ESP32 how to turn led ON

[konstantinoslampakis]

Hi to all .

I have searched the forum but no luck with the existing topics.

I have created a remote control with ESP32 and i have make some automations when i press the buttons .

The think that i want to do is to know when is connected to Home Assistant api and the connection is alive and turn on a led at GPIO port

I have read some with interval to do it but no luck there .

The other think is when one automation trigger to turn on another led on GPIO port .

Thanks in advance

[tom_l]

Is the normal state of the Home Assistant API - "Disconnected"?

I am puzzled by the API connection in ESPHome. This could be normal but I only detected this after using the status LED code (below) from @Protoncek in this thread. When I first power up the ESP, I get the expected “not connected” flash pattern of “Lit, with quick off’s: No connection”. After 20-30 seconds the ESP connects to my WiFi network and I get the blink code of “Steady flashing: WiFi connection, no API”. And it stays that way. The API does not connect. When I open the log page on the…

[stevemann (Stephen Mann (YAML-challenged))]

@konstantinoslampakis

The think that i want to do is to know when is connected to Home Assistant api and the connection is alive and turn on a led at GPIO port

Look at the thread posted by @tom_l. In the first post there is code where I do almost what you are looking for.