HOW TO - Flash Sonoff NSPanel with ESPHome

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In todays video we are flashing the Sonoff NSPanel with ESPHome.
This opens the panel up to a whole bunch of customisation and creation.
Specifically we are flashing a modified fversion of MarcFagers NSPanel config. This gives us a new UI which is controllable and settable with Home Assistant.
Full credits to MarcFager for creating the initial work this demo is built on. He also has some cool features like WiFi QR code sharing planned!
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0:00 - Intro
0:18 - The Sonoff NSPanel
1:39 - Why Flash the NSPanel?
1:50 - What we need for flashing
2:19 - Dissassemble the NSPanel
4:41 - Connecting Wires for Flashing
6:45 - Setting up ESPHome Device and TFT file
11:13 - Plugging it all in (Flashing Process)
12:32 - Powering NSPanel with 5V
14:11 - Upload TFT (set UI)
15:04 - Walkthrough Demo
17:01 - Additional Services (Extra features)
18:20 - Summary
18:42 - Outro
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@piuswyss8742 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I really like how you present all these things - clear and to the point. Thank you very much for this.

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful :)

@BeardedTinker 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Mark!!! Enjoyed it... Still haven't even bothered to play with mine so when time comes, I'll definitely return to this vid!

@jamieevans2413 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video thank you so much for explaining. Please do more NSpanel videos - it seems like such a powerful device

@rogeriocamargo1984 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Mark! It's amazing. Congratulations!

@petryjohnson Жыл бұрын

Worked great! I appreciate the thoroughness in the explanations and all of the explanations of why you made the choices you did. All I gotta do now is customize my screens!

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@SmartHomeJunkie 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark! Very nice tutorial. Keep up the good work!

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ed 🙏🏻😁

@cyrilPoissonnier Жыл бұрын

Great Video, I look the esphome code, it's a massive work , impressive !! the video is really clear , THK a lot

@nunosousa1010 2 жыл бұрын

Great work! Found it extremely helpful!!!

@pozekool 2 жыл бұрын

Another great tutorial from you ! Thank you !

@user-so5uo1xx5t Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you very much for this.

@gedgicat2063 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, very interested to see what other things can be configured, perhaps with different controllers like dimmers and toggle buttons with other home assistant integrations. 👍

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Im playing around with some parts now which will hopefully be shown in a future tutorial :)

@MBonaccors Жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech is there any way to use this display in portrait mode, on the U.S. version of the nspanel, vs. landscape?

@mrayy_ Жыл бұрын

The effort gone into this video. Wow! Cheers lad, thank you so much. Only in the first 3 minutes and felt the need to drop a like comment and subscribe! Cheers lad

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

Appreciated thank you! 🙏🏻

@Zwordi90 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you i was able to flash my first service to esphome.

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

Glad to have helped!

@dpo2183 2 жыл бұрын

Great video 👍

@cyclope1960 2 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for next video

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

It was meant to be out by now but held up by so many things! Soon I hope

@vasekkrcmar9808 Жыл бұрын

The jumper on the RS232 USB adapter is there to select signal levels on the RX/TX pins (together with the Vcc pin). By having it set to 5V, you had RX/TX signal levels in 0-5V logic. Since the ESP32 is powered by 3,3V, it uses 0-3,3V logic....lucky you didn't fry the ESP32 with overvoltage on the RX/TX. Proper way would be to switch the jumper to 3,3V -> than Vcc is 3,3V, RX and TX pins are 0-3,3V logic and all is good. If you want to power-on the NSPanel afterwards, you can use the free 5V pin aside of the jumper.

@janswanwick6221 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for a great video Mark, it has got my device up and running with a myriad of options available. I'd be most interested in a deep dive video. The only issue I had was that ESP Home has a secrets.yaml in addition to the secrets.yaml in your config directory (which is where I put the data in the first place 🤦)

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Heya. Originally this video was 40mins plus with lots more details (like secrets etc). I cut it right down though as I felt people wouldn’t want a 40min video 😬. Glad you figured it out though!

