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rstrouse / ESPSomfy-RTS

A controller for Somfy RTS shades and blinds
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[INFO] ESP32 firmware #267

Closed chemelli74 closed 5 months ago

chemelli74 commented 5 months ago

Describe you new feature you'd like

I have the following board: ESP32 NODEMCU DevKit C (with CP2102) from Az-Delivery

Not sure which is the best firmware to select. Can you please give an advise ?

EDIT: From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESP32

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rstrouse commented 5 months ago

Select the firmware from SomfyController.onboard.esp32.bin.zip. This is a WROOM/WROVER chip which is part of the ESP32 series.

The confusing part is that there is there a bunch of other chip series that all start with ESP32. For instance ESP32-S2, an ESP32-S3, EPS32-C2 ...etc are all ESP32s but are a completely different chip series. Given the way Espressif names things I would not recommend letting them name your children.

rstrouse commented 5 months ago

I added a chart to the onboarding instructions.

chemelli74 commented 5 months ago

Thank you so much for the quick feedback; the new chart will help for sure others as well.

I have one more question: would be possible to consider making your work a plugin for esphome ? I ask because I would like to have a single device able to control both Somfy and a IR climate located on the same terrace.

Hopefully I didn't abuse of your time and kindness

rstrouse commented 5 months ago

I have no desire to create this as a plugin for ESPHome. When I started this I took a long hard look at what it was all about and decided that it would scatter my focus on what I wanted it to do. While ESPHome has a strong focus on sensors and other fun stuff, by now I would be rewriting it to unload all of the ESPHome from it.

chemelli74 commented 5 months ago

I perfectly understand your point of view.

Is just a pity not to be able to share the hardware for more uses. Not for the costs, but for the logistic: taking more power to the terrace, need to position 2 boxes that takes more space and are less esthetical.

Thank you anyway for taking the time to reply. Much appreciated.