How to manually put esp32 into AP mode

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This was discussed in a recent thread;

Enable access point mode on demand?

Is there a way at present to force an ESPHome device to switch to access point mode? My setup is that I hard code wifi networks and IP addresses to all my devices to maximize reliability and minimize flash memory usage. This works fine. However if I replace a device, then the old device - if it has the same IP - on power up will find it’s old wifi SSID and reconnect immediately with that IP. What I’d like to be able to do is use one of the normal factory default/safe mode buttons to force the…