@MrJhewk Жыл бұрын

Great video mate. You should mention the metal panel earlier in case people are following you in steps without watching the whole thing through first. Also worth mentioning it is easy to unplug the screen and just pull the PCB out completely

@nigelholland24 2 жыл бұрын

another great video thank you

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nigel! Glad you enjoyed it :)

@aloismyard5824 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, you gave me the motivation to remove the Zonoff firmware !

@clairerovic 2 жыл бұрын

Love it, thanks heaps. Well I have waited patiently, now it's buy. Sniff apparently not available in Australia.

@clairerovic Жыл бұрын

Well I just converted my first four units. Simply magic - please more - more please mister. Your directions 6 months later work perfectly - obviously used my own style. The only small point to highlight for people following on was the the two devices you decided to toggle where different. One is a switch - one is a light - so all fun - line 533 ' symbol = 22' - line 558 'symbol=29' this will change the symbol. I toggle two switches representing lights so easily changed both lines to symbol 22.

@bassett_green Жыл бұрын

appreciate the charter marks :)

@mpsadre132 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks. Looking forward to see a deep dive. It is also possible to have the default screen show the actual playing music from MOode, Volumio or LMS I guess ?

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

You can have the deafault screen as whatever you want :) and i think if you can get the media info in HA you should also be able to display and contol it on the panel.

@davideyres955 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one mark. Now I’ll probably have to buy one now, but really great video. Could you do a video on home assistant on how to log in to a telnet terminal on a remote device via user name and password and control that with commands. Ive got lutron kit and you can control it via a telnet Sassoon but I’m new to home assistant and I’ve tried to make sense of it but not really been able to.

@ronderksen 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, I finally felt confident enough to flash my first NSPanel and it works! Now to come up with some nice uses for the buttons. I guess it will need a neutral wire once it's mounted in a wall socket, right?

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome glad you got it working Ron. I always try to tie devices you would always want to work on a button press, regardless of whether the internet works or not. For wall mounting they do require a neutral.

@4sayken 2 жыл бұрын

Mark! Stop teasing me. We can't get them in Australia 🤪

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

We will have to get them to hook you up! 🤪

@clairerovic 2 жыл бұрын

Looking at the spec, it is rated at 240v, though not approved. So it will work here, or have I missed the point.

@simonburke6681 2 жыл бұрын

@@clairerovic it will work but it's not certified; I've heard sonoff aren't interested so we need an importer to get the certification.

@electroshed 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Just ordered two NSPanel's to play about with, I want to use one or two to control lights/fans in a bathroom, as they have to sit outside the bathroom, app based control is an advantage...

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Good luck with your project.

@alexsanseau3512 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Mark! Clear explanations, I really like your style. Is it possible to get the physical buttons to send events to Home Assistant? (and not to connect anything to the 2 relays)

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

You can :) I use it in this config for a light I’ve wired as permanent live. I then use the buttons for other things.

@alexsanseau3512 2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech Brilliant, thanks for confirming. One thing I'd like to do before flashing the NSPanel is to make a backup of it. Any tip on how to do this?

@sygad1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, got it all working. No joy with the Blackmas Blueprint though.

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

Hey Darren. Did you try the video on it that I released today?

@sygad1 Жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech I literally just watched it. I'll be trying this out 1st thing tomorrow on my spare unopened NSP. Talk about perfect timing. Thanks for the video BTW.

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

@@sygad1 hope it helps 😁👍🏻

@TheAntiGarry 2 жыл бұрын

Very good tutorial! Only a few things I had to scroll back and rewatch once or twice to fully understand but I managed to flash this and then fairly quickly update the display to your example! Definitely want to see a part 2 of this with further customisations etc... Do you know if I have to keep re-flashing new YAML files via serial or can this now be over the air? Now that I've flashed ESPhome once, surely anything I should ever need to do is now via the hmi.tft file updates?

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Heya :) thank you! Hopefully I will get round to part 2 very soon. Once flashed you can do OTA updates via ESPHome and do a service call to update the tft.

@brianhansen9578 2 жыл бұрын

If you move the voltage selector from 5v to 3.3v on FTDI, you can use normal vcc pin instead of seperate wire from 3.3v :) but great guide !

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I do mention it in the video. I left it like that so I can just add an additional wire to make use of 5V (I was doing multiple panels at a time).

