Last week I came across a deal on a small thermometer with display and Bluetooth access for under $10 so I had to give it a try. The fact that the data is available via bluetooth instead of via a web service was a major selling point for me. I am hoping to be able to to log the data via a Raspberry Pi4.
GVH5070 near my Raspberry Pi4 I installed the Govee Home app on my iPhone and it was able to find the device, communicate with it, and pull both current and accumulated data.
When I attempted to find it from my Pi4 it was much more difficult. I live in an apartment with units all around. I’m not just dealing with my own devices that may be visible, but my neighbors as well.
I managed to find the device using linux command line tools, but was not able to successfully connect. A friend suggested BLE Scanner 4.0 for my iPhone for discovering the details, and it was at least able to confirm what I should be looking for using the linux command line tools. I still had timeout issues with the iPhone app, but at least was able to confirm that I could connect to the device and retrieve GUID information.
This is my first time attempting to gather data from a Bluetooth device. I’m still in the research and test phase. I’m listing a bunch of the URLS I’ve found that have been helpful.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Govee/comments/e8ljbp/work_to_access_data_from_a_govee_h5075_indoor/
https://www.jaredwolff.com/get-started-with-bluetooth-low-energy/
https://github.com/neilsheps/GoveeTemperatureAndHumidity
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=241686
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-setup-bluetooth-on-a-raspberry-pi-3/
https://www.real-world-systems.com/docs/hcitool.1.html
From the command line on my Pi4 I already had the tools installed to try several Bluetooth commands. I believe they were installed as part of the bluez package. The first two commands below get details on the Raspberry Pi Bluetooth hardware, then the hcitool lescan command produced a lot of devices, and I found the line referencing the GVH5075 so I could use the address in further commands.
pi@WimPi4:~ $ sudo hcitool dev
Devices:
hci0 DC:A6:32:1C:B5:74
pi@WimPi4:~ $ sudo hciconfig -a
hci0: Type: Primary Bus: UART
BD Address: DC:A6:32:1C:B5:74 ACL MTU: 1021:8 SCO MTU: 64:1
UP RUNNING
RX bytes:21284 acl:25 sco:0 events:791 errors:0
TX bytes:4401 acl:26 sco:0 commands:172 errors:0
Features: 0xbf 0xfe 0xcf 0xfe 0xdb 0xff 0x7b 0x87
Packet type: DM1 DM3 DM5 DH1 DH3 DH5 HV1 HV2 HV3
Link policy: RSWITCH SNIFF
Link mode: SLAVE ACCEPT
Name: 'WimPi4'
Class: 0x000000
Service Classes: Unspecified
Device Class: Miscellaneous,
HCI Version: 5.0 (0x9) Revision: 0x13b
LMP Version: 5.0 (0x9) Subversion: 0x6119
Manufacturer: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (305)
pi@WimPi4:~ $ sudo hcitool lescan
LE Scan ...
7B:F9:68:96:C4:92 (unknown)
57:FA:0A:E7:61:A4 (unknown)
A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE GVH5075_BCAE
A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE (unknown)
15:FF:0C:3F:E7:35 (unknown)
57:FA:0A:E7:61:A4 (unknown)
pi@WimPi4:~ $ sudo hcitool leinfo A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE
Requesting information ...
Handle: 64 (0x0040)
LMP Version: 4.2 (0x8) LMP Subversion: 0x22bb
Manufacturer: Telink Semiconductor Co. Ltd (529)
Features: 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
Another command that I attempted before I used the hcitool command was the bluetoothctl command. It scrolls a lot of data, but now that I have an idea what I’m looking at, I may be able to see announcement data from the thermometer periodically in the stream by filtering just to see the data coming from the MAC address.
