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Glad I could help

Thank you you are most welcomed, I wish you the best in your endeavor. All the code is CC, so you are most welcomed to use it. Also have a look at the latest videos where I modularize the code to make it even easier to reuse. I will be posting new tutorials from the end of the month again. Should you feel inclined to help the channel, there are links available in the description.

Hi Hammershigh, If you can connect with MQTT Explorer you can send and receive messages. As there is a section on installing and connecting MQTT Explorer, I do not see where the waste of time is. -- Pascal

Thanks Mauro. Home assistant will natively do that for you, that would be my prefered method. But I am sure it could be done as presets, no need to edit the web page, I have not used that method as yet as Home Assistant has it built in. This would be advanced stuff and some C++ code may be neccesary.

Hi Jorge, Are you referring to the secrets file? If that's the case, here's how I manage it: you could configure each device individually, but tracking becomes challenging. I recommend using a 15-character randomly generated phrase that you save in the secrets.yaml file, store it securely in a password manager, and there you have it, problem solved. Regarding the dynamic password change, if your IoT device doesn't connect to the internet, it's not an issue. I have mine isolated using a subnet which is firewalled. Thanks for the great question. Enjoy making.

You are welcome!

Thank you, Gerson, for the appreciation and an excellent question. Regarding the Arduino versus ESP-IDF discussion, it's straightforward. Firstly, it's worth noting that the ESP implementation in Arduino is built atop ESP-IDF, so technically, you're using ESP-IDF in both scenarios. Secondly, when I began using ESPHome, there were several missing components in ESP-IDF, particularly the WEB Server, which I extensively use to debug my ESPHome. This situation has significantly improved, and most components are now available in ESP-IDF. Lastly, for beginners, the Arduino framework is simpler, offering much less confusion with configurations. For the latest microcontrollers, I frequently use ESP-IDF to take advantage of the extensive configuration options available, with the S3, C6, and C3 being examples. Additionally, consider checking out my Coding Practices, Tips, and Tricks Series where I delve deeper and will eventually include a section on this topic. P.S.: I'm aware I haven't posted new videos recently due to health concerns, but rest assured, I am not abandoning the channel. How is your french doing? Je suis un Belge de Liège résidant à Johannesburg en Afrique du Sud, et j'envoie mes salutations à São Paulo.

@@homeautomatorza Thanks for the feedback. I will definitely check out your coding practice series. Your ESPHOME series is the best I have found. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. PS : j'ai beaucoup progressé en français depuis l'époque des vidéos de formation. J'ai obtenu ma certification C1. Je ne suis pas encore allé en Belgique et en Afrique du Sud, mais ils sont sur ma liste. Salutations !

Glad you liked it! I hope the info was useful.

I am sorry to hear that you have a chronic condition, it’s no picnic for sure. Take care and as I often say, never give up, never surrender.

Many things have changed since my early days, I’ve focused and shortened my videos since. You should have a look at my Coding Practices, Tips and Tricks series (th-cam.com/play/PLJ3MNJX_MOUnMWzUNDatN3LWAN8l99v5I.html&si=lCZMVffIv4t7r3-m) which takes this tutorial content a makes it modular. And yes I still go deep, so you understand everything which helps you troubleshoot. Also all my tutorials have chapters, so you can find what you are looking for fast. Thanks for the suggestion though, enjoy making with ESPHome.

Thank you for the info, I'll check it out.

Thank you for the update

That is the idea and glad you it helped

​@@homeautomatorzathere is one thing that is still not clear to my: According to your modular framework, you use the same API key and OTA password for all your projects (stored in the secrets file). Is this OK? Two different ESP32 can use the same API Key?

You’re not the first to ask, and yep, usernames, passwords, and API keys can be shared across devices. It simplifies our lives, right? Also, there are no worries about security! As long as your API keys are long and random, and your IoT devices are kept off the internet, you should be good. I usually just go with the one ESPHome generates when you set up a new device.

Thank you Mark

Glad you liked it

Thank you! Will do! Have a llok at these th-cam.com/play/PLJ3MNJX_MOUnMWzUNDatN3LWAN8l99v5I.html It's the new intermediate version of this video.

Hi Jurie, I promise that if I quit, I'll tell you, I am far from it. If you watched the TMI section, I think you will understand my predicament. Moneywise, without the channel I am comfortable enough, my disability insurance covers my day-to-day expenses and most of my medical bills. So, I am currently reusing sensors, MCUs and peripherals where I can to reduce costs. The channel is still costing me a bit though, for example I've been wanting to see what the new Pi is all about and I can't afford it, and as it is a non-essential for the channel, it's on the back burner. As for the Saudi Arabia, I know the story well, my father-in-law used to do it, he stopped about 3 years ago. Not always an easy life as I gathered. Thanks for the message and the sub. Think about joining the Discord server, you'll be able to interact with me more often. -- Pascal

Thank you, George.

