Hello there. New to ha and I have a serious issue.
I had 2esp32c3 installed to esphome. By accident I deleted one of them and on the second one I compiled a bin file from the first one.
An esp 32wroom new I made the start with esp wed tools but don’t let me press he take control button.
None of them can be added to esphome.
The one c3 I already erased the and installed new fresh from espweb.
Second c3 is missing the ota password to compile a new yaml !Non of them can be re installed to esp home. I’m already about 10 hours trying to connect them.
Please someone HELP!!
I never use OTA or API passwords for this reason. Compile the device for manual flashing then use ESPHomeFlasher to manually flash the device.
Or just use esphome to flash it via USB.
For the one that the ota password was missing I found on the trash/esphome a yaml and retrieved it from there. One esp32-c3 is ok.
The other c3 I have a lot of bin files for it. I compile them with esp web and there is nowhere to be found. I’ve tried to setup as a we device and prepare it for distribution use but nothing.
The esp wroom is discovered as a new device via WiFi but I can take control. I cannot connect via usb at all. I’ve tried 12 different cables,I’ve reinstall all drivers but nothing,restart esphome add on,restart computer home assistant ech.
I think that is where the OP is having trouble. I am old-school. The UI flash methods frequently fail here, but the manual flash of the bin file is 100% reliable.
Todays update…
One of the two esp32-c2 is working properly
The second one c-3 compiled with an old bin file and the encryption key retrieved from trash but it’s only discovered from home assistant as a sensor and I can’t add it to esphome builder.
The esp 32 wroom continuous to not let me take control. The button is not activated. I’ve tried with Mac OS and windows.
On windows I can connect it via usb an see the log files or visit it bu I can’t take the control of it… any ideas for help would be Much appreciated
I am not sure what happens when you use the exact same bin file on more than one esp. Somehow it seems a bad idea. They’ll have identical names. No way to distinguish them.
The bin file was for this esp with all credentials keys and stuff. Probably the 2nd or third yaml from new.
This would be bad. Unless the OP had put name_add_mac_suffix: true in the configuration.
# Automatically add the mac address to the name
# so you can use a single firmware for all devices
esphome:
name: "my_device"
name_add_mac_suffix: true
No there was nothing like this in any of my esp’s.
How can I appear the esp c3 that it shows as a sensor to the esp builder?
And how can I take control from the wroom? Only through visit via WiFi i can see the logs. It’s recognizable by any pc or Mac that i have available via usb.
Is there any factory bin that I compile to it vi WiFi in order to be seen and adopted from esphome builder?
You need to put the device’s configuration YAML file in the esphome folder of your Home Assistant configuration folder.
Boom!!! Stevmann is my guy! So simple and worked!!! Thanks stevemann!! Thanks a lot!!
Do you have any brilliant ideas about the wroom 32 take control is not available?
Now you are trapped in the rabbit hole and there is no escape… 
Go to Amazon and buy a couple of ESP development boards and just experiment with them. You can’t hurt Home Assistant from ESPHome so go wild. My favorits ESP board is the Wemos D1 Mini because it’s a simple board and does everything I need for simple sensors or controls. Plus they are cheap enough that I don’t care (much) if I release magic smoke.
If you want to continue your journey, you should also get a starter kit of components. The one I linked is for learning Arduino, but everything in it also works for ESPHome.
I already made the order for wemos!!! As matter of fact I already have 3 esp 32 wroom devkit1 but non of them has caused me problems like the above.
It’s a fantastic journey this rabbit hole and it has great huge community for new ideas and help each other. I’m quite new to all this and I’m just wondering……how do all of you handle marriage issues caused by home assistant??
What issues? My wife gets pissed when something doesn’t work. We have an Alexa device in just about every room of the house and we are so used to telling Alexa what to do that it’s an inconvenience to walk over to the switch. Here’s an example. “Alexa, turn on theater” triggers an automation in Home Assistant that turns off the kitchen and hallway lights, turns on the family room light to 25%, then turns on the TV and tunes the Set Top Box to our most frequently watched channel.
Like I said. It’s a rabbit hole. Home Assistant is so flexible that of the thousands of installations, no two are alike. Your main limitation (after money) is your imagination.