So I’m in a similar or on the same boat as you when you first asked the question in this thread.
Actually … probably worse as I have no idea how ESPHome, ESP32, ESP based devices but I still bought them - Athom PS01 - about 4 of them. I initially bought like 2 a few months ago and I just followed what Athom suggested and it worked ever since. Integrated in HA and been using it without issues using the default settings and never really tweaked it as it is was not needed.
So I bought another two and I received it a few days ago and I’ve been setting it up, but this time, I would need to change the settings as it will placed in an area that really can’t work with the default settings, it is just too sensitive.
Changing the settings seem to work, but as soon as you unplug the device and put it back online – it goes back to default PS01 settings! These are both devices! I also tried it on my first two devices and did the same thing. So I ended up in this thread with fear of bricking the device and not doing the right thing.
Due to my ignorance to ESPHome in general, I never even installed the ESPHome dashboard. I just had an “ESPHome” in home assistant which shows the devices in HA. I didn’t know they were different.
The ESPHome shows the devices and the versions of ESPHome firmware installed I guess, which are Firmware: 2023.6.3, 2023.5.5 - so I already see a discrepancy and I have the urge of updating it to the best version or the latest version.
But this is where my confusion continues, is there a different Firmware version of the Athom Presence sensor itself or is just the ESP device I just need to update? Or do I have to do both?
So as per your post – I installed the ESPHome Dashboard, I see two discovered devices and there is an “Adopt” button.
First question is why is it only showing 2 of the 4. They are all in the same VLAN and should be good so I might be missing something. So hopefully I figure this out.
But from what I understand from you post:
- Installed ESPHome Dashboard and click Adopt and Let it do its thing
- After being adopted, click EDIT and put in the “Blakadder” improved config, make sure IP is set to static and put in the WIFI setting and encryption key
You mentioned you “I installed the update wirelessly/OTA. ESPHome compiled the code and uploaded it to the device.” and “The upload was successful (“INFO OTA successful” and “Successfully uploaded program”).”
Do I get a file from somewhere for the update/upload? Is it updating the ESP32 device or the Athom firmware.
Really apologize for these stupid questions, but I really love the PS01 and I would really like it to work better and at the same time I would really want to learn more ESP Devices in general!
TIA!