@sander815 2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech how do you edit the icons? I cannot find a way to edit them

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Heya. They are edited via the HMI file. To change the files you will need to use an editor like the Nextion Editor. I will be showing this in a future video (probably carrying on from this tutorial to keep it simple for people).

@SmartLifeEnthusiast 2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech I am curious on a more detailed video on the config as well as the Nextion Editor

@D4VEW 2 жыл бұрын

Don't mess around switching the jumper between 3.3 and 5v. I fried my first panel in an instant after forgetting to move the jumper back to 3.3v for a reflash. At £80 a shot it was an expensive school boy error. I've now set it up like Mark a different wire for 3.3 and 5v. Great video by the way.

@squid11160 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video! What's the best switch-sized smart panel with HA compatibility (hacked or native) in your opinion?

@real_kwyman 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark. Excellent video and tutorial. I have used many of your videos and tutorials before. Quick question: my US panel's screen is in landscape orientation. Can I change this to portrait?

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Heya. Glad yo have helped. You can yes. You will just need to load a hmi file that is drawn the other way round. There are lots of examples online for this.

@albertjansevanrensburg2084 Жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech Hi Mark, also managed to install, thank you! I'm also searching for the portrait HMI file to use without luck, if anyone can please point me to where I can get this file. Thank you

@DarrylLeaning 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. I have everything up and running as your default config. The panel temperature never updates in the display though (displays -) even though its available in the HA dashboard. Any ideas?

@barryc4815 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, another great video but I had an issue with flashing the hmi.tft file. If your WWW folder doesnt exist and you create it, the upload will fail until you restart home assistant. Also had an issue with using DNS names so recommend that everyone uses a specific IP address in their URL. Keep up the good work, always enjoy watching your content :-)

@andrewbennett4102 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I have flashed ESPHome to the panel with no issue, but I am struggling to work out the url for the hmi.tft file. How do I find it?

@urkman5000 Жыл бұрын

is this a thing when you got a static url setup for home assistant?

@ashrafmonzur Жыл бұрын

Great video! I got it working thanks to you Mark. I've tried to add buttons to the lights screen but have no doubt butchered the config as everything turns off and on together when tapping button 1 or 2 on the screen. 15:26 in the video is where I'm struggling. Does someone have an eeejut proof guide on the nspanel.yaml config refinement please? EDIT- I also have 3 Violet smart switches and honestly this is way easier to setup with this video. However, without this video, if budget were no option, I'd say get the Violet over the NSpanel.

@pokeysplace 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see the the deeper dive you mentioned. I have the US version and need to rebuild the screens for the different aspect ratio / screen orientation. Thanks

@niray9469 2 жыл бұрын

Explain

@niray9469 2 жыл бұрын

Please

@pokeysplace 2 жыл бұрын

@@niray9469 The EU version is landscape (480x320) whereas the US version of the screen is in portrait (320x480). The widgets/buttons off the side of the screen in the Nextion editor (GUI tool) which complains about. It be nice to see how others build the tft file.

@bruceker8254 Жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, I find your videos absolutely amazing.....you are an excellent presenter. Do you have a video on the NS Panel US with HA integration as I have ordered a UK version and the wife saw the US version and wants me to get the US version as the screen is larger

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

Hey Bruce. Thanks for the feedback. Since creating the video, with the help of the community the US variant is now supported. The process is exactly the same but uses a different .tft file. I mentioned this in an update video for this project :)

@bruceker8254 Жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech Thanks Mark.....I ended up getting the UK version and followed your excellent guide and got the NS Panel working though I went in to the configuration to start adding entities and then the panel locked up and is now stuck on the HA logo....is it recoverable

@tanyapretorius-oliveira7400 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video Mark - Thanks !! Any ETA on that follow up video :)

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

Heya. It was supposed to be a while back but its just fallen back every time due to other content and me being ill for a few weeks. Its still planned though :)

@AUTOM8 2 жыл бұрын

Nicely done fella! Really appreciate it. Question.. symbol numbers for icons, where are you referencing these?

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

Heya :) These are referenced in the file when you actually create the display. I will be showing this in the next video when I eventually get to it.

