diff --git a/source/_components/device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker.markdown b/source/_components/device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker.markdown index dc407b3dd2d..ccd8bbddaf3 100644 --- a/source/_components/device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker.markdown +++ b/source/_components/device_tracker.bluetooth_le_tracker.markdown @@ -13,16 +13,24 @@ ha_iot_class: "Local Poll" ha_release: 0.27 --- -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! +

+We have received numerous reports that this integration will have a big impact on the performance of the server. +

+ +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 `sudo apt install bluetooth libbluetooth-dev pkg-config libboost-python-dev libboost-thread-dev libglib2.0-dev python-dev` +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 +``` Before you get started with this platform, please note that: + - This platform is incompatible with Windows - This platform requires root privileges - - Don't use on a Raspberry Pi. It will become unusable slow when using this platform. To use the Bluetooth tracker in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file: