This is SO Much Better! Getting Started with ESPHome 2021

[@EverythingSmartHome]

How cool is the new ESPHome update?

[@philips170t]

Game changing.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Agree!

[@haldir234]

Except if your devices are stuck in a lower version it cant find them anymore in the addon. They are fine in the integrations and node red but esp home cant find them anymore.... they show up as ofline and i have to rip them out to update them...

[@nikkizhao8746]

hi there, I have just sent you a business email and looking forward to your reply. Thank you so much

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

@@nikkizhao8746 Yeah, no "about", "history", "videos" or anything since 2019 - must be big shady business 😂😂

[@RinksRides]

I know this is 2yrs old, but I just jumped down this rabbit hole of home assistant. Your examples were simple enough to understand but powerful enough to implement straight away! Thank you kind sir. Video was just the right length and speed to follow along with. Subbed/liked. Will be checking out the rest of your videos!

[@k9slover]

This is a great video! Lots of good info, well explained. I am new to HA and Esphome and was having trouble getting started, but I was able to get going after watching this video.

[@PCman50]

I just needed some entry level basics on ESPhome, and you flawlessly delivered. 👍😊

[@WoottonRivers]

I built my first ESPHome project yesterday. This stuff is truly amazing! I've ordered 5 more already.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

That's awesome! What did you make?!

[@WoottonRivers]

Just a 1 m set of addressable LEDs but it was the principle that counted. It involved a whole stack of things coming together and it just worked - even the soldering!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Of course, got to start with some realistic and achievable, that's excellent well done!

[@MattSimmonsSysAdmin]

This is absolutely the best overview of ESPHome I've watched. Kudos! Thanks very much for this!

[@johnduffy7502]

No, not too long at all! I've watched it three times already. Great job, thanks!

[@bozardio]

Thanks for making this. It made ESPHome FAR less scary to me than it seemed.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

As always, absolutely excellent! I love seeing that I'm not the only who gets tongue-tied now and then when I record.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Haha yeah happens to us all, especially me!! 😂 I'm not a great speaker at all

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

@@EverythingSmartHome Sir, you are a great presenter. I always look forward to your videos. Keep up the excellent work! Maybe we can do a collaboration sometime.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks my friend, very much appreciate it! Of course!

[@RandomTechWZ]

How are you able to use the serial over your web browser without accessing your HA via HTTPS? That was the first problem I ran into while trying to do this.

[@JakubUrbanec]

Clear, understandable. Thanks a lot. Now I have my Smart Electric Plugs, Photo Voltaic and a couple of ESP 8266 and ESP32 in one place...

[@iliasantonopoulos74]

Thank you! Your video (the first I've ever seen from you channel), helped me a lot.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks my friend!

[@lewishoward70]

Got this working after a short while actually was fairly easy thanks.

[@Europhile]

I'm checking and then ticking the options! Thanks for the video - very helpful.

[@simonfr97]

I am preparing to install Home Assistant at my home in the coming weeks, and I've been watchig a lot of your videos, which are very helpful to me. I am planning on having most of my hardware connected through Zigbee, ESPHome, some through other integrations, remote Wake On Lan for my servers, and a nice Minimalist UI dashboard. All of this will probably be running on my RPi4, but might switch to another host down the line when I will implement local voice assistant. PS : nice to see another Mighty Car Mods fan, wearing one of their hoodies as I am typing this 😉

[@alvaroballesteros1769]

Nice video, and explanation. I would just say that despite programming is reduced, it might still be difficult for some people to familiarize with these boards, technical terms, even soldering or breadboards use is still required. A good topic might be as well to make a woking, aesthetic device: I have not seen too much videos of someone building something aesthetic that does not look just like a messy cabling.

[@marian2141]

Fantastic video! So proud of myself, I have just added a buzzer via ESPHome to Home Assistant, so that if the water leak sensor under the sink gets wet it triggers the buzzer. Shouldn't wake the neighbours but should be loud and annoying enough for us to get off the sofa and investigate. I know I wouldn't have attempted this without this video. BTW, although the HA documentation says use Edge/Chrome, Safari allowed a cut-down version to be created and the rest of the installation completed by installing OTA/plugging the USB and installing into the HA hardware. Whatever I did, it worked! Absolutely delighted! Share my pride!

[@vijay-lu1wk]

I'm facing difficulties in connecting esp32 to esphome.. Its not connecting via computer. It's telling dashboard needs to open via https... What to do?

[@TheSirSpence]

Interesting.... I have one of those Ikea "Death Star" lamp shades and I've been thinking about using a stepper motor and threaded rod to automate the opening and closing when the light turns on/off. This is the first thing I've seen to give me home that it might be possible.... I'm new to all this

[@MightyTinker]

Many thanks, very clear explanation of esphome, and nice mighty car mod T-shirt!

[@belgi76]

Great video!!! Finally I understant much better how to use ESPHome and install components for that...

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Amazing! 🙏

[@fhisg]

You lost me at 4:20 "...install the add-on". Wait, install where? If we're installing an add-on I first need a base I can install it into.

[@neekster28]

The base would be HomeAssistant, which can be installed on a Raspberry Pi. Once it's installed and set up, hop into the supervisor and it should be fairly obvious where to go from there.

[@IanTakats]

Thanks for doing this video. You go at a perfect pace to follow along. You've convinced me to start tinkering with ESPHome myself. With all your guidance on this and with your other Home Assistant videos I am sure it will be easy as pie.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks Ian! Appreciate the kind words

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

+1 for sure. I have just started with Home Assistant less than a week ago, began with Google home about a month ago so I'm pretty new to this😀. I have an engineering background (57 yo now, doing other stuff) designing some electronics and have done programming from ASM to C++ years ago so I feel young again with this home automation stuff! Good Luck Ian! Our homes will be awesome!

[@bussinesmoney2776]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! Im a noobie in this field, but I really like to make this type of projects and your vids help me a lot

[@sven1858]

Thank Lewis, this was a useful video to get started with these small boards

[@paulwalker6794]

At 7:40 in the video, you mentioned that one your particular network, it didn’t find the new device but that is due to your particular network settings. I could not find where in the video you explain this issue and I am having similar issues with my install. Can you please elaborate?

[@MrSpleenboy]

Can you change the default colours for the log file in ESPHome? 'cos those ones are mingin! 😆

[@EricPenn1147]

My experience is I need to TRY to connect to my ESP devices at first over and over until it finally does install... I've tried at my host and local web... Some just work at first attempt, others.... Also, some of my 47 ESPHome devices just decide to become "Unavailable" inn HA, but logs via Wifi show them working fine and reporting sensor info.... I usually just Restart CORE or entire thing over and over and eventually they start talking to each other... Sometimes 15-20 restarts.... So, still bugs. But also still the most amazing stuff.......... Great channel here!!

[@shanebeasley8191]

1: Awesome Video 2: Thats A 'MIGHTY' fine shirt!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Haha thanks buddy, appreciate it!

[@lazyade]

Great guide (as always) - a tip for others... I have just wasted three hours trying to get my chip to show in ESP Home, so I could flash it - it just wouldn't show up (on my PC, my Mac and on my Pi where HA is installed). Turns out the USB cable I was using only had the power pins connected :(

[@chillgenxer2790]

You have definitely improved since the previous video but not as cringe as you think! Great update video, thanks for this!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Haha thanks buddy!

[@dutran4826]

sir, your instructions are very great !

[@jasonji1152]

Thank you so much, this tutorial is GOLD!

[@635prodigy]

What I’m taking from this is.. don’t skip arm day.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

😂

[@hangtenboy]

Dude is mad diesel.

[@OrbitalDev]

Lol

[@acronce]

Great video! Great timing because I'm planning to build my first ESP project (a car sensor for the garage) this weekend. Thanks for reading my mind!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Nice, have fun!!

[@edwardvanhazendonk]

Thanks, great and thorough explanation, nice starting point!

[@stevejudyrobinson1771]

A bit late for the party I know but great video. All went well and it prepared the code but when I pressed install it returned the error: "Failed to initialize. Try resetting your device or holding the BOOT button while selecting your serial port until it starts preparing the installation" I pressed the reset button on the D1 mini and have searched everywhere but cannot find an answer. I am connecting with HTTPS using the Cloudflare tunnel system from your other great video but am now stuck. If you monitor your old videos hopefully you will be able to point me in the right direction. Thanks

[@Shaq2k]

Very nice. But don't you need some kind of board to place all components on? I see you use some kind of IoT testing kit, but in production, something else should be used?

[@saradanowski8743]

is there a link that i can see the schematic of how you made the breadboard with the ESP and LED light?

