I currently have 3 esp-32cams running in HA with no issues. They installed–pretty much–without issue (as soon as I figured out the correct USB cable to use). I am now trying to add another camera and am having a helluva time getting them to work. I have tried 2 different cables and 2 different cams and no luck. I’ve tried installing them using esphome builder, the esp web ui and also plugging them directly into my HA box. In each case, the PC can connect to the cam and install the yaml onto it but when I reboot it does not connect to the wifi. I copied all of the wifi info from a known-good yaml. Most of the time after the initial install, I get the “Improv Wi-Fi serial not detetced” message. I’ve never had SO MANY issues with installing these…any idea what to try next?
Also: when I edit the yaml it has all of the proper wi-fi in it and when I validate the install it passes. When I click on LOGS in esphome builder, it pulls up a black box with “Info Reading configuration…” and a warning about GPIO0 being a strapping pin (which my other working ones do as well) and then it just sits there.
I have exactly the same problem. Did anyone get a suggestion?
Regards,
Terry
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I did notice that it is not saying “ERASING” before flashing…could that be the issue? It seems like when I power it up after flashing, it does not boot up. When I check the logs via USB (not wifi), they are blank until I hit the reset device link then I get this:
[07:10:40]ets Jul 29 2019 12:21:46
[07:10:40]
[07:10:40]rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x2 (DOWNLOAD_BOOT(UART0/UART1/SDIO_REI_FEO_V2))
[07:10:40]waiting for download
I think I had a bad camera module and possibly a bad cable. Flashed it thru ESPHome Builder using a different cable and once I hit the reset device link in the log it booted up fine and got on the wifi.