Dallas sensor get temperature but not appear as HA entity

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Hi you all, I’m newbe in this world. I’ve tried to create a simple project to automate temperature in my aquarium.

I have DALLAS probe and ESP8266MOD device with this very simple project code:

esphome:
  name: esp8266mod

esp8266:
  board: nodemcuv2

logger:

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  encryption:
    key: "..."

ota:
  password: "..."

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password

captive_portal:

#Temperature Probe
dallas:
  - pin: D5
    update_interval: 10s

# Individual sensors
sensor:
  - platform: dallas
    address: 0x920312979463c228
    id: acquario

I have installed HA in a virtual machine for test purpose but my device does not include any “acquario” entity:

Entity
Entity1037×752 57.9 KB

In the log of my esp device I can see the temperature correctly shown:

[20:02:24][C][dallas.sensor:032]: Setting up DallasComponent...
[20:02:24][C][wifi:037]: Setting up WiFi...
[20:02:24][C][wifi:038]:   Local MAC: B4:E6:2D:45:58:D2
[20:02:24][D][wifi:386]: Starting scan...
[20:02:24][D][dallas.sensor:143]: 'acquario': Got Temperature=14.2°C
[20:02:24][D][sensor:126]: 'acquario': Sending state 14.18750 °C with 1 decimals of accuracy
[20:02:30][D][wifi:401]: Found networks:
[20:02:30][I][wifi:444]: - 'MATPOINT' [redacted]▂▄▆█
[20:02:30][D][wifi:446]:     Channel: 11
[20:02:30][D][wifi:447]:     RSSI: -28 dB
...
[20:02:30][I][wifi:257]: WiFi Connecting to 'MATPOINT'...
[20:02:31][I][wifi:518]: WiFi Connected!
[20:02:31][C][wifi:362]:   Local MAC: B4:E6:2D:45:58:D2
[20:02:31][C][wifi:363]:   SSID: [redacted]
[20:02:31][C][wifi:364]:   IP Address: 192.168.1.116
[20:02:31][C][wifi:365]:   BSSID: [redacted]
[20:02:31][C][wifi:367]:   Hostname: 'esp8266mod'
[20:02:31][C][wifi:369]:   Signal strength: -33 dB ▂▄▆█
[20:02:31][C][wifi:373]:   Channel: 11
[20:02:31][C][wifi:374]:   Subnet: 255.255.255.0
[20:02:31][C][wifi:375]:   Gateway: 192.168.1.1
[20:02:31][C][wifi:376]:   DNS1: 192.168.1.8
[20:02:31][C][wifi:377]:   DNS2: 0.0.0.0
[20:02:31][D][wifi:527]: Disabling AP...
[20:02:31][C][ota:093]: Over-The-Air Updates:
[20:02:31][C][ota:094]:   Address: esp8266mod.local:8266
[20:02:31][C][ota:097]:   Using Password.
[20:02:31][C][api:025]: Setting up Home Assistant API server...
[20:02:31][I][app:062]: setup() finished successfully!
[20:02:31][I][app:102]: ESPHome version 2022.12.8 compiled on Feb 10 2023, 19:37:42
[20:02:31][C][wifi:504]: WiFi:
[20:02:31][C][wifi:362]:   Local MAC: B4:E6:2D:45:58:D2
[20:02:31][C][wifi:363]:   SSID: [redacted]
[20:02:31][C][wifi:364]:   IP Address: 192.168.1.116
[20:02:31][C][wifi:365]:   BSSID: [redacted]
[20:02:31][C][wifi:367]:   Hostname: 'esp8266mod'
[20:02:31][C][wifi:369]:   Signal strength: -33 dB ▂▄▆█
[20:02:31][C][wifi:373]:   Channel: 11
[20:02:31][C][wifi:374]:   Subnet: 255.255.255.0
[20:02:31][C][wifi:375]:   Gateway: 192.168.1.1
[20:02:31][C][wifi:376]:   DNS1: 192.168.1.8
[20:02:31][C][wifi:377]:   DNS2: 0.0.0.0
[20:02:31][C][logger:293]: Logger:
[20:02:31][C][logger:294]:   Level: DEBUG
[20:02:31][C][logger:295]:   Log Baud Rate: 115200
[20:02:31][C][logger:296]:   Hardware UART: UART0
[20:02:31][C][dallas.sensor:075]: DallasComponent:
[20:02:31][C][dallas.sensor:076]:   Pin: GPIO14
[20:02:31][C][dallas.sensor:077]:   Update Interval: 10.0s
[20:02:31][D][dallas.sensor:082]:   Found sensors:
[20:02:31][D][dallas.sensor:084]:     0x920312979463c228
[20:02:31][C][dallas.sensor:089]:   Device 'acquario'
[20:02:31][C][dallas.sensor:089]:     Device Class: 'temperature'
[20:02:31][C][dallas.sensor:089]:     State Class: 'measurement'
[20:02:31][C][dallas.sensor:089]:     Unit of Measurement: '°C'
[20:02:31][C][dallas.sensor:089]:     Accuracy Decimals: 1
[20:02:31][C][dallas.sensor:097]:     Address: 0x920312979463c228
[20:02:31][C][dallas.sensor:098]:     Resolution: 12
[20:02:31][C][captive_portal:088]: Captive Portal:
[20:02:31][C][mdns:103]: mDNS:
[20:02:31][C][mdns:104]:   Hostname: esp8266mod
[20:02:31][C][ota:093]: Over-The-Air Updates:
[20:02:31][C][ota:094]:   Address: esp8266mod.local:8266
[20:02:31][C][ota:097]:   Using Password.
[20:02:31][C][api:138]: API Server:
[20:02:31][C][api:139]:   Address: esp8266mod.local:6053
[20:02:31][C][api:141]:   Using noise encryption: YES
[20:02:32][D][api:102]: Accepted 192.168.1.52
[20:02:33][D][api.connection:918]: Home Assistant 2023.2.3 (192.168.1.52): Connected successfully
[20:02:34][D][dallas.sensor:143]: 'acquario': Got Temperature=14.2°C
[20:02:34][D][sensor:126]: 'acquario': Sending state 14.25000 °C with 1 decimals of accuracy
[20:02:44][D][dallas.sensor:143]: 'acquario': Got Temperature=14.2°C
[20:02:44][D][sensor:126]: 'acquario': Sending state 14.25000 °C with 1 decimals of accuracy
[20:02:54][D][dallas.sensor:143]: 'acquario': Got Temperature=14.2°C
[20:02:54][D][sensor:126]: 'acquario': Sending state 14.25000 °C with 1 decimals of accuracy

what am I doing wrong?

Thank you all.

M@t

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if you add a name: (or change id to name) it will appear like described (hidden) in the docs :point_down:

internal (Optional, boolean): Mark this component as internal. Internal components will not be exposed to the frontend (like Home Assistant). Only specifying an id without a name will implicitly set this to true.

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Great! It works! I hadn’t read the meaning of all the variables! I’m having so much fun and your help was invaluable!

Thank you so much!

M@t

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