[@MaxGoddur]

Just throwing it out there. Currently, I'm using ESPhome and have installed motion sensors in various locations within my home, backyard, and garage. I have three ESP8266s running smoothly under HA/ESPhome, which effectively report back whenever motion is detected. My objective is to create a central ESP8266, to which all the motion sensors can communicate. I plan to attach a circuit board with LEDs to this central ESP8266, allowing the LEDs to illuminate based on the specific location where motion was detected around the home. Possible? Don't want to use Arduino solutions as I am only running Home Assistant and ESPhome.

[@erboy5546]

thank you. The content of your videos is super educational

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks my friend!

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

Great video, I'm not that used to Home Assistant yet (referring to the nomenclature knowledge you spoke about😀), started using it 5 days ago, but you explained this very well so I could easily follow you all the way through. I will use this to build some units for checking doors at the chicken coop, rabbit cages, horse gates, dog kennel, etc. I also just build a new hen house so I'll put in a humidity and temperature sensor there as well. I've been a tech geek all my life and now I can, at last, get my smart house going for real. Decades ago I was thinking of designing my own proprietary system, but this together with Home Assistant is a breeze in comparison!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks, glad it was useful!

[@teunvl95]

I read other comments on your video saying "Oh his videos are always exactly about what I wanted to do" and I always thought. Yea right.. But seriously, I just opened the packaging of a WeMos D1 Mini and typed ESPHome into KZbin, seeing your video uploaded 20 minutes ago! Ridiculous! This will be my first project with ESPHome or DIY electronics for that matter. I want to attach a MH-Z19C CO2 sensor to it and have Home Assistant control the amount of fresh air that comes in. CO2 is an great indicator for whether there is enough fresh air, but if you're renting an old flat in London without fancy pants HVAC system, opening the windows is terribly inefficient. I want to open the window only slightly and put a fan in the opening which is controlled by Home Assistant. Still no heat recovery, but at least it brings in exactly the right amount of fresh air. Too bad there aren't many great tutorials out there for absolute beginners that also help you understand how to do other stuff. Only how to do the exact thing in the tutorial. It would be so great to get better at this!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Haha that's amazing, what are the chances! That also sounds like a great project, good luck with it I'm sure you'll have fun! Agree, it's a very fine line to walk (speaking as a creator) to try and cater for everyone's needs, but always trying to improve that!

[@teunvl95]

@@EverythingSmartHome This was a great tutorial! I did have the problem that I needed to install drivers first before the Wemos D1 mini was detected, and even then it failed to flash saying "failed to initialize", instructing me to hold the reset button. Flashing while connected to the Pi worked though. I'm waiting for my sensor to arrive and then I'll get started. I gotta say, it's quite a maze when you have no experience with this. For example, my Wemos D1 Mini doesn't have headers, so I guess I'll have to solder some of the included headers on? No idea whether it's necessary because tutorials tend to assume that part's already done. I've never soldered before, but I will try to solder the headers. The sensor either comes with a terminal or with a JST6 cable. Never head of this cable, but apparently you can cut it and use Dupont crimp connectors to connect them to the board. Before today I never heard about dupont cables/connectors or JST6 cables, but now I have a gist of what they are. With a fair bit of Googling it is possible to learn about these things, but they are definitely a barrier for getting into this stuff. If this isn't within the scope of your tutorials, that's totally fine. I just wanted to let you know what barriers I encountered. It's really helpful how you make common mistakes in your tutorial on purpose and then explain why it doesn't work and how to fix it. It's much easier to understand than just additional explanation.

[@user2C47]

@@teunvl95 If it's your first time soldering, practice on a scrap board you don't care about first. Even with a temperature regulated soldering iron, it's easy to mess up things that small.

[@lipefas]

Thank you for your effort to go through it all. Excellent job! Cheers

[@winterpeter17]

Thank you for your video! Loved it and used it to get started for a BLE Gateway for my Mi Flora Sensors

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Excellent!

[@doschlumm]

Great video as usual. Just one question that I couldn't figure out by myself. How can I send data (such as temperature) to another web server every period of time? I would like to integrate it into a previous project of logging the data (w/o using the HA) when I have another esp acting as a web server and storing the data. Thanks.

[@maditiarvind]

A good video well explained, have you any proposal how to switch a 3 phase 220VAC power source using 3 independent Relays, ESP and controlled by Home Assistant. Thanks

[@ericfung3308]

This is so very useful, thanks!

