Bluetooth Proxy & Air Sensor
— a friendly guide to your new smart-home gadget —
EASY GUIDE
no jargon!
1
What
is this thing?
Bluetooth Proxy ✦
BT
+ air sensor inside
tiny computer!
One small box.
Two jobs.
A
Bluetooth Proxy
for your gadgets
and
a sensor that measures the air in your room.
2
Just
plug it in
BT
USB-A
or
USB-C
any phone charger or USB port works just fine
No special power supply needed —
your old phone charger is perfect.
3
First-time
setup
1
2
3
ESP
helper-wifi
choose a WiFi
My Home WiFi
helper-wifi ✓
Neighbour upstairs
Guest WiFi
setup page
Welcome! Let's set up
Your home WiFi
My Home WiFi
WiFi password
●●●●●●●●
Connect
you only do this once — it remembers!
It makes its own little WiFi at first. Join it from your phone, type in your real WiFi password — and that's it.
4
What does it
actually do?
ground floor
basement
garden
Bluetooth Proxy
smart-home hub
WiFi
H₂O
Gardena
Bluetooth
The
Bluetooth Proxy
hears
your gadgets nearby and
passes the message along
over WiFi — through walls, floors and out to the garden.
5
Example:
watering
on autopilot
H₂O
Gardena
Smart Water
BT
Bluetooth Proxy
WiFi
a little house rule
when
temp > 28°C ☀
then
water zone 1
⏱ for 20 minutes
even from holiday!
Hot day? The garden gets watered all by itself.
Even when you're not home.
6
What the
air sensor
sees
temperature
22.5°
C
humidity
48
%
air pressure
1013
hPa
air quality
good ✦
Always-on readings of your room — how warm, how damp, the weather pressure, and how fresh the air feels.
7
Keeping it
up to date
ESP
first time: USB
→ checking for an update…
preparing the new version…
sending it over WiFi…
✓ all done!
★ next times: just WiFi!
First time you'll need a USB cable. After that, updates arrive wirelessly — no need to unplug a thing.
8
In your Homeassistant app
Your home dashboard
Bluetooth Proxy
● active
temperature
22.5 °C
air quality
fresh ✿
humidity
48 %
pressure
1013 hPa
how fresh
very fresh
it shows up by itself — no setting up needed
Plug it in, connect, done. Homeassistant will find it on its own — each reading shows up as a friendly little tile.