Inkbird-IBS-P01B-MQTT

Reads Inkbird IBS-P01B Bluetooth sensor and publishes temperature value via MQTT

Installation

Assuming bluetooth is up and running and python bluetooth packages are installed, run

git clone https://github.com/ptc/Inkbird-IBS-P01B-MQTT /opt/Inkbird-IBS-P01B-MQTT

cd /opt/Inkbird-IBS-P01B-MQTT
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

Change config.ini, add the MAC of your Inkbrid device and don't forget to also set MQTT credentials. To get the MAC, run a BTLE scanning app and search for your device.

You can create the file by copying the template:

cp /opt/Inkbird-IBS-P01B-MQTT/config.{ini.template,ini}
vim /opt/Inkbird-IBS-P01B-MQTT/config.ini

Daemon Mode

To add a systemd service, run the following commands and don't forget to set daemon mode to True in the configuration file.

sudo cp /opt/Inkbird-IBS-P01B-MQTT/template.service /etc/systemd/system/inkbird.service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

sudo systemctl start inkbird.service
sudo systemctl status inkbird.service

sudo systemctl enable inkbird.service

Home Assistant Sensor

The easiest way to use the device within Home Assistant is to define a MQTT sensor.

- platform: mqtt
  state_topic: 'garden/sensor/pool/temp/celsius'
  name: 'Water Temp'
  unit_of_measurement: '°C'

Credit

Script inspired by:

• https://github.com/ThomDietrich/miflora-mqtt-daemon/
• https://github.com/viyh/inkbird