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ESP noobie #26
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Hey there! I guess, @rospogrigio is a bit busy lately. I can answer several of your questions. First of all, you need different chip. ESP8266 is older chip, without Bluetooth capabilities. For gateway you'll need to use ESP32. You may use any of gateways. Reliability is comparable. Check corresponding README sections for setting up, and choose, what looks better to you. Cheers. |
Hi @formatBCE thanks for your eleborate answer! What about stability and compatability? |
I use my own gateway, as for me Tasmota is overkill. Can't say about Tasmota, but it seems to be stable too. There's no difference in functions - gateway basically just transmits data to/from HA. So all functionality depends on integration itself. |
@formatBCE got it. Thanks for your help! |
No, that's dev display kit. It's shield to ESP. Take this one HiLetgo https://a.co/d/bB9zmg4 or similar, there's also amazon-promoted, 3 in pack - good enough to tinker. And don't bother too much on gateway firmware - it's easily replaceable. :) |
@formatBCE thanks! 🙂 |
Don't have much to add to what @formatBCE . I am personally using the ESPHome firmware, it's very easy to install and configure and can be handled directly in HA. But as he said, you can just try the different FWs and then decide which one suits you best, I believe they are pretty similar in terms of performance. Bye! |
@formatBCE now I'm not sure exactly how to link them together. what is the process to add the topic for mqtt and link to my esphome? |
Hi @giltabibian.
That's it :) |
thanks for the detailed explanation... i was able to find the ble mac and add the custom firmware within the esphome component. i'm not sure about two things. the mqtt broker ip (not sure i configured one) maybe it's this one? core-mosquito? or it should be actual ip? or is it my HA ip? and also not sure about the mqtt topic. where exactly should i set the topic name in mqtt borker integration? |
Hey @giltabibian, I suggest you obscure some of the info you posted because most of those data are something you don't want to post on the internet, like the MAC of your lock, keys and passwords.... |
@formatBCE @rospogrigio eventually, I was able to make it work! one last question, is there a way to monitor also the fingerprint battery status? |
Hi, and thanks for this integration.
I'm new to ESP32 and want to get started.
I have the M531 using the cloud integration with HA.
Working as good but I want to use the local integration.
I want to monitor the battery status. Both for the lock and the fingerprint.
Already got this device:
Songhe ESP8266 NodeMCU CP2102 ESP-12E 4M Bytes Internet of Things WiFi Development Board Serial Wireless Module for Arduino IDE Micropython (1PCS) https://a.co/d/a3gYer5
Few questions:
Which FW should I use?
I saw there are 2 options. The tasmota and custom firmware.
Which is more reliable? Because I saw there are stability issues. consider i want to monitor the battery status of the lock and fingerprint.
Sorry for the next noobie question here but is there any video tutorial for step up the ESP? I'm not sure how to do that...
Is there any HW perferial I need except the ESP itself? (cables, pins?) How do I connect it to RPI? Wired or wireless? Also, how do I flash the FW? OTA/cable?
Once again. Thanks for all your hard work!
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