# ESPHome — Maytronics Air Cover BLE: reconstructing pool-cover control

> ESPHome — Maytronics Air Cover BLE recreates pool-cover control through a BLE GATT profile observed in the official Android app. Its ESPHome configuration sends open, close and stop payloads and reads position and motor-state notifications for Home Assistant.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/neopsyko/maytronics-aircover-esphome>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/neopsyko/maytronics-aircover-esphome/blob/77829575d3a1828d811b1611452fed5df878cbdc/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/maytronics-aircover-esphome-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/maytronics-aircover-esphome-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/maytronics-aircover-esphome-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An ESP32 within BLE range of a Maytronics Air Cover and its BLE address are required.
- **Limits:** Control payloads were captured from one 2023 unit; compatibility with other units is unknown.
- **License:** MIT license stated in the README; no licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/neopsyko/maytronics-aircover-esphome/blob/77829575d3a1828d811b1611452fed5df878cbdc/README.md>

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