensors it wants to make the firmware update. I cannot delete the notification (Nexus 5x with Android 7.1), so I have to restart the app. Therefore, I only have seconds to look at the app

I looked at the FAQ, and it gave as well the values of 500 for the fertility, but 35 for the moisture. I had a look at two different plants, but the values where the same (I hope I looked right, see above).

I will just look, if 35 is too much, and then lower the value.

[LouiS22]

I looked at the app (Flower Care), but when it detects my sensors it wants to make the firmware update. I cannot delete the notification (Nexus 5x with Android 7.1), so I have to restart the app. Therefore, I only have seconds to look at the app

I looked at the FAQ, and it gave as well the values of 500 for the fertility, but 35 for the moisture. I had a look at two different plants, but the values where the same (I hope I looked right, see above).

I will just look, if 35 is too much, and then lower the value.

The firmware update won't break anything IMHO.

[LouiS22]

I looked at the app (Flower Care), but when it detects my sensors it wants to make the firmware update. I cannot delete the notification (Nexus 5x with Android 7.1), so I have to restart the app. Therefore, I only have seconds to look at the app

I looked at the FAQ, and it gave as well the values of 500 for the fertility, but 35 for the moisture. I had a look at two different plants, but the values where the same (I hope I looked right, see above).

I will just look, if 35 is too much, and then lower the value.

The firmware update won't break anything IMHO.

[tontze]

I looked at the app (Flower Care), but when it detects my sensors it wants to make the firmware update. I cannot delete the notification (Nexus 5x with Android 7.1), so I have to restart the app. Therefore, I only have seconds to look at the app

I looked at the FAQ, and it gave as well the values of 500 for the fertility, but 35 for the moisture. I had a look at two different plants, but the values where the same (I hope I looked right, see above).

I will just look, if 35 is too much, and then lower the value.

You can close it via X on the right upper corner.

[tontze]

I looked at the app (Flower Care), but when it detects my sensors it wants to make the firmware update. I cannot delete the notification (Nexus 5x with Android 7.1), so I have to restart the app. Therefore, I only have seconds to look at the app

I looked at the FAQ, and it gave as well the values of 500 for the fertility, but 35 for the moisture. I had a look at two different plants, but the values where the same (I hope I looked right, see above).

I will just look, if 35 is too much, and then lower the value.

The firmware update won't break anything IMHO.

PPL say that they wont work with flower care app after upgrade, they added regions to it. In domotics it works even after update.

[LouiS22]

I looked at the app (Flower Care), but when it detects my sensors it wants to make the firmware update. I cannot delete the notification (Nexus 5x with Android 7.1), so I have to restart the app. Therefore, I only have seconds to look at the app

I looked at the FAQ, and it gave as well the values of 500 for the fertility, but 35 for the moisture. I had a look at two different plants, but the values where the same (I hope I looked right, see above).

I will just look, if 35 is too much, and then lower the value.

The firmware update won't break anything IMHO.

PPL say that they wont work with flower care app after upgrade, they added regions to it. In domotics it works even after update.

I know, but you can solve this easily, I've even provided a how-to before