[@matthallett4126]

Good on you for keeping current with the updates. I love the miniature size and costs of these components, but how do we turn them into a practical stand-alone unit, with battery and case? Or this something for hobbyists to build more complex boards with various components?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks Matt! I suppose that's the good and also bad thing about it, you can take it as far as you want to, for some projects I just leave them as bare as possible because they are hidden away (for example under a bed) and will literally never be visible, and some I design and 3D print enclosures for. But remember that ESPHome can work on products such as Shelly or Sonoff - I think that is a really nice middle ground for a "production ready" item.

[@SmartLifeEnthusiast]

ESPHome is _a_ firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 (produced by Espressif), what you do with the devices is onto you and is not related to ESPHome. The boards are tiny and it's fairly easy to attach a powerbank or some batteries to them.

[@robinkuster1127]

Here's a suggestion: Learn to make a case. Either CAD and 3D printing or literally a cardboard box you cut up or old tupperware Get an 18650 battery. Those are easily available since they are useful for a lot of applications including vaping so you can probably just go into any vape shop and pick them up. Chargers are also cheap. Get a battery holder for that. They're cheap and available in like 10 packs. Sometimes with cables. There are also charging circuits for this on amazon. You need that. DO NOT DISCHARGE THOSE BATTERIES WITHOUT SUCH A CIRCUIT. If you run them too dry they can be damaged and that always means a fire hazard with LiPo batteries. There are also buck converters that can put that voltage from the charger to 5V if you need that (ESP board run on 3.3V but some sensors might not). Wire it all together. Maybe get a soldering iron. I have one so I don't pay attention to that. Some components probably need to be soldered. Flash Done.

[@matthallett4126]

@@robinkuster1127 I think I could do that. I decontructed a zigbee door sensor and played around with extending the reed switch. But know nothing about flashing hardware with new firmware.

[@5280Woodworking]

Thanks for the video. I prefer to write the C++ myself and configure things manually (I'm a programmer) but I did find this video useful to show me what I might be missing and if there is a simple project I might consider this.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

That's great, glad it was useful!

[@funstuffonthenet5573]

I'm a programmer too but I really like these systems that abstract all the code as way provided it has some way to write a plugin or something to add your own code

[@venkateshgovindaiah5826]

Awesome video bro. Hats off to you my friend.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks buddy!

[@rosadojryou]

Nice, realy useful for me, I'm doing first steps on esphome, and home assistant too. Thanks

[@TheUnofficialMaker]

Perfect! Thanks for an amazing step-by-step walkthrough, nicely done. One suggestion, can you zoom in on your code so we can see it better? I could not see what the symbol was around 14:08 where you added wifi: password: secret wifi_password. Was it ! symbol? (before the s in secret) Also, can I add other code to add an lcd display to it?

[@Paarth3107]

yes it was ! in the updated version it adds all that on its own when you set up the wifi in the first place

[@scanmancoza]

Professionally presented channel packed with good content , even the old video was great. Did you hit the gym in lockdown? , well done!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks appreciate it! Haha no I've been very hard into the gym for a little over 5 years now

[@charley2070]

Strange behavior on my Odroid Blue HA. After Installing ESPHome i do not see the OTA Dropdown. Do i have to install a driver first ? Also it tells me that i need to connect via https to the Dashboard. I see that you don´t in your video. Someone has an idea why this is not working?

[@CarlosAMedinaS]

The Wemos D1 need to be in the same network? There’s a way to connect, for example in another house?

[@xxstormuxx]

can you make an update on latest home asistant?

[@stephenmshelia]

hi, can i add wireless switches and other wireless devices?

[@sarelpieterse3545]

Today I learned something that might be more valuable than anything else I've ever learned. Thanks for starting me on this journey. Hope my Patreon contribution helps make more video's like this.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

That's awesome, glad you found it useful! Thank you so much, really appreciate it 🙏

[@Cinemaaereo]

Hi, could you tell me how to make ESPHome send three numbers (channels) to the TV, please? I've been looking for days on this and haven't found anything. Thanks.

[@NicksStuff]

I'm looking for a smarthome solution two elderly people could use with ease. Any chance you can advise a forum where I could ask some questions?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Find us on Discord!

[@michaelroberts8354]

New to Home Assistant, enjoy all your videos they have helped me a lot. Is there a way to calibrate the temperature sensor? I have one thats off by 10 degrees I think it's seeing the temperature emanating from the esp32 .

