Doing a quick update with my findings.
It looks like its not a breaking change. I checked my panel directly before making any changes and it was still fine.
I then deleted my automation and recreated from blueprint.
It defaults to “Unknown entity selected” when a drop down is empty but populated fields stay populated so fingers crossed, this shouldn’t stop anyones panels from functioning! Still needs to be looked at however as its a bit misleading.
Hi all,
I have a strange issue when I create a new NSpanel configuration. I have one running without issues for a while now, but this new one drives me a bit crazy.
This is the error, after creating a basic new config…
alias: NSPanel Configuration for NSPanel Serre
description: ""
use_blueprint:
path: Blackymas/nspanel_blueprint.yaml
input:
nspanel_name: e3cc7b51ea8c8cf031c5bba
language: nl
date_format: "%A %-d-%-m"
timezone: Europe/Amsterdam (CET-1CEST,M3.5.0,M10.5.0/3)
decimal_separator: ","
Any idea how to solve this?
Many thanks in advance.
This is usually related to Home Assistant naming the services differently than naming the entities inside the device.
Please go to Settings > Developer Tools > Actions tab, then type “_component_text” on the action name and you should find the name it is using for this specific panel (you will also see the name for other panels, just ignore those).
When you have the proper name used on the actions, you can find the “Override name” (or something like that) at the very end of your Blueprint settings and try to add the name you found.
If that isn’t working, please report as a bug on GitHub and share details about your panel’s yaml.
When trying to update my NS Panels from ESPhome v2026.2.2 to v2026.2.4 it seems that ESPhome fails to resolve the device for upload.
Is anyone else having this issue?
By chance, have you found the solution to this? I am having the same issue. -Thanks
I don’t remember exactly, but it had something to do with the naming of the nspanel device.
Thanks. I played with it some more and deleted out the setup I had. Paid attention to the naming and all while reinstalling it and all went good. No more errors.
Can anyone help me out? I’m planing to buy a sonoffo panel and connect to a two button swith. Those are smart bulbs. I control them now with hue switch.
Now I want to control those lights with sonoff panel. Is it possible to use the sonoff panel buttons to active scene for those lights. Or is that not possible?
You can use the panel to control any light connected to Home Assistant. You will be able to adjust brightness, temperature, and color, apart of turning your light on/off.
You don’t have to wire your light to the panel’s relays, as the control could be done via Home Assistant.
If you have a light wired to the panel’s relays, you can control locally, but those relays are limited to power on/off.
In cases like yours, what I have seen people doing is to connect the light to the relays, but set all the control via Home Assistant. You have all the flexibility.
With this setup, you can configure your panel to use HA normally, but use the relays when Home Assistant (or the WiFi) is not available, so you have a fallback to ensure things will work anyways.
Great thanks. Will buy one and install the firmware.
I got to install and play with an NS Panel last weekend and got it working without too much hassle. Hereby my thanks for making this fantastic blueprint.
It makes me excited to install more of them through my home.
I do have one question, I added the airco unit of our bedroom (also where I installed the panel) to the climate entity page, and it works for the most part.
Temperature, heating, cooling, regular fan and drying options are all present, the only thing I am missing the fan’s speed control.
Is that hidden somewhere, or has it been left out for a reason?
It’s not a huge deal, as we can control it through the HA app on the phone as well.
Hi everyone!
For those interested, I’ve created NSPanel Easy, a continuation of this project where I have more control over development workflows and releases.
Same core functionality you know and love, just with streamlined maintenance on my end. Migration is straightforward if you’re curious to try it out.
No pressure at all… this project here remains excellent as it is! Just wanted to let the community know about the option.
Edward
Unfortunately nothing hidden that would support with this… 
Why don’t you add as a feature request on GitHub? 
I did the upgrade as discribed , but after the flash :
> :49:38.564][W][nextion:109]: Not connected
> [09:49:39.181][W][nextion:109]: Not connected
> [09:49:39.919][W][nextion:109]: Not connected
> [09:49:40.429][W][nextion:109]: Not connected
> [09:49:41.180][W][nextion:109]: Not connected
> [09:49:41.920][W][nextion:109]: Not connected
> [09:49:42.431][W][nextion:109]: Not connected
> [09:49:43.175][W][nextion:109]: Not connected
> [09:49:43.908][W][nextion:109]: Not connected
> [09:49:44.420][W][nextion:109]: Not connected
> [09:49:45.171][W][nextion:109]: Not connected
> [09:49:45.920][W][nextion:109]: Not connected
The config used:
```
# MWT NSPanel
#(based on marcfagers original work GitHub - marcfager/nspanel-mf: Custom HMI controlled by ESPHome for the Sonoff NSPanel. Includes media player card and home screen with weather data and clock. More to come. · GitHub)
substitutions:
device_name: nspanel
wifi_ssid: !secret SSID
wifi_password: !secret WiFi_Password
ota_password: ${wifi_password}
language: nl
# Add-on configuration (if needed)
## Upload TFT
upload_tft_automatically: true
wifi:
# ssid: !secret SSID
# password: !secret WiFi_Password
fast_connect: true
packages:
remote_package:
url: GitHub - edwardtfn/NSPanel-Easy: NSPanel Easy - Home Assistant & ESPHome · GitHub
ref: latest
refresh: 300s
files:
- nspanel_esphome.yaml # Base package
# Add-ons you may have enabled:
# - esphome/nspanel_esphome_addon_climate_heat.yaml
# - esphome/nspanel_esphome_addon_climate_cool.yaml
# - esphome/nspanel_esphome_addon_climate_dual.yaml
# - esphome/nspanel_esphome_addon_cover.yaml
#esp32:
# board: esp32dev
esp32:
framework:
type: esp-idf
# Enable Web server
web_server:
port: 80
version: 3
# Enable logging
logger:
# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
# ota:
# - platform: esphome
```
Also manually pressed the Update TFT display button, but still… wont connect.
What to do next ?
Solved after removing the display and reconnecting it (hard reset). Working fine now
Could you please share the logs from when you press the upload tft button to when the device restarts?
If i experience problems with inconsistant updates i often get lucky with an old trick: cold restart.
Unplugging the panel from power is a bit more work than software reset but mostly successful. Triggering a TFT update worked after the restart.
There’s a hardware reset button in your panel that is something between a software-based reset and a power-cycle:
Maybe something to try the next time, as it is easier than removing the panel from the wall or switching off an entire area of your home.
Hi Edward. I have migrated to NS Panel Easy and all went smoothly and works perfectly, except the _wake_up action is missing in your config. I looked in the actions in the developer tools, all the actions are there except _wake_up. Any suggestions?
Keep up the great work!
Please add include_action_wake_up: true to your substitutions and flash it again. 
substitutions:
include_action_wake_up: true
Thank you very much, it worked. I searched for it under open, should have search also under closed. 
