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Fix stuff for new bluetooth LE #6273

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14 changes: 1 addition & 13 deletions source/_components/device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker.markdown
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Expand Up @@ -13,18 +13,14 @@ ha_iot_class: "Local Poll"
ha_release: 0.27
---

<p class='note warning'>
We have received <a href='https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues/4442'>numerous reports</a> that this integration will have a big impact on the performance of the server.
</p>

This tracker discovers new devices on boot and in regular intervals and tracks Bluetooth low-energy devices periodically based on interval_seconds value. It is not required to pair the devices with each other.

Devices discovered are stored with 'BLE_' as the prefix for device mac addresses in `known_devices.yaml`.

This platform requires pybluez to be installed. On Debian based installs, run

```bash
$ sudo apt install bluetooth libbluetooth-dev pkg-config libboost-python-dev libboost-thread-dev libglib2.0-dev python-dev
$ sudo apt install bluetooth
```

Before you get started with this platform, please note that:
Expand All @@ -42,9 +38,7 @@ device_tracker:

Configuration variables:

- **device_id** (*Optional*): The device ID for the Bluetooth device to be used for tracking. Defaults to `hci0`.
- **track_new_devices** (*Optional*): If new discovered devices are tracked by default. Defaults to `True`.
- **scan_duration** (*Optional*): How long should the scanner be looking for BLE devices. Defaults to `10` seconds.
- **interval_seconds** (*Optional*): Seconds between each scan for new devices. Defaults to `12` seconds.

As some BT LE devices change their MAC address regularly, a new device is only discovered when it has been seen 5 times.
Expand All @@ -59,12 +53,6 @@ $ sudo apt-get install libcap2-bin
$ sudo setcap 'cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+eip' `readlink -f \`which python3\``
```

If you have installed Home Assistant with [AIO](/getting-started/installation-raspberry-pi-all-in-one/), you need to do the following command, this will grant access to Home Assistant to run the required command.

```bash
$ sudo setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin+eip /srv/homeassistant/homeassistant_venv/bin/python3
```

A restart of Home Assistant is required.

For additional configuration variables check the [Device tracker page](/components/device_tracker/).