3. Create a new directory xiaomi_mi_scale in the folder addons in your Home Assistant installation and place all files in it via SSH / Samba
![Add-On](Screenshots/addon.png)
4. Open Home Assistant and navigate to add-on store and clock the reload button on the top right corner. Now you should see the Xiaomi Mi Scale as a local add-on
![Add-On Store](Screenshots/addon_store.png)
5. Install the add-on (takes a while as the container is built locally)
6. Edit the Configuration
Option | Type | Required | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
HCI_DEV | string | No | Bluetooth hci device to use. Defaults to hci0
MISCALE_MAC | string | Yes | Mac address of your scale
MQTT_PREFIX | string | No | MQTT Topic Prefix. Defaults to miscale
MQTT_HOST | string | Yes | MQTT Server (defaults to 127.0.0.1)
MQTT_USERNAME | string | No | Username for MQTT server (comment out if not required)
MQTT_PASSWORD | string | No | Password for MQTT (comment out if not required)
MQTT_PORT | int | No | Defaults to 1883
TIME_INTERVAL | int | No | Time in sec between each query to the scale, to allow other applications to use the Bluetooth module. Defaults to 30
MQTT_DISCOVERY | bool | No | MQTT Discovery for Home Assistant Defaults to true
MQTT_DISCOVERY_PREFIX | string | No | MQTT Discovery Prefix for Home Assistant. Defaults to homeassistant
Auto-gender selection/config -- This is used to create the calculations such as BMI, Water/Bone Mass etc...
Up to 3 users possible as long as weights do not overlap!
Option | Type | Required | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
USER1_GT | int | Yes | If the weight is greater than this number, we'll assume that we're weighing User #1
USER1_SEX | string | Yes | male / female
USER1_NAME | string | Yes | Name of the user
USER1_HEIGHT | int | Yes | Height (in cm) of the user
USER1_DOB | string | Yes | DOB (in yyyy-mm-dd format)
USER2_LT | int | No | If the weight is less than this number, we'll assume that we're weighing User #2. Defaults to USER1_GT Value
USER2_SEX | string | No | male / female. Defaults to female
USER2_NAME | string | No | Name of the user. Defaults to Serena
USER2_HEIGHT | int | No |Height (in cm) of the user. Defaults to 95
USER2_DOB | string | No | DOB (in yyyy-mm-dd format). Defaults to 1990-01-01
USER3_SEX | string | No | male / female. Defaults to female
USER3_NAME | string | No | Name of the user. Defaults to Missy
USER3_HEIGHT | int | No |Height (in cm) of the user. Defaults to 150
USER3_DOB | string | No | DOB (in yyyy-mm-dd format). Defaults to 1990-01-01
7. Start the add-on
## Home-Assistant Setup:
Under the `sensor` block, enter as many blocks as users configured in your environment variables:
Thanks to @syssi (https://gist.github.com/syssi/4108a54877406dc231d95514e538bde9) and @prototux (https://github.com/wiecosystem/Bluetooth) for their initial code
Special thanks to [@ned-kelly](https://github.com/ned-kelly) for his help turning a "simple" python script into a fully fledged docker container
Thanks to [@bpaulin](https://github.com/bpaulin) for his PRs and collaboration