Hi,
Would there be interest for an ESPHome plugin ? This plugin would automatically detect ESPHome entitites, given you are using MQTT.
There's already the awesome McsMQTT plugin, but that needs 'manual' intervention for creating the devices. This plugin functions completely automatically, no interaction for device creation required. Based on the configuration of your ESPHome project, it will add the entities with correct icons, states, ...
Currently got it working with sensors and switches. Will also add covers, lights, ...
If there is any interest in the plugin, I will rework parts of it (some hardcoded values for my configuration - no config pages yet) and publish a beta in the coming weeks. The end product would be a paid plugin.
For those not knowing ESPHome, it's a system to control the very cheap ESP8266/ESP32 WiFi microcontrollers via simple configuration files. I use them e.g. to monitor and control the status of my garagedoor, front gate, alarm system, ... . Total cost of HW: 5$ (controller, relay board, reed contacts - all connected to this microcontroller and publishing state via MQTT).
This microcontroller opens up a whole new world for DIY electronics.
Would there be interest for an ESPHome plugin ? This plugin would automatically detect ESPHome entitites, given you are using MQTT.
There's already the awesome McsMQTT plugin, but that needs 'manual' intervention for creating the devices. This plugin functions completely automatically, no interaction for device creation required. Based on the configuration of your ESPHome project, it will add the entities with correct icons, states, ...
Currently got it working with sensors and switches. Will also add covers, lights, ...
If there is any interest in the plugin, I will rework parts of it (some hardcoded values for my configuration - no config pages yet) and publish a beta in the coming weeks. The end product would be a paid plugin.
For those not knowing ESPHome, it's a system to control the very cheap ESP8266/ESP32 WiFi microcontrollers via simple configuration files. I use them e.g. to monitor and control the status of my garagedoor, front gate, alarm system, ... . Total cost of HW: 5$ (controller, relay board, reed contacts - all connected to this microcontroller and publishing state via MQTT).
This microcontroller opens up a whole new world for DIY electronics.
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