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Files for the KAUF RGB Wall Switch
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How to use configuration? #7

Closed michaelkamprath closed 1 year ago

michaelkamprath commented 1 year ago

So I am sure this is a totally n00b question, but how do I use the rotate-colors-sync-to-ha-light.yaml configuration in home assistant. I placed the indicated packages: YAML in my Home Assistant configuration.yaml file, but Home Assistant puked all of it. So I am sure I am totally missing something. Ultimately, I want to trigger the color cycling and generally set the LED color to use that as a sort of indicator.

Thanks for any pointers.

bkaufx commented 1 year ago

It needs to be in the ESPHome configuration yaml file for the particular switch. Do you have the ESPHome dashboard installed?

michaelkamprath commented 1 year ago

Ah, I did not know that existed (I would suggest making this clearer in your documentation). So I looked into ESPHome, got it installed, but it says "A device needs to be connected to a computer using a USB cable to be added to ESPHome". How am I supposed to do that with the wall switch, especially once it is installed in the wall?

bkaufx commented 1 year ago

If the ESPHome dashboard isn't giving you the option to adopt the switch after detecting it automatically, then just create a new device and use the following yaml. You can just manually create a yaml file or create a device through the dashboard UI. When creating a device in the dashboard UI, the options don't matter since you are going to completely erase the auto-generated yaml and paste in the below yaml instead.

Change the use_address to the ip address of the switch, flash/install, and then remove the use_address line.

substitutions:
  name: bedroom-light
  friendly_name: Bedroom Light

packages:
  rotate_colors: github://bkaufx/kauf-rgb-switch/yaml-features/rotate-colors-sync-to-ha-light.yaml
  Kauf.RGBSw: github://KaufHA/kauf-rgb-switch/kauf-rgbs.yaml

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password

  use_address: 192.168.1.24
michaelkamprath commented 1 year ago

OK, great. That was just enough information for me to get this done. Thanks! I did have to delete the devices from Home Assistant and readopt them as an additional step.

These switches are the first ESPHome items I have in the mix (everything else is Tasmota or custom). I really like these switches! As I dive into this ESPHome ecosystem, I've got to say the community documentation and guides are either super basic ("How to make an LED blink with ESPHome and a ESP8266") or super advanced. Adopting these switches falls somewhere between these two extremes. Your video on ESPHome also assumes familiarity with ESPHome. My point here is that it would be nice to have some "If you're new to ESPHome, here is how you get set up with these switches" type documentation. But still, I do really like these switches. It would be nice if you could make a 3-way version, and maybe even a dimmer ;-)