pi@WimPi4:~ $ sudo bluetoothctl
Agent registered
[bluetooth]# scan on
Discovery started
[CHG] Controller DC:A6:32:1C:B5:74 Discovering: yes
[NEW] Device 57:75:EA:B6:EC:2B 57-75-EA-B6-EC-2B
[NEW] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F 846B219FB80338A3E9
[NEW] Device 48:56:2E:FF:59:45 48-56-2E-FF-59-45
[NEW] Device 46:53:2F:D4:6F:A1 46-53-2F-D4-6F-A1
[NEW] Device 5C:C9:C5:C9:70:5F 5C-C9-C5-C9-70-5F
[NEW] Device 48:CF:F7:19:4A:3A 48-CF-F7-19-4A-3A
[NEW] Device 4E:30:D1:5D:0F:48 4E-30-D1-5D-0F-48
[NEW] Device 7D:4A:A3:81:32:22 7D-4A-A3-81-32-22
[NEW] Device 7E:0F:63:2B:DC:3E 7E-0F-63-2B-DC-3E
[NEW] Device 7F:5D:37:A2:4E:BA 7F-5D-37-A2-4E-BA
[NEW] Device 7F:6B:44:CD:3A:E5 7F-6B-44-CD-3A-E5
[NEW] Device 00:07:80:37:BD:35 00-07-80-37-BD-35
[NEW] Device 04:52:C7:BC:1C:E3 LE-Bose Revolve SoundLink
[NEW] Device 4F:84:D2:AC:59:FF 4F-84-D2-AC-59-FF
[NEW] Device 4E:F0:6A:DD:3D:7E 4E-F0-6A-DD-3D-7E
[NEW] Device 75:25:34:3F:B9:29 75-25-34-3F-B9-29
[NEW] Device 60:EC:A4:49:B6:67 60-EC-A4-49-B6-67
[NEW] Device 98:D6:BB:20:EB:3B 98-D6-BB-20-EB-3B
[NEW] Device 78:13:28:A8:0A:FF 78-13-28-A8-0A-FF
[NEW] Device 56:6F:B2:E0:40:E3 56-6F-B2-E0-40-E3
[NEW] Device 69:D9:38:44:5C:04 69-D9-38-44-5C-04
[NEW] Device 56:63:50:90:82:D6 56-63-50-90-82-D6
[CHG] Device A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE RSSI: -43
[CHG] Device A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE ManufacturerData Key: 0xec88
[CHG] Device A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE ManufacturerData Value:
00 03 32 62 64 00 ..2bd.
[CHG] Device A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE ManufacturerData Key: 0x004c
[CHG] Device A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE ManufacturerData Value:
02 15 49 4e 54 45 4c 4c 49 5f 52 4f 43 4b 53 5f ..INTELLI_ROCKS_
48 57 50 75 f2 ff c2 HWPu…
[CHG] Device 75:25:34:3F:B9:29 RSSI: -83
[NEW] Device 47:10:2F:15:99:2E 47-10-2F-15-99-2E
[NEW] Device B8:31:B5:8B:12:D2 ETOBAN386
[NEW] Device F0:6E:0B:D1:1B:BF ELRWLK345
[CHG] Device 75:25:34:3F:B9:29 RSSI: -72
[CHG] Device 7D:4A:A3:81:32:22 RSSI: -89
[CHG] Device 7D:4A:A3:81:32:22 RSSI: -81
[CHG] Device 98:D6:BB:20:EB:3B RSSI: -94
[NEW] Device A4:83:E7:20:06:5B A4-83-E7-20-06-5B
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F ManufacturerData Key: 0x05a7
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F ManufacturerData Value:
03 13 31 68 39 63 51 6f 4b 76 54 34 00 ..1h9cQoKvT4.
[NEW] Device 00:07:80:37:CA:7D 00-07-80-37-CA-7D
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F ManufacturerData Key: 0x05a7
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F ManufacturerData Value:
03 12 78 4d 32 49 31 6d 31 6a 6f 32 67 ..xM2I1m1jo2g
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F ManufacturerData Key: 0x05a7
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F ManufacturerData Value:
03 10 01 99 44 de ad be ef 00 0a 00 ca ….D……..
[CHG] Device 4E:30:D1:5D:0F:48 ManufacturerData Key: 0x004c
[CHG] Device 4E:30:D1:5D:0F:48 ManufacturerData Value:
10 06 10 1e b0 2a e1 be …..*..
[CHG] Device 98:D6:BB:20:EB:3B RSSI: -85
[NEW] Device 00:07:80:37:BE:C9 523
[CHG] Device 5C:C9:C5:C9:70:5F ManufacturerData Key: 0x004c
[CHG] Device 5C:C9:C5:C9:70:5F ManufacturerData Value:
10 06 5a 1e 56 a0 e1 eb ..Z.V…
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F ManufacturerData Key: 0x05a7
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F ManufacturerData Value:
03 13 31 68 39 63 51 6f 4b 76 54 34 00 ..1h9cQoKvT4.
