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layout: page
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title: "Bluetooth Tracker"
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description: "Instructions how to integrate bluetooth tracking within Home Assistant."
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date: 2016-04-10 17:24
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sidebar: true
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comments: false
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sharing: true
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footer: true
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logo: bluetooth.png
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ha_category: Presence Detection
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ha_iot_class: "Local Poll"
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ha_release: 0.18
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---
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This tracker discovers new devices on boot and tracks bluetooth devices periodically based on interval_seconds value. Devices discovered are stored with 'bt_' as the prefix for device mac in `known_devices.yaml`.
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<p class='note'>
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Requires PyBluez
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</p>
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To use the Bluetooth tracker in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
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```yaml
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device_tracker:
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platform: bluetooth_tracker
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```
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For additional configuration variables check the [Device tracker page](/components/device_tracker/).
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