Adding an ESP device to Home Assistant?

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peejayw

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#317632 31-Oct-2024 20:15

I want to add an ESP 8266 device in HA, I have successfully flashed the device and it now appears in the ESPHome page in Home Assistant. However, HA doesnt see it and so I cant use it. How do I make HA see it?

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#3303926 31-Oct-2024 21:58

Following with interest. I have a couple ESP8266 devices from ages ago which I have reporting into HA with MQTT. I'm interested in learning a better, more efficient option for my ESP projects.

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#3303929 31-Oct-2024 22:06

I'm sure there are many YT clips out there but the basic requirement will be an api key e.g.in your YAML

# Enable Home Assistant API
api: # Add encryption key as desired
encryption:
key: abiglongkey123

And did you add the ESPHome add-on to HA?

EDIT: GZ didn't like that cut'n'paste!

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#3303952 1-Nov-2024 06:52

Where does the encryption key come from?

Also, when I go to the ESP integration and click on "Add device" it asks for the host of the ESP node?

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#3303980 1-Nov-2024 08:46

peejayw:
Where does the encryption key come from?

Also, when I go to the ESP integration and click on "Add device" it asks for the host of the ESP node?

You make it up.
Do the initial flash of device from your esp add in.

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#3303985 1-Nov-2024 08:50

Example from my config, encryption no longer used api instead, sorry about the formatting.

# WiFi credentials ⬇ #
wifi:
ssid: '${ssid_ssid}'
password: '${ssid_password}'
# Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails ⬇ #
ap:
ssid: '${device_name}'
password: '${fallback_password}'

# Enable Home Assistant API ⬇ #
api:
# encryption:
# key: '${api_encryption}'
password: '${api_password}'
services:
- service: reset_total_energy
then:
- button.press:
id: button_reset_total

# Web Server ⬇ #
web_server:
port: 80
auth:
username: '${web_username}'
password: '${web_password}'

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#3304070 1-Nov-2024 12:17

Thanks, I have this in my yaml....

# Enable Home Assistant API

api:

encryption:

key: nxkE8Wov1+QtSChQsNSr4pdc5yxJALwLm/bbOvvwCV8=

But when I try to add device, after entering the address I get Can't connect to ESP. Please make sure your YAML file contains an 'api:' line.

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#3304072 1-Nov-2024 12:22

Scrub that, the ip address changed after a reboot! All working now, thanks.

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#3304367 2-Nov-2024 16:00

Speaking of ESP32s, for anything working with them this place has an amazing collection of enhanced ESP32s and add-on peripherals. Look at this for an example.