Good afternoon all. I’m pasting most of this from elsewhere because that thread is long dead, as it has a solution already, which didn’t work for me. I am having the error listed in the title, and the solution mentioned elsewhere in the forum is not working for me. I got my Home Assistant Voice PE, and it is having the same error described above: “The voice assistant is unable to connect to Home Assistant.” Oddly, the setup process for me is looking somewhat different compared to online tutorials, and I’m not sure why. I’m pretty new to HA, as I’m in the middle of de-Googling my household. The devices I have added to HA thus far are mostly Philips Hue bulbs.
Here is the setup process I’m following:
Turn on Bluetooth and Wifi on a smarphone with the Home Assistant app installed.
Plug the Home Assistant Voice PE into USB power.
Wait for the twinkling white lights.
Open the Home Assistant app and go to Settings > Devices and Services
Click “add” on the only discoverable device, which seems to the HA Voice PE, “ha-voice-pe-xxxxx Improv via BLE”
I’m prompted to enter the details of my Wifi Network, which I do.
I’m prompted to push the button on the top of the HA Voice PE, and I do.
The phone confirms the device successfully connects to the Wifi Network.
I am prompted immediately to setup “ESPHome,” and I click to do so.
I am prompted to enter the IP address of the “ESPHome device,” which I assume is the HA Voice PE, so I find and enter its IP address.
The friendly Nabu character appears, and it says we’re going to set up the Voice Assistant.
I click to continue, and I’m met with the error.
What I’ve tried so far:
Re-flashing the firmware using the Github link and the browser tool.
Ensure the URL for Home Assistant under Settings > System > Network is correct. (I’m using TrueNAS, so I set my IP to be the same as the IP and Port I use for the web UI? I’m assuming that’s right? 192.168.1.x:30103? I turned off the automatic switch and pressed save, then rebooted Home Assistant.
Factory reset the HA Voice PE by holding the button down until the red ring completes and I’m prompted to release it.
