bazcurtisMay 24, 2024

A bit of a frustrating day trying to get my ESP32 Atom Echo working with Home Assistant.

I used this page to flash it, it seems to work, but when it get to the wifi page it just spins looking for a network.

https://esphome.io/projects/index.html

Any ideas what I can do? I can add it via ESPHome, but I assume that I assume that has wipes the Voice Control firmware.

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Show threadMieszko ŚlusarczykMay 24, 2024
@bazcurtis @homeassistant @[email protected] @homeassistantinpills @[email protected] I’ve just copied the yaml, added my WiFi network to the configuration then compiled and flashed it
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@spitfire @homeassistant @[email protected] @homeassistantinpills @[email protected] Thanks for replying. I am not sure how to do that, but I think I will wait. This seems to be a known issue at the moment. An issue has been raised on GitHub.
Show threadMieszko ŚlusarczykMay 24, 2024
@bazcurtis @homeassistant @[email protected] @homeassistantinpills @[email protected] I think it would be a valuable lesson if you’ve tried it. Once you do it the world of ESPHome supported stuff lies open to you ;)
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@spitfire @homeassistant @[email protected] @homeassistantinpills @[email protected] I have an M5 Tough ready for my heat pump. It will be running ESPAltherma.
Show threadMieszko ŚlusarczykMay 24, 2024
@bazcurtis @homeassistant @[email protected] @homeassistantinpills @[email protected] I’m running all of my esp devices on ESPHome - controlling my heat pump, recuperator and solar inverter suing modbus, using stuff like ld2410 in a few others.
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@spitfire @homeassistant @[email protected] @homeassistantinpills @[email protected] I have been using Home Assistant for about a year and never used ESPHome before. I am not sure what I am missing out on. I can controller my batteries and inverter without it.

Saying that, always happy to have something else to play with 😀

May 24, 2024 at 9:08pmIvory for iOS
Show threadMieszko ŚlusarczykMay 24, 2024
@bazcurtis @homeassistant @[email protected] @homeassistantinpills @[email protected] I wasn’t so lucky - Foxess cloud (for my inverter) sucks, and the modbus interface is a little bit better, and works locally. Still limited to refresh once every 2 minutes:/
Show threadMieszko ŚlusarczykMay 24, 2024
@bazcurtis @homeassistant @[email protected] @homeassistantinpills @[email protected] I highly recommend trying it. It opens a new world of possibilities. You can make both devices that are much cheaper than their counterparts available to buy, and ones that are not available at all (combine a few sensors/components in a mix that is not generally available). (1/2)
Show threadMieszko ŚlusarczykMay 24, 2024
If you have worked with yaml (I presume you have - using HA) it is realtively easy to program (no C/C++ skills required) and you can easily ask ChatGPT to help you create configs for these. ESPHome translates yaml config into C++ code, compiles and uploads it to the device for you. Aside from the modbus stuff, I’m using it mostly for LD2410-based presence sensors with Bluetooth proxy (and sometimes more components) in one device. (2/2)