Device update notification and action in ha

ESPHome
1

For years I used the esphome addon in home assistent. A perfect solution for managing Microcontroller devices.

Due to under performance of my Intel nuc, I decided to move esphome to my home lab server. I deployed it in a docker environment. Network setup is plain and simple, both machines are in the same subnet.
I used the esphome folder of home assistent as a volume on my esphome container. This works, new device files are written on the home assistent config esphome folder.

The esphome dashboard works as expected. Can add devices, also update devices etc.

Problem is, in home assistent all firmware related info is missing. Also device/firmware update notifications are gone.

I’m trying to get my head around how this should work. I know that the esphome dashboard is a completely separate thing. But, apparently the esphome addon in home assistent has some ‘extra powers’.

Can somebody explain how it works and how I need to configure esphome or home assistent to get this working?

2

The default for this changed a while back. You SHOULD have a firmware sensor (under configuration) that’s disabled by default for each device in HA. If you enable that, then you’ll get the notifications again.

3

Hi Ben,

Thanks for taking the time to response. I see an entity called firmware, but for every device it says.

This entity is no longer being provided by the esphome integration. If the entity is no longer in use, delete it in settings.

Even not their after delete a device and add it again to home assistent. Tested it with name.Local as well as ipadres. Both not working.

4

During my search about this, I found this github change request. It says dashboard updates are disabled by default. But I can’t figure out how to enable it again.

Please help me to explain how to enable it.

5

Sorry, forgot to add the url.
Github CR dashboard disabled by default