[Bug]: Precision of xiaomi temperature

[MichalLytek]

[Bug]: Precision of xiaomi temperature

[Ernst79]

I think that this is a difference in how the information is obtained.

• The TelinkFlasher is connecting to the device and "asking" for the temperature. In BLE terms, this is called reading the characteristics.
• BLE monitor is passively listening to BLE broadcasts. This won't require to set up a connection, the sensor is just broadcasting every x minutes its current temperature.

The passive BLE advertisements are with one digit precision. It actually sends an integer (zero precision) and divides that by 10 making it 1 digit precision. So it is not possible to get 2 digit precision, unless you make a connection (which is out of the scope of BLE monitor.

def obj1004(xobj):
    """Temperature"""
    if len(xobj) == 2:
        (temp,) = T_STRUCT.unpack(xobj)
        return {"temperature": temp / 10}
    else:
        return {}

[MichalLytek]

Thanks for the clarification.

I wanted to calibrate the readings from my sensors by manipulating the offset but 1 digit precision rounding is a bit limitating. It's ok for temperature tracking in HA although.