esphome setup

esphome

Note: the esphome version is in the form YYYY.MM e.g. 2022.11 and should be present in .env

initialize new boad config

./esphome [-s KEY VALUE] wizard ${board-config}.yaml

upload via ota or /dev/

./esphome [--device=${device}] [-s KEY VALUE] run ${board-config}.yaml

specify device always, when the board is new, later you can omit the device flag to use wifi. It can be used, when you want to rename the wifi or use the rename functionality of esphome.

esphome assistant

this is for debugging without having home assistant

source .env && podman run --rm --net=host -v "${PWD}":/config -it docker.io/esphome/esphome:${ESPHOME_TAG}

configurations

A configuration specifies a type of sensor.

A secrets.yaml file is needed in order to be able to compile the configs to a uploadable file. See secrets.yaml.example as an example file.

further descriptions

• see boards
• see packages
• see snippets