deft hollow
After a long time sitting on the shelf waiting for some free time to dive into Home Assistant Voice PE, I can't get past step 3 in the Getting Started instructions.
I did a factory reset and got BT connected, then it refused my WiFi credentials.
Another factory reset and I can't even get back to the initial "Do you want to connect"? screen.
Even AI is down to guessing. Most recently telling me to delete the core container.
Do I have a $60 brick?
dusk blaze
After a long time sitting on the shelf waiting for some free time to dive into H...
is the wifi network your trying to connect to a 2.4 ghz network?
deft hollow
is the wifi network your trying to connect to a 2.4 ghz network?
Yes. I have over 100 WiFi and Ethernet devices on my Home Assistant. The ssid I used is for my 2.4GHz network.
I did try to install the latest PE firmware following the instructions in "Reinstalling the firmware on Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition from bootloader mode", which sounded promising, but that resulted in a strange error: "Installation failed- Your ESP8266 board is not supported". ESP8266 ???
dusk blaze
Yes. I have over 100 WiFi and Ethernet devices on my Home Assistant. The ssid I ...
that is odd, do you have any other esp devices plugged in?
could you try using a different known working usb cable to see if that is the issue?
deft hollow
that is odd, do you have any other esp devices plugged in?
could you try using a...
I have several ESP devices plugged in and never had an issue with flashing firmware. Device Manager verifies the COM port This is why the ESP8266 error is so weird.
dusk blaze
I have several ESP devices plugged in and never had an issue with flashing firmw...
maybe its somehow looking at the wrong com port for some strange reason. try unplugging any additional esps from the system your flashing with.
deft hollow
maybe its somehow looking at the wrong com port for some strange reason. try unp...
Plugging the USB directly into the PC worked to update the firmware. But now getting "Failed to connect".
My Bluetooth is through a BLE proxy since my Home Assistant host is in the basement
Also, my Home Assistant host PC does not have Bluetooth.
dusk blaze
Plugging the USB directly into the PC worked to update the firmware. But now get...
if you flash the firmware from PC then you should have been prompted to enter wifi credientials there. this means you dont have to use bluetooth at all. the BLE is only used to add wifi creds. the rest of setup is done over wifi.
deft hollow
if you flash the firmware from PC then you should have been prompted to enter wi...
Every WiFi device uses a default IP for WiFi setup - except Voice PE? I flashed the update using the updater on the HAvPE github page. There was no prompt for creds. Do you think it would be fdifferent if I compiled the YAML file and flashed that to the HAvPE?
dusk blaze
Every WiFi device uses a default IP for WiFi setup - except Voice PE? I flashed...
after the flash it should pop up and ask for wifi creds. if not i think you can connect to the device via usb and add wifi creds with the ESPHome Web Tool
i don't recommend that you build the firmware yourself from yaml. you should keep to the stock firmware unless you want/need to customise the firmware.
deft hollow
i don't recommend that you build the firmware yourself from yaml. you should kee...
Doesn't the ESP Web Tool assume that I have a USB port on the host computer?
After the flash, the HAvPE just rebooted and went into BT pairing.
dusk blaze
you plug into your pc and you run the web tool on your pc browser the same as you did with the flash tool
it connects in the same way using the usb serial connection
deft hollow
you plug into your pc and you run the web tool on your pc browser the same as yo...
I clicked on the three-dot (meatball) menu, then "Configure WiFi", and got "WiFi Serial not detected".
More ideas would be appreciated. What if I install Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi4 with BT and use that to install HAvPR? I would still need the integration wouldn't I?
dusk blaze
I clicked on the three-dot (meatball) menu, then "Configure WiFi", and got "WiFi...
if you press logs, what does it show?
give me a moment and ill grab my spare vpe and go through process to check i am not missing something.
deft hollow
PROGRESS! One simple step- restart the HAvPE and then I was able to set up my WiFi credentials.
dusk blaze
yes, that is what i was expecting
once its on your wifi network your home assistant install should detect it and you can set it up.
the bluetooth improve is ONLY for wifi cred setting. as you had trouble doing that we are setting it via USB instead but the next step in either case is setup once its detected on the network.
saves me flashing my dev/debug vpe back to stock 😛
deft hollow
Thanks for the assist.
More progress. ESPHome detected the HAvPE and when installed, the ESPHome compier went to work compiling
hundreds of modules, and a couple of dozen warnings. Finally uploading the compiled binary. The device log looks good. And "Hey Nabu, what time is it" replied with the correct time.
Now the learning begins.
dusk blaze
why are you using the compiler? what customisations are you making to the firmware?
unless you are cusomising the firmware then you absolutly do not need to compile anything and do not even need the "builder tool" installed
deft hollow
I didn't intend to, I just clicked on "Submit" from the ESPHome dialog.
dusk blaze
are you talking about the integration OR the addon?
deft hollow
Neither. ESPHome detected the HAvPE and asked if I wanted to add it.
dusk blaze
when you say "ESPHome" that can mean multiple things.
deft hollow
ESPHome Builder, Discovered devices.
dusk blaze
given you said compiling it would seem that you are talking about the "ESPHome Builder" addon
there is no need to "take control" of the device in the builder tool
it should have popped up as a device on home assistant without that
the only reason to take control of it is that you want to customise the firmware in some way. if you are not planning on doing that then you should not have it added in the builder tool and should leave it as stock.
if it works for you now then that is fine but if you have any issues the first thing you are gunna be asked to do is flash back to stock.
deft hollow
Too late. I did "Take Control", but nonetheless the device appears to be working. But the device does not present at configuration - devices. It does present in configuration - Voice Assistants - 1 Assist Device.
dusk blaze
yeah, I am not saying that it wont work by taking control.
however you are downloading and compiling the current dev firmware instead of using the released "stable"
this can cause random issues from time to time and if you EVER have ANY problem. then flashing back to stock stable is going to be one of the first things.
unless you have a reason to run custom built firmware then you should not run non-stock firmware.
if its working that is fine and great but its just a bit of a warning.
if you want to go back to stock then you should remove from the builder tool and then plug into pc and use the firmware flasher tool to flash over usb again. then dont "take control" and just use it.
its entirely up to you but just a heads up.
deft hollow
I do appreciate your help. I think that the crux of my problem is that my Home Assistant host computer does not have Bluetooth and the "Getting Started" instructions doesn't address this directly. I do have a Bluetooth proxy on my desk but all I have ever used it for is a couple of thermometers.
WHY require BLE? Every ESP32 WiFi device uses a default AP for WiFi setup - except Voice PE?