[@midafit]

May be it's the strength of the 'algorithm'; I'm watching this while wearing the same MCM t-shirt. Pure coincidence? Btw, I've combined my love of cars and the usefulness of esphome to control relays to manage ignition power for an Openauto Pro install. It's also great for presence detection.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks for helping with the algorithm!! Haha can't beat MCM! That sounds awesome, good job!!

[@cho4d]

this is everything i ever hoped for

[@TreyRuiz]

This was SO HELPFUL, thank you!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Glad to hear it!

[@The4tticuz]

Thanks alot for that great tutorial. But which bulb do you wanna switch with only that D1 Mini? Only 5V or even 3.3V are useable...

[@EverythingSmartHome]

It was just an example 😅

[@The4tticuz]

@@EverythingSmartHome 🤭 OK thanks for clarification

[@marcelobranco6716]

Great Video!!! How do I access one entity from one esp on another? For example, I have a binary sensor in ESP#01 and a light in ESP#02. I Want to toggle light from ESP#02 when sensor in ESP01 goes on. How do I do that? When I try to put the entity in the code, i have an error. Thanks in advance

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks! Use HA to do that kind of automation, that's what it's for!

[@bb27899]

How do I connect the dashboard via HTTPS?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

How do you mean sorry?

[@d34dc0de]

@@EverythingSmartHome He probably means this: When you try to add a node on the esphome dashboard, The dashboard will display: "Limited functionality because you're not browsing the dashboard over a secure connection (HTTPS). " (I also have this problem). By not having https it is impossible to upload code to usb devices.

[@crevard203]

Nice tutorial! One question though my instance says "add new device" not add 'node' I thought maybe it needed an update but I don't see any pending ...

[@EverythingSmartHome]

It's just a change in terminology to make it more user friendly, it's the same thing :) cheers

[@jameslee522]

Thinking about making the switch from Hubitat to Home Assistant. What is keeping me from doing so is that I have some custom made stuff using ST_Anything. I have many servo driven blinds running on Hubitat. Could I use ESP Home to run these servo driven blinds?

[@simonknight2973]

I know this is old, but still great content as always. Can you recommend a UK retailer of ESPHOME devices? I'm struggling to find a straight forward way to get started with hardware. I'd prefer to use a smaller retailer rather than Amazon if possible.

[@arisk4]

If I want to program my esp32 what should i do to be able to talk with home assistant and send information and receive commands?

[@adespade119]

screen text is a bit small, but was able to follow, just couldn't read what was on your screen.

[@AR463AR]

Stupid question, Do ESPhome require some kind of gateway like Zigbee or is a HA server all that's needed?

[@opalatrium3923]

So I’ve got a question for you that seems to be something that many folks who make these videos don’t seem to touch on and it would be awesome if you could either do a follow up video possibly to address it. If we wanted to take this “Dallas” temperature readout and use a range (between 20-30 degrees) to trigger a second ESP wirelessly with relays attached to turn on a fan, how would we go about doing that? Your help would be much appreciated as I have a number of scenarios that I would like to use a similar setup for! Thank you so much!

[@sgtsmithusmc]

if you have home assistant, you could just make an automation

[@mikewa9097]

Well done on an excellent video. Cheers!!!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks!

[@MrSupersidewinder]

This is great, think I'll build my home assistant server very soon now.. thanks, subbed!!!

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks! Good luck!

[@mahmoudshihab]

Is this how you did the bed occupancy automation?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

No, watch the bed sensor video 😜

[@AnnaJulia-np6tn]

Thanks for the tutorial! I keep having the same problem tho. "An Error occured. Improv WiFi Serial Not detected". Does anyone got some insights?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Which browser are you using and is it https?

[@oliviermeunier1594]

This is absolutly astonishing. thks

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks my friend!

[@fiveaboy]

I'm having a bit of an issue..when the nodemcu is connected via usb to the server it detects and works fine..I am able to give it an ip and do all the config wirelessly. When I use a power brick via usb to power it then nothing happens...

[@ManfredRotgers]

Hi another great video thnx for this tutorial, I have a question regarding already connected ESPHome devices, like I have 'Slimmelezer' and a Sonoff wifi zigbee bridge (Sonoff Wifi Zigbee Coordinator) bot are shown in HA, and I would have expected they would also show in the ESPHome add-on. But I see nothing both are already flashed and connected to the wifi, so How do I get them in the ESPhome add-on? I am afraid to add a new node since it could overwrite the current yaml already flashed to the devices.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks! You can only see devices that you have created configs for. They don't show up automatically (and there is no need for them to be as long as they are in home assistant)

[@ManfredRotgers]

@@EverythingSmartHome ok thnx for the fast response, the reason I asked is that slimmelezer already had an firmware/yaml update (only 1 additional entity defined in the new yaml), just 1 day after I received it, it would be nice to update the yaml using this new tool in HA, but maybe in the future.

