I’m a bit stuck here; any help you can give will be appreciated.
Background
I’m trying to get an AZ Delivery ESP32-WROOM-32 board to run the following config from ESPhome. Note that I’ve currently commented out the parts of the config that actually do anything, because I wanted to eliminate it as the cause of the trouble:
substitutions:
device_name: cat_locator
esphome:
name: ${device_name}
platform: ESP32
# board: esp32dev
board: nodemcu-32s
platformio_options:
platform: espressif32
board: az-delivery-devkit-v4
board_build.mcu: esp32
board_build.f_cpu: 240000000L
# on_boot:
# priority: -10
# then:
# - switch.turn_on: ${device_name}_tux_home
# - switch.turn_on: ${device_name}_tux_away
# - switch.turn_on: ${device_name}_emmy_home
# - switch.turn_on: ${device_name}_emmy_home
wifi:
ssid: "Ubiquiti-IoT-Newbold"
password: !secret ubiquiti_iot_newbold_pass
# Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
ap:
ssid: "Cat Locator"
password: !secret esphome_admin_pass
captive_portal:
# Enable logging
logger:
# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
reboot_timeout: 15min
password: !secret esphome_admin_pass
ota:
password: !secret esphome_admin_pass
######################
# the web_server & sensor components can be removed without affecting core functionaility.
web_server:
port: 80
auth:
username: admin
password: !secret esphome_admin_pass
# sensor:
# - platform: wifi_signal
# name: ${device_name} Wifi Signal Strength
# update_interval: 60s
# - platform: uptime
# name: ${device_name} Uptime
# text_sensor:
# - platform: wifi_info
# ip_address:
# name: ${device_name} IP Address
# ssid:
# name: ${device_name} Connected SSID
# bssid:
# name: ${device_name} Connected BSSID
# mac_address:
# name: ${device_name} Mac Wifi Address
#######################################
# Device specific Config Begins Below #
#######################################
# switch:
# - platform: gpio
# id: ${device_name}_tux_home
# pin:
# number: GPIO2
# inverted: true
#
# - platform: gpio
# id: ${device_name}_tux_away
# pin:
# number: GPIO3
# inverted: true
#
# - platform: gpio
# id: ${device_name}_emmy_home
# pin:
# number: GPIO4
# inverted: true
#
# - platform: gpio
# id: ${device_name}_emmy_away
# pin:
# number: GPIO5
As you might imagine, I have 4 LEDs and appropriate current-limiting resistors attached to GPIOs. I have verified that the LEDs and the board are functional by uploading an Arduino sketch that flashes the LEDs in turn. Board and LEDs function as expected.
I should also say, I’m running ESPhome within home assistant on an RPi.
The Problem
I compile the above config in ESPhome, and upload to the board. Either with or without the functional parts of the config in play (commented or uncommented), the same thing happens: I power up the board after flashing, and it does not come on line; nor does it join the WiFi network or anything. Weirdly, 2 of the LEDs do light up; one brightly, and the other dimmed. (Bright is on GPIO3, dimmed is on 5). Worth saying here, is that if I leave the LEDs connected and put the board in flashing mode, they light in the same pattern. As an experiment, I also tried uploading the original Arduino sketch after having flashed the binary generated by ESPhome from the above config, and it uploads without me pushing the button to put the board into flash mode?
The documentation does say that the GPIO pins I’m using are used to determine boot mode, so I also did try uploading without anything connected to the board via the PINs; i.e., with only the USB interface connected and nothing else; this made no difference. The same behaviour is observed once the board is re-powered and re-connected to the LEDs.
I guess I should also say here that I’d normally expect to show logs of some kind to try to help those trying to help me figure out what is going on, however I can’t see where I would get anything useful like that from.
As I said above, any help offered will be appreciated…
Thanks!
Paul.
