Hi everybody,
I am trying to create a custom component for ESPHome. These are the docs which I tried to follow.
Below is the .h file I used as custom component and the .yaml used in ESPHome dashboard.
This nodeMCU was previously in use and connected to Home Assistant, so I assumed it to just add to the existing integration.
However: while I could ping the device, there was no connection. When I tried to click on Logs in ESPHome dashboard, I would get
INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/testcoinslot.yaml...
INFO Starting log output from 10.0.20.147 using esphome API
WARNING Can't connect to ESPHome API for 10.0.20.147: Timeout while connecting to ('10.0.20.147', 6053)
INFO Trying to reconnect to 10.0.20.147 in the background
I have not yet worked with a custom component in ESPHome, but this looks to me as if the device would connect to the wifi (as I could ping it) but would not load the main loop that is responsible for presenting an API to Home Assisstant.
What am I doing wrong? Thank you in advance for your help.
/config/esphome/my_custom_component.h
#include "esphome.h"
class MyCustomComponent : public Component {
public:
void setup() override {
// This will be called once to set up the component
// think of it as the setup() call in Arduino
pinMode(5, INPUT);
pinMode(6, OUTPUT);
}
void loop() override {
// This will be called very often after setup time.
// think of it as the loop() call in Arduino
if (digitalRead(5)) {
digitalWrite(6, HIGH);
// You can also log messages
ESP_LOGD("custom", "The GPIO pin 5 is HIGH!");
}
}
};
/config/esphome/testcoinslot.yaml
esphome:
name: testcoinslot
friendly_name: 00/Test/Coinslot
includes:
- my_custom_component.h
esp8266:
board: nodemcuv2
# Enable logging
logger:
# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
encryption:
key: "asdasdasd"
ota:
password: "asdasdasdas"
wifi:
ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
password: !secret wifi_password
# Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
ap:
ssid: "Testcoinslot Fallback Hotspot"
password: "dasdasdasd"
captive_portal:
binary_sensor:
- platform: gpio
pin:
number: D4
inverted: True
name: "Counter"
- platform: gpio
pin:
number: D7
name: "Pulse"
custom_component:
- lambda: |-
auto my_custom = new MyCustomComponent();
return {my_custom};
components:
- id: my_custom_id