[@dan-nutu]

Quick question: how does the esp module running esphome send sensor values to homeassistant, using the api, mqtt, both or something else? Thanks

[@lyndon413]

Great video - I am trying to use a NodeMcu to serve as a hub for detecting a doorbell signal from 2 seperate intercoms (each one has 2 cables that have 3v pullup when bell is rung), and then also having 2 switches (dry contacts that will trigger gate to open). I think this should be possible? Any ideas on how to wire & configure? Thanks again

[@ManVersusWilderness]

What if I want to use my own custom code for projects? How would you integrate that? Can you use C++?

[@whynotohwell]

sorry if this is a dumb question but is there a way to change the temperature measurement from Celsius to Fahrenheit ?

[@robertjackson771]

Cant wait to start dabbling in esphome. Time to make some moisture sensors for my garden.

[@EverythingSmartHome]

That sounds like fun! Let me know how it goes!

[@jaap7374]

Which components will you be using? I'd like to make a few of these myself.

[@robertjackson771]

@@jaap7374 I am not sure. I watched a video from the bearded tinkerer and he has done it before.

[@vacrol8244]

yo thanks bud for the video extremely entertaining but would you like to make a video from the start on how to use home assistance and esphome to preheat the 3d printer because i saw that ur background has a full scale 3d printer it would be great as i am new to smart home coding

[@Lkabouter]

Nice explanation !👍

[@aljosamarkocic8684]

CHOPPED!! 😎

[@Perseids64]

When I click on the link for the written article I am redirected to your website but cannot find the article anywhere. :(

[@crc-error-7968]

hello, my esp are on a different vlan (i think the same situation of your network) how did you solved?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

There is no problem using VLANs, auto discovery and install works perfectly. Make sure you have mDNS enabled across vlans

[@crc-error-7968]

@@EverythingSmartHome Thanks 👍🏻 I am using pfsense, so I think I have to check how avahi (?) works

[@jonathanallen985]

Great video. I have just set up 14 temperature sensors around the house externally and in each room using Tasmota. hardware is D1-minis, dht11s with extended cables, USB plugs, is ESPHOME a better solution or simply an alternative approach. I was looking at ESP-NOW because the WIFI is losing connection with the outside units, that have arials (that don't seem to work very well) - but before I could try that out I saw your video. I don't really understand what the advantage of ESPHOME is vis Tasmota. Also would ESP-NOW work better as it doesn't use the WIFI and router - if so how would I pull the 14 different temperature sensors into Home Assistant. Love the videos you do thanks very much for doing them.

[@cbhiii]

Love the video, but getting message "Limited functionality because you're not browsing the dashboard over a secure connection (HTTPS)." but that is how you did it in the video too. However for me the Connect option is not there for me because of that. Using the latest version on 1.19.2. Anyone else see this issue?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks! Yes you need to use HTTPs for that functionality to work, which I would recommend you do regardless

[@cbhiii]

@@EverythingSmartHome Thanks. In the meantime I just used my Nabu Casa URL to get me by.

[@d34dc0de]

@@EverythingSmartHome How do you enable https ? Thanks

[@santiagoperezdeayala4297]

@@d34dc0de I have the same problem, How do you enable https ?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Follow the remote access video I've done to enable HTTPS, this will take you through everything you need to know! Hope that helps

[@0124akash]

Which is better blynk or esphome ?

[@shrikantnikam2426]

I have logic project written in arduino ide . Can use esphome with it?

[@nics8040]

I’m getting a fail needs to be in download mode message. Do you know what’s wrong?

[@simonburke6681]

Wish I had found this earlier, great job breaking things down as usual. Any chance you can make a video explaining a bit about use of templates and lambda?

[@SA-oj3bo]

why you could omit the pull up resistor between data and vcc? IS it mentioned in esphome this is not needed anymore or is automatically using intern pull up on data pin?

[@mrabasel]

Hi, another great tutorial :) Thanks. Instead of a light, I am wanting to use a siren. When I however change it to siren a cross appears stating that the component cannot be found. What am I missing?

[@EverythingSmartHome]

Thanks! Did you check the docs for the correct syntax?