solem-blip-ble 0.1.35

BLE client for Solem BL-IP irrigation controllers

solem-blip-ble

Python library for the Solem BL-IP Bluetooth irrigation controller.

Protocol sources

Layer	Source
Commands (turn on/off, sprinkle, stop, commit)	pcman75/solem-blip-reverse-engineering — GATT write 108b0002-..., frame 3105 … + 3b00
Status polling (notify, seq 0x02, active station, remaining time, battery)	Live BL-IP V5 hardware validation and capture-backed regression tests; see docs/ble_protocol.md

Turn-off-for-N-days is capped at 15 days per the pcman75 documentation.

Install

pip install solem-blip-ble
# or from GitHub:
pip install "solem-blip-ble @ git+https://github.com/beelzetron/solem-blip-ble.git@main"
# or editable for development:
pip install -e ".[dev]"

CI/CD

• CI: GitHub Actions runs tests (Python 3.11–3.13) and verifies the package builds on every push/PR to main.
• CD: Creating a GitHub Release publishes the package to PyPI via trusted publishing.

Configure PyPI trusted publishing for this repository: PyPI project → Publishing → Add GitHub Actions publisher (beelzetron/solem-blip-ble, workflow publish.yml, environment pypi).

Usage

from solem_blip_ble import SolemClient, SolemConnectionError

client = SolemClient("AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF", bluetooth_timeout=30)
await client.connect()
status = await client.get_status()
await client.sprinkle_station_x_for_y_minutes(1, 5)
await client.stop_manual_sprinkle()
await client.disconnect()

Documentation

Full BLE protocol notes: docs/ble_protocol.md

Validation CLI

The packaged debug tool is the single supported raw capture path:

validate-solem-blip AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --capture --verbose
validate-solem-blip AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --capture --only status
validate-solem-blip AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --capture-off-days 3 --verbose
validate-solem-blip AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF --replay btsnoop/captures/capture.jsonl

Regression tests also replay public capture-backed fixtures for V5 firmware, station names, status, and persisted irrigation schedule parsing.

Home Assistant

Used by the Solem BL-IP for Home Assistant integration (HACS).

Credits

Thanks to pcman75 for the original Solem BL-IP command reverse engineering.