iTag - Cheap BLE Device

wutu

What I have discovered for now.
Direct interaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3QMKk45eJE (tested, working)
Nice Android app with Automate, SMS, MQTT and IFTTT support: http://clubapk.com/Download_JG-iTag-Alarm_APK-free-for-android.html
I’m testing now various MQTT BLE gateways, for example: https://github.com/shmuelzon/ble2mqtt and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBYCG-ypvRY

leader21

there are some nice itag/bluetooth buttons on aliexpress

round button

keychain button

another keychain button

rrooggiieerr

Hi! Did anyone made the iTags work? If not I’m diving into it. Some commands mentioned in the video gave some promising results.

wutu

@rrooggiieerr said in iTag - Cheap BLE Device:

Hi! Did anyone made the iTags work? If not I’m diving into it. Some commands mentioned in the video gave some promising results.

Hi, yes. With this Gateway iTag working like Pimatic button device.

Rule for scan and subscribe:

    {
      "id": "itag-sub",
      "name": "iTag sub",
      "rule": "when pimatic is starting then publish mqtt message \"\" on topic \"home/MQTTtoBLE/command/scan\" and after 20 seconds publish mqtt message \"\" on topic \"home/MQTTtoBLE/command/FF:FF:50:01:7B:30/subscribe/0000ffe1-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb\"",
      "active": true,
      "logging": true
    }

Button device:

    {
      "buttons": [
        {
          "id": "itag",
          "text": "itag",
          "topic": "home/MQTTtoBLE/device/FF:FF:50:01:7B:30/notify/0xe",
          "message": "01",
          "stateTopic": "home/MQTTtoBLE/device/FF:FF:50:01:7B:30/notify/0xe"
        }
      ],
      "id": "itag",
      "name": "iTag",
      "class": "MqttButtons"
    }

rrooggiieerr

I now have the iTag working als a BLE device with Pimatic, so without an mqtt gateway.

See this thread: https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/3925/bluetooth-and-ble-status