Don’t tell anyone, but it’s way too late for me too. As for the video prematurely stoping, I’ll check, I had a similar problem but put it to a bad connection. Thanks for telling me.

@@homeautomatorza Did you update your github page? There seems to be files missing.

I can't find your original message on GitHub, so thank you for the heads up and it's all fixed with a few more boards I used for my testing.

… cracked it. Had not selected advanced mode in my user profile.

Cool, I was just about to answer you.

Hi Andrew, First, I want to thank you for the kind words. As for the wiping of the ESP32 or 8266, it does not need a video, I reuse my development boards often, so I do this as often. If you are changing the IP address, any API keys or passwords, reupload using the USB method I showed in this tutorial. However, if none of these are going to change, you can use Wi-Fi, I have a couple of ESP32 S3s I regularly do that with. I would also encourage you to have a look at my "Coding Practices, Tips and Tricks" series, which is the advanced version of this tutorial. Because you will be re-using using the same codebase the Wi-Fi method becomes more stable. I hope that helps. Cheers Pascal

Thanks

Thank you

I wish I could help but I’ve never seen this error and this is not my forte, sorry.

My pleasure

I address the technical differences of the same MCU on different boards in a coming up tutorial and how to handle it in the modular model, for example the DFRobot Firebeetle 2 S3 and the S3 reference board, are so vastly different they need to be treated as 2 separate boards. I think you have nailed an issue that is plaguing us, what boards should we use for what purpose, I also touch on that in that tutorial but it is very superficial. If the community thinks that a discussion around the “fit for purpose” of board, including those with the same or very similar MCU is something valuable, I am game. Fair warning, it is going to be a lot of talking, tables and graphs, death by PowerPoint if you will. By the way, getting MCU level specifications is easy, getting board specifications is sometimes hard, I had the problem today with an ESP8266 ESP-12E based board. I also think a discussion around the interfaces may be worth while, the uses of UART vs SPI vs I2C for example. What do you think?

Pleasure Jim, glad I could help You should have a look at my new series, which is a more advanced way to approach this.

Will do thanks!

Happy I could help, check out the next video, some great tips to help with modules.

I can see why, they are super flexible. Petty Thread and Zigbee are not supported in ESPHome yet. I can’t see them not going this way, have you seen the H series? No WiFi support! I just wish they had more RAM and Flash storage.

The days of assembler, … Now I am showing my age, hehehe. Then it was C++, Clipper, Visual Basic and eventually C# before I stopped programming full time well over 15 years ago. And now back to C++ and the newly found ESPHome with my first programming by configuration environment. It’s fun to get those devices up and running though, very satisfying.

You can install Mosquitto as a standalone docker application my Docker Compose file is here: github.com/homeautomatorza/docker-compose/tree/main/sample-compose-yaml-files/mosquitto

@@homeautomatorza Thanks for the quick reply, will give that a try

Add-ons only runs with the Home Assistant Supervisor, which is available as a docker image. But hard to get to work.

from the documentation: reboot_timeout (Optional, Time): The amount of time to wait before rebooting when no client connects to the API. This is needed because sometimes the low level ESP functions report that the ESP is connected to the network, when in fact it is not - only a full reboot fixes it. Can be disabled by setting this to 0s. Defaults to 15min.

You are correct, I’ll check the video but I thought it was correctly explained

Do you mean C++ component or in YAML? Both are in the pipeline, I currently have a 54 tutorials pipeline, the YAML one is coming soon, the C++ one is a beast of its own and will come much later

@@homeautomatorza Great, it's yaml.

I changed that see the newer videos

Hi Lars, I think I know why you say it's differant, I may not have explained it as deeply as in the tutorial. It's the same function, both use packages. This is also why I wanted to do this series by the way, to clarify the methodology and the code. I hope this clears up any confusion. -- Pascal

@@homeautomatorza Almost sounds as if this is built by humans ;-) Thanks for the explanation.

Working on it 😄

Glad you found it useful.

Thank you Philip. I hope it’s all clear enough, we will go into samples from the next tutorial in this series.

That is quite a rant sir. You have the right to your opinion, however, calling it “clickbait” is maybe a bit much. My channel is an ESPHome channel, I introduce it as such, I do not see where the problem is. And for your information, clickbait is to create money, this channel costs me money. Have a great day, Pascal.

@homeautomatorza Just said that to hopefully help You and others not waste time. As I said in the comment, there's not enough context in the title which is the first thing you see when you are choosing videos to watch, and I hope the comment helps you form better titles, especially for a new audience. Neither the title nor the channel name is directly linked to what you're trying to say. I thought I was going to see general coding tips and trics, as the title says. Not specifially for ESPs, which I have little interest in now, hence it wasted more of my time than I would have liked, hence the comment. Content itself was useful for what it was. Hope you have a wonderful day too!

Thanks Lars, the next one is going to interest you I think.