[CHG] Device 75:25:34:3F:B9:29 RSSI: -81
[NEW] Device 6B:C2:D2:28:1E:A5 6B-C2-D2-28-1E-A5
[CHG] Device 5C:C9:C5:C9:70:5F ManufacturerData Key: 0x004c
[CHG] Device 5C:C9:C5:C9:70:5F ManufacturerData Value:
0c 0e 00 41 32 56 c8 79 5a 01 9d 63 d5 79 c7 80 …A2V.yZ..c.y..
10 06 56 1e 56 a0 e1 eb ..V.V…
[CHG] Device A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE RSSI: -35
[CHG] Device A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE ManufacturerData Key: 0xec88
[CHG] Device A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE ManufacturerData Value:
00 03 32 61 64 00 ..2ad.
[CHG] Device A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE ManufacturerData Key: 0x004c
[CHG] Device A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE ManufacturerData Value:
02 15 49 4e 54 45 4c 4c 49 5f 52 4f 43 4b 53 5f ..INTELLI_ROCKS_
48 57 50 75 f2 ff c2 HWPu…
[CHG] Device 48:CF:F7:19:4A:3A RSSI: -76
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F ManufacturerData Key: 0x05a7
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F ManufacturerData Value:
03 10 01 99 44 de ad be ef 00 0a 00 ca ….D……..
[NEW] Device 78:11:F9:E8:7A:DA 78-11-F9-E8-7A-DA
[CHG] Device 47:10:2F:15:99:2E RSSI: -84
[CHG] Device 69:D9:38:44:5C:04 RSSI: -83
[CHG] Device 47:10:2F:15:99:2E ManufacturerData Key: 0x004c
[CHG] Device 47:10:2F:15:99:2E ManufacturerData Value:
10 06 1c 1e 9a e0 28 9b ……(.
[CHG] Device 5C:C9:C5:C9:70:5F ManufacturerData Key: 0x004c
[CHG] Device 5C:C9:C5:C9:70:5F ManufacturerData Value:
0c 0e 00 42 32 7b fc b2 b6 a1 46 31 82 0f 67 02 …B2{….F1..g.
10 06 56 1e 56 a0 e1 eb ..V.V…
[CHG] Device 75:25:34:3F:B9:29 RSSI: -73
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F ManufacturerData Key: 0x05a7
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F ManufacturerData Value:
03 13 31 68 39 63 51 6f 4b 76 54 34 00 ..1h9cQoKvT4.
[CHG] Device 47:10:2F:15:99:2E ManufacturerData Key: 0x004c
[CHG] Device 47:10:2F:15:99:2E ManufacturerData Value:
10 06 14 1e 9a e0 28 9b ……(.
[NEW] Device 5C:53:86:8D:A4:61 5C-53-86-8D-A4-61
[NEW] Device 42:32:EC:5F:59:C5 42-32-EC-5F-59-C5
[bluetooth]# scan off
Discovery stopped
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F RSSI is nil
[DEL] Device E7:E7:B4:AB:4A:1F 846B219FB80338A3E9
[CHG] Controller DC:A6:32:1C:B5:74 Discovering: no
[CHG] Device 42:32:EC:5F:59:C5 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 42:32:EC:5F:59:C5 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 5C:53:86:8D:A4:61 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 78:11:F9:E8:7A:DA TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 78:11:F9:E8:7A:DA RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 6B:C2:D2:28:1E:A5 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 6B:C2:D2:28:1E:A5 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 00:07:80:37:BE:C9 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 00:07:80:37:CA:7D RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device A4:83:E7:20:06:5B RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device F0:6E:0B:D1:1B:BF TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device F0:6E:0B:D1:1B:BF RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device B8:31:B5:8B:12:D2 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device B8:31:B5:8B:12:D2 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 47:10:2F:15:99:2E TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 47:10:2F:15:99:2E RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device A4:C1:38:37:BC:AE RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 56:63:50:90:82:D6 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 69:D9:38:44:5C:04 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 69:D9:38:44:5C:04 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 56:6F:B2:E0:40:E3 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 56:6F:B2:E0:40:E3 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 78:13:28:A8:0A:FF TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 78:13:28:A8:0A:FF RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 98:D6:BB:20:EB:3B RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 60:EC:A4:49:B6:67 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 60:EC:A4:49:B6:67 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 75:25:34:3F:B9:29 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 75:25:34:3F:B9:29 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 4E:F0:6A:DD:3D:7E TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 4E:F0:6A:DD:3D:7E RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 4F:84:D2:AC:59:FF TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 4F:84:D2:AC:59:FF RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 04:52:C7:BC:1C:E3 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 04:52:C7:BC:1C:E3 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 00:07:80:37:BD:35 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 7F:6B:44:CD:3A:E5 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 7F:6B:44:CD:3A:E5 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 7F:5D:37:A2:4E:BA TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 7F:5D:37:A2:4E:BA RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 7E:0F:63:2B:DC:3E TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 7E:0F:63:2B:DC:3E RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 7D:4A:A3:81:32:22 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 7D:4A:A3:81:32:22 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 4E:30:D1:5D:0F:48 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 4E:30:D1:5D:0F:48 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 48:CF:F7:19:4A:3A TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 48:CF:F7:19:4A:3A RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 5C:C9:C5:C9:70:5F TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 5C:C9:C5:C9:70:5F RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 46:53:2F:D4:6F:A1 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 46:53:2F:D4:6F:A1 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 48:56:2E:FF:59:45 TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 48:56:2E:FF:59:45 RSSI is nil
[CHG] Device 57:75:EA:B6:EC:2B TxPower is nil
[CHG] Device 57:75:EA:B6:EC:2B RSSI is nil
[DEL] Device 57:75:EA:B6:EC:2B 57-75-EA-B6-EC-2B
[DEL] Device 48:56:2E:FF:59:45 48-56-2E-FF-59-45
[DEL] Device 46:53:2F:D4:6F:A1 46-53-2F-D4-6F-A1
[DEL] Device 5C:C9:C5:C9:70:5F 5C-C9-C5-C9-70-5F
[DEL] Device 48:CF:F7:19:4A:3A 48-CF-F7-19-4A-3A
[DEL] Device 4E:30:D1:5D:0F:48 4E-30-D1-5D-0F-48
[DEL] Device 7D:4A:A3:81:32:22 7D-4A-A3-81-32-22
[DEL] Device 7E:0F:63:2B:DC:3E 7E-0F-63-2B-DC-3E
[DEL] Device 7F:5D:37:A2:4E:BA 7F-5D-37-A2-4E-BA
[DEL] Device 7F:6B:44:CD:3A:E5 7F-6B-44-CD-3A-E5
[DEL] Device 00:07:80:37:BD:35 00-07-80-37-BD-35
[DEL] Device 04:52:C7:BC:1C:E3 LE-Bose Revolve SoundLink
[DEL] Device 4F:84:D2:AC:59:FF 4F-84-D2-AC-59-FF
[DEL] Device 4E:F0:6A:DD:3D:7E 4E-F0-6A-DD-3D-7E
[DEL] Device 75:25:34:3F:B9:29 75-25-34-3F-B9-29
[DEL] Device 60:EC:A4:49:B6:67 60-EC-A4-49-B6-67
[DEL] Device 98:D6:BB:20:EB:3B 98-D6-BB-20-EB-3B
[DEL] Device 78:13:28:A8:0A:FF 78-13-28-A8-0A-FF
[DEL] Device 56:6F:B2:E0:40:E3 56-6F-B2-E0-40-E3
[DEL] Device 69:D9:38:44:5C:04 69-D9-38-44-5C-04
[DEL] Device 56:63:50:90:82:D6 56-63-50-90-82-D6
[DEL] Device 47:10:2F:15:99:2E 47-10-2F-15-99-2E
[DEL] Device B8:31:B5:8B:12:D2 ETOBAN386
[DEL] Device F0:6E:0B:D1:1B:BF ELRWLK345
[DEL] Device A4:83:E7:20:06:5B A4-83-E7-20-06-5B
[DEL] Device 00:07:80:37:CA:7D 00-07-80-37-CA-7D
[DEL] Device 00:07:80:37:BE:C9 523
[DEL] Device 6B:C2:D2:28:1E:A5 6B-C2-D2-28-1E-A5
[DEL] Device 78:11:F9:E8:7A:DA 78-11-F9-E8-7A-DA
[DEL] Device 5C:53:86:8D:A4:61 5C-53-86-8D-A4-61
[DEL] Device 42:32:EC:5F:59:C5 42-32-EC-5F-59-C5
[bluetooth]# exit
I’m posting all of this here and hopefully will be able to make progress on retrieving the data in the next few days.
