It doesn’t really mean that it ain’t working, do you see data when you hit ‘logs’? A common reason it doesn’t become ‘available’ is due to mDNS issues in your router (using a fixed IP solves it in mist cases) as Nickrout said, did it compile and upload?
If you do see logs, the esp unit probably popped up under ‘integrations’
I have the latest version of esphome 2022.12.5 now. I had the option of downloading the file and now using esphome-flasher, but it seems to be taking forever. like 1 hour plus to upload the .bin file.
Well what do the logs show? At the risk of you ignoring advice like you did in your last thread, I’ll post this for you to read again. All of it, implement it. How to help us help you - or How to ask a good question - #3
Sorry I was busy reading the logs and was going to edit that above post.
INFO Trying to reconnect to home.local in the background
INFO Successfully connected to home.local
[18:45:49][D][api:102]: Accepted ::FFFF:192.168.0.110
[18:46:04][D][api.connection:918]: ESPHome Logs 2022.12.5 (::FFFF:192.168.0.110): Connected successfully
[18:46:04][D][api:102]: Accepted ::FFFF:192.168.0.110
[18:46:04][D][api.connection:918]: ESPHome Logs 2022.12.5 (::FFFF:192.168.0.110): Connected successfully
[18:46:04][I][app:102]: ESPHome version 2022.12.5 compiled on Jan 23 2023, 10:40:08
[18:46:04][C][wifi:504]: WiFi:
[18:46:04][C][wifi:362]: Local MAC: 24:62:AB:F3:0B:70
[18:46:04][C][wifi:363]: SSID: [redacted]
[18:46:05][C][wifi:364]: IP Address: 192.168.0.226
[18:46:05][C][wifi:366]: BSSID: [redacted]
[18:46:06][C][wifi:367]: Hostname: 'home'
[18:46:06][C][wifi:369]: Signal strength: -81 dB ▂▄▆█
INFO home.local: Ping timed out!
INFO Disconnected from ESPHome API for home.local
WARNING Disconnected from API
INFO Successfully connected to home.local
INFO home.local: Ping timed out!
INFO Disconnected from ESPHome API for home.local
WARNING Disconnected from API
WARNING Can't connect to ESPHome API for home.local: Timeout while connecting to ('192.168.0.226', 6053)
INFO Trying to reconnect to home.local in the background
I did look at that page and did a search but I didn’t find any specifically related to my initial problem
If you had read that page I wouldn’t have needed to ask you for your version, or your logs.
I assume this is a different board from the one you posted the yaml for here Wher do I enter lines for a sensor in yaml file - #17 by Rob_Heselwood ?
Can you ping it by name? By ip address?
The esp32 is plugged into a usb port on my laptop, COM7, and I can’t see why it is struggling to connect. I have an excellent wifi signal and in this room the signal is -35Db, as it is more or less next to my router.
No, the ip address is unreachable. What name is it, esp32, or file name??
I think I will just stop it and try it on a windows 7 system
The log file is now showing it is measuring temperature etc from the BM680
Update:
I can now ping the esp32 board’s IP address ok and the yaml file was installed quickly in a win7 system using the ESPHome web service .
As it is not showing up in HA I guess I need to set a static IP address, as presently it connects by a dhcp assigned ip address.
Thanks
Your wifi signal is also very low…
I have one esp01 at -61dB, and it really is slow… can’t imagine what -81dB will be like…
@aceindy
yes, but that was what it said during the upload, but in reality the wifi signal is actually -35Db, because the laptop is in the same room as my router.
Anyway, I’ll set a static ip address
The fixed IP is just a hunch, it can also just be a flaky esp module.
I myself am a fan of esp01, as they are very cheap (2-3€), but occasionally, some of them just ain’t working right). So if you happen to have another one laying around, can’t hurt to try that one 
On my win10 laptop I get a download speed of 120mb/s by wifi, so that should be fast enough for my esp32dev board