If I may interfere:
To me: ESPeasy = very complicated
ESPhome = quite easy
Well your question is not (I think) about the ESPhome or ESPeasy firmware, but more likely about the Homey app.
I wrote a wiki, which describe the logic behind the app I made, a user guide and lot of screenshots 
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Hi,
I have a ESPhome device for controlling my bathroom fan.
I have added to Homey but in the flows I can only select one switch.
Is it possible to add a button or a list to change the speed of the fan.
Also it is not possible to use the textSensor component.
I want to use it for the actual speed of the fan.
- platform: custom
lambda: |-
auto fansendstandby = new FanSendStandby();
App.register_component(fansendstandby);
return {fansendstandby};
switches:
name: "FanSendStandby"
id: swfan_standby
icon: mdi:fan
- platform: custom
lambda: |-
auto fansendlow = new FanSendLow();
App.register_component(fansendlow);
return {fansendlow};
switches:
name: "FanSendLow"
id: swfan_low
icon: mdi:fan
- platform: custom
lambda: |-
auto fansendmedium = new FanSendMedium();
App.register_component(fansendmedium);
return {fansendmedium};
switches:
name: "FanSendMedium"
id: swfan_medium
icon: mdi:fan
- platform: custom
lambda: |-
auto fansendhigh = new FanSendHigh();
App.register_component(fansendhigh);
return {fansendhigh};
switches:
name: "FanSendHigh"
id: swfan_high
icon: mdi:fan
text_sensor:
- platform: custom
lambda: |-
auto fanrecv = new FanRecv();
App.register_component(fanrecv);
return {fanrecv->fanspeed,fanrecv->fantimer,fanrecv->Lastid};
text_sensors:
- name: "FanSpeed"
icon: "mdi:transfer"
- name: "FanTimer"
icon: "mdi:timer"
- name: "fanLastID"
icon: "mdi:id-card"
@JeroenD For me, you should use the select component, then mapping to the Homey app will be much easier: Select Component — ESPHome
Thanks, i will look for that!
Can someone help me with the integration of this device, please? I can’t find a way to include the switch - only see sensors here…
(great device because it can handle 16A)
I do not see any reason it would not appear.
Open a github ticket and provide the logs …
I created a device in homey via the esphome way:
-
created a physical device
-
created a virtual device
- added capabilities
but I do not see a type “button”
Probably because of this:
Two capabilities have the same name seems …
Can you colelct the debug info and open an issue:
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@Baldhor Can you send me in the right way to find out what the reason could be that the app shows me that all the devices are offline.
When i reset the app everything works again.
I checked if the signal is good enough and with that i cant find the error.
If i cant find it can i implement a flow to reset the app every 24 hours or so?
@Patrick_85
1/ Is console.re enabled?
It has a memory leak, so it should only be enabled when needed to collect additional logs
2/ The reconnection feature is working as far as I know
My devices run smoothly since months now …
3/ open a ticket in the github projet
and do not forget to collect the debug info from the wizard (in the manage physical devices view).
4/ I will probably ask you to enable console.re for additional logs
@SvenRhein So actually, the problem is that the application is not informed that the native entity exist …
I’m unsure why to be honest …
But I can propose you a work around …
You need to modify the yaml configuration of the device to add another entity
=> It will act as a bridge
Hopefully, you know how to modify the yaml file, compile it, and upload it inside your device …
switch:
- platform: gpio
name: "Power"
pin: GPIO5
id: relay
restore_mode: ${relay_restore_mode}
should become:
switch:
- platform: gpio
pin: GPIO5
id: relay
restore_mode: ${relay_restore_mode}
- platform: template
name: "Power"
id: relay_bridge
optimistic: true
restore_mode: ${relay_restore_mode}
turn_on_action:
- switch.turn_on: relay
turn_off_action:
- switch.turn_off: relay
i did send you the log in pm and also the code for the debug log in PM
to be honest - no - I do not know
@Peter_Kawa You think you could explain how to update yaml config of a device, compile it and upload it?
To be honest, I’m unsure the way I do it is the best one, so I’m asking you in the purpose to also compare with your way
For info, here is how I do it:
Install python : https://www.python.org/downloads/
=> Don't forget to check the option to add python to path
Open a terminal : cmd.exe
Create esphome directory : mkdir esphome
Go inside that directory : cd esphome
Install esphome:
python -m pip install wheel
python -m pip install esphome
Check if it works by typing python -m esphome
Prepare the confioguration file of your device :
mkdir myconfig
python -m esphome wizard myconfig\<device_name>.yml
Edit the configuration file and add the required components :
notepad myconfig\<device_name>.yml
You can then compile the configuration file :
python -m esphome compile myconfig\<device_name>.yml
The binary files are created into : myconfig\.esphome\build\<device_name>\.pioenvs\<device_name>\
There are 3 binary files (see below) :
esphome_2023.7.0-dev_cb3s_bk7231n_lt1.1.0.uf2
firmware.bin
firmware.uf2
For first time (wired), use the command : python -m esphome upload myconfig\<device_name>.yml
It will choose the correct file (or should ...)
For OTA, connect to the device web interface and upload the file firmware.uf2
edit: updated the how to, now using latest version of esphome (just a little more simple)
@Baldhor , great work, just donated some drinking-money. Thanks again!
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