ESP GPIO vs "text_sensor" button

ESPHome
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Hi, I have a ESP12F that I want to use to drive a stepper motor to open and close a blind. The physical buttons on GPIO14 (to open the blind) and GPIO13 (to close the blind) works. But now I want to put a “software” button on the Home Assitant Overview to do the same.

I created a button called:

input_button.blinds_open

Below is my configuration code for the ESP8266. But when I press the “input_button.blinds_open” nothing happens. Any ideas?

 binary_sensor:
 
   #Open Blind Physical Button
   - platform: gpio
     pin:
       number: GPIO14
       mode: INPUT_PULLUP
       inverted: True
     name: "Open Blind Button"
     id: open_blind_button
     on_press:
       - cover.open: roll_blind
 
   #Close Blind Physical Button      
   - platform: gpio
     pin:
       number: GPIO13
       mode: INPUT_PULLUP
       inverted: True
     name: "Close Blind Button"  
     id: close_blind_button
     on_press:
       - cover.close: roll_blind   
           
 #Software Button on HA Overview
 text_sensor:
   - platform: homeassistant
     name: "Open the Blinds"
     entity_id: input_button.blinds_open
     on_value:
       then:
         - cover.open: roll_blind
 
 cover:
   - platform: template
     name: "Roll Blind Automation"
     id: roll_blind
     open_action:
       - stepper.set_target:
           id: my_stepper
           target: 1000
     close_action:
       - stepper.set_target:
           id: my_stepper
           target: 0
     optimistic: true   
 
 #Stepper Motor Configuration           
 stepper:
   - platform: uln2003
     id: my_stepper
     pin_a: GPIO1
     pin_b: GPIO3
     pin_c: GPIO5
     pin_d: GPIO4
     max_speed: 400 steps/s
     sleep_when_done: true    
     # Optional:
     acceleration: inf
     deceleration: inf
2

Instead of creating the button in HA and trying to import it as a text_sensor, just create the button in the ESPHome config.

button:
  - platform: template
    name: "Open the Blinds"
    id: open_blinds
    on_press:
      - cover.open: roll_blind
3

Thanks for the tip. My original code worked. But your suggestions also worked.

The problem was I never “configured” this ESP in the ESPHome Integration. So the entities didn’t show of this ESP.