Find the new discovered device and click configure. Click on the notification or click Configuration, Integrations. Home Assistant will automatically recognize the ESP on the network and notify you about the new device found. The ESP will be ready after it states that it’s ready for Over-The-Air Updates and that he API server is ready.Īll good so far, now configure the device in Home Assistant.
When finished writing the firmware the ESP will restart and connect to your WiFi.
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Serial port: select COM port where the board is connected (there is probably only one option ?).Connect your ESP board with USB to your laptop.There is a esp home flash tool for macOS, Ubuntu and Windows : Go to the esphome-flasher GitHub page and download the flasher for the OS you’re using.Now we’re going to flash the ESP firmware with your compiled firmware. Download and store the file somewhere you can find it later on. After the compilation is finalized you can download the firmware. In ESPHome select the menu of your node (three dots (…) in the top right of your node) and select Compile.ĮSP home will now compile your firmware.
We need to start by compiling the firmware that we’ll use to flash the ESP chip. I recommend flashing the firmware from your local laptop and a USB cable, using the Flasher tool from ESPHome. Now we need to load the configuration of your node to the ESP board. Buy the ESP32 variant if you need Bluetooth (BLE) connectivity. Make sure you have some ESP boards ready to go, you can buy ESP boards few dollar on AliExpress. It’s time to execute the second step, you can find all steps in t he overview how it all going to work article. This article is part of the Make your Bellfire fireplace smart project that I presented during the Home Assistant Conference 2020.