How to set up ESPresense to track people and objects in your house, to trigger customized automations.

ESPresense is a Bluetooth based tracking system running on cheap ESP32 computers that will tell Home Assistant what room you are in as you move around your smart home. In this video, I show you What it is, how it works, how to easily set it up and how to integrate it into Home Assistant for whole house room tracking for use within Home Assistant Automations.

Links:
ESPresense: https://espresense.com/
MQTT and Home Assistant Video:    • MQTT and Home Assistant  

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - What is ESPresense and how does it work?
01:51 - Setting up ESPresense base stations on an ESP32
06:41 - Setting up Bluetooth tracking beacons on ESPresense and Home Assistant
09:54 - Adding the presence sensors to Home Assistant
10:14 - Calibrating ESPresense
12:28 - Room Presence Automations in Home Assistant