v1.0.0 - Initial Release

BFT Gate Automation v1.0.0

🎉 Initial public release of the BFT Home Assistant integration!

✨ Features

• 🚪 Control BFT gates - Open, close, and stop commands
• 📊 Real-time status monitoring - Know your gate position at all times
• 🔄 Automatic state detection - Detects open, closed, moving, and stopped states
• 🛡️ Robust error handling - Retry logic for unreliable BFT cloud API
• 🌐 SSL/Connection resilience - Handles network issues gracefully
• ⚡ Async initialization - Non-blocking startup for Home Assistant
• ⚙️ Configurable - Adjust timeouts and retry counts
• 🧪 Test script included - Verify your credentials before deploying

📦 Installation

HACS (Custom Repository)

1. Open HACS in Home Assistant
2. Go to Integrations
3. Click ⋮ → Custom repositories
4. Add: https://github.com/emanuelbesliu/homeassistant-bft
5. Category: Integration
6. Click Install
7. Restart Home Assistant

Manual Installation

1. Download homeassistant-bft-v1.0.0.zip from this release
2. Extract to your Home Assistant custom_components directory:

   /config/custom_components/bft/
   

3. Restart Home Assistant

🔧 Configuration

Add to your configuration.yaml:

cover:
  - platform: bft
    covers:
      driveway_gate:
        device: YOUR_DEVICE_NAME        # From BFT app
        username: !secret bft_username
        password: !secret bft_password
        name: Driveway Gate
        timeout: 20                     # Recommended for BFT API
        retry_count: 10                 # Recommended
        skip_initial_update: true       # For faster startup

🧪 Testing

Run the included test script to verify your credentials:

cd custom_components/bft
export BFT_USERNAME='your@email.com'
export BFT_PASSWORD='your_password'
export BFT_DEVICE='YOUR_DEVICE_NAME'
python3 test_auth.py

📖 Documentation

See README.md for:

• Detailed configuration options
• Multiple gate setup
• Automation examples
• Troubleshooting guide

⚠️ Known Issues

1. BFT API reliability - The BFT cloud API can be slow/unreliable. Use higher timeout (20s) and retry count (10) values.
2. Initial status delay - First update may take 10-30 seconds after restart.
3. State updates - Polling occurs every 5+ seconds (throttled).

🐛 Support

• Issues: https://github.com/emanuelbesliu/homeassistant-bft/issues
• Discussions: https://github.com/emanuelbesliu/homeassistant-bft/discussions

✅ Tested With

• Home Assistant 2023.1+
• BFT uControl Cloud API
• Single and dual gate motors

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Full Changelog: https://github.com/emanuelbesliu/homeassistant-bft/commits/v1.0.0