Hi, I just got my Voice PE and I'm having trouble setting it up. Following the instructions, I've plugged it in, opened the companion app on my phone, but nothing shows up in the 'Devices & Services' section.
Server is 2024.12.5 running in docker, app is 2024.12.1-full from Play store. All permissions granted for the app.
Using BLE Radar from F-Droid I can see that my phone can detect the Voice PE hardware, but it doesn't appear in the HA app.
Any suggestions for how to get it connected?
#Voice PE - can't set up in Android app
verbal citrus
silver inlet
try looking for it's hotspot by scanning your wifi. if you can connect to it. then visit http://192.168.4.1 and you should see a page to add the device to your wifi
swift laurel
try looking for it's hotspot by scanning your wifi. if you can connect to it. th...
It should be Improv, not WiFi AP...
silver inlet
if BT is not working try this
if you re-flash here try re-flashing the device from here with the usb plugged into your computer https://esphome.github.io/home-assistant-voice-pe/ after flashing it should ask for wifi creds
silver inlet
It should be Improv, not WiFi AP...
yup just discovered it is only BT setup configured no fallback wifi option
swift laurel
@verbal citrus go to devices and services and click "add" button. The popup should appear.
If it's not, choose improv in list of integrations to add.
verbal citrus
Thanks, for the suggestions. Trying to add Improv via BLE just gives a message 'No devices found on the network'.
Tried a tablet (which crashed when going to the devices and settings page), uninstalling and reinstalling the app on my Fairphone 4 (no change). Eventually used my wife's phone, and that worked as it should. Detected the device via BLE, and let me add.
Next hurdle: it now appears in a 'Discovered' section. 'Home Assistant Voice (Mac address), ESPHome, Add/Ignore'.
Clicking the Add button doesn't seem to work, gives me a popup asking 'Please enter connection settings of your ESPHome node.' The IP address it has found is correct, the device is now connected to the network. It suggests port 6053, no idea if this is correct.
I have ESPHome set up as a separate docker container, would this cause issues? It's worked happily for the couple of ESP8266 devices I've got hooked up already.
verbal citrus
And now it works! Not sure what changed to make it work, but its happy now.