@AUTOM8 Жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech perfect, thanks dude.

@michaelanderson532 Жыл бұрын

Great Video. I tried using your latest repo to do mine, but don't have all the secrets setup... api, etc... but my nspanel isn't being added to the devices, even though it says its online...

@NanoGontarski 9 ай бұрын

This is amazing content! I've done and it works just fine. There is just one point that I didnt get, can I set up a default action for the buttos (maybe de original turn on/off the relays) if there's no network? sorry if you said that in the video But I really didnt get it

@Franklyn7895 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I would be interested in more configuration. I have the US Panel and have already flashed it to ESPHome, I am trying to understand the editor for the GUI, but I feel like I am missing something. Look forward to future videos.

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

There’s been a bit of a delay as I’ve been busy with family life and other things. But the content is in the works and will be picking up directly from this video :)

@Franklyn7895 2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech And sorry I didn't mention it, but thank you for the content. I do appreciate it.

@RafaelFuenzalida Жыл бұрын

Great video as always!! Question: I cant manage the NSPanel to get the correct local time from home assistant. Im using the same code than you and everyone but it seams is a comun problem. any susgestion?

@TechnoESolution Жыл бұрын

Thanks for video, It's very helpful. Is it possible to upload NSpanel Pro UI on NSpanel?

@brucefraser1432 2 жыл бұрын

Mark this is a great video. Held off from ESPHome until I was able to walk through it nicely with this video. On my US panel the screen seems like it might be in rotated 90deg. If I were to mount it on the wall the buttons would be 90 deg counterclockwise. Where in the yaml can I change this setting?

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Bruce. You would need to modify the actual disply file which is done thrugh the Nextion editor. I will be showing this in the next NSPanel video that will continue on from this one. It was supposed to be out by now, but I'm just super far behind. Glad the video was helpful to you :)

@NomadTomas Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Is it possible to get HA dashboard on that display? That would be even better. Or camera feed?

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

I don’t think so but that would be really cool. There is a HA theme that someone has created though :)

@MrGraceo77 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, Thanks for the great tutorial. much appreciated. Any further updates on when you will be able to post the next part? Trying to review the light names and configuration (I think the yaml on the github may have change since this video)

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Paul. If all goes well I’ll be doing it this week. I keep getting ill which throws my video schedule out the window. Glad the tutorial was helpful! We will be carrying on directly from this in the next part.

@MrGraceo77 2 жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech Awesome ok. Hope you feel better soon.

@ReeveLuiz 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Mark! Amazing video! Quick question - how do I power the NS Panel so I can run it in an enclosure on my desk rather than in the wall?

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Heya :) The best way for a desk setup would be to power it via 5V. You would just need to rig up a connector and power. In the video I mention it towards the end using my adapter and the 5V and GND pins.

@swlehji 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark for the great in depth explanation. I am, however, stuck at flashing the esp board with error "failed to initialize. try resetting your device or holding the boot button while selecting your serial port until it starts preparing the installation." Trying different usb ttl adapters but looks like its not getting into flash/boot mode. Also, there is no IO0 or boot button like regular esp32 board. I'd appreciate if anyone can help me. thanks in advance

@mariusschmidt5213 Жыл бұрын

Really great video - helped me a lot, thank you :-) I'm still struggeling and not getting it working, every time i flash theres an error at nextion init part of the script where it says "queue is empty". Any tips on that?

@burdzi3 Жыл бұрын

this is link to your hmi.tft file on home assistant

@totisgr Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. For some reason my temperature does not update and also the icons are blank on the lights page. I think that something is wrong with my tft file. Can anyone help?

@mehstg1319 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Mark. Do the Disable Screensaver/Disable dim down switches work in your example? I have loaded the code on to my NSPanel but they don't seem to be making any difference.

@Dsm2000 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see someone do an LCAR's version of this. I would love to but my design skills are not great lol

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve not seen that one. I’ll have a look :)

@JollyChilly 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Mark, I have adapted the files for the US version, looks great. Any idea how I can integrate a sonoff fan 02? Ideally a tri-state button

@MiT00B 2 жыл бұрын

JollyChilly, would be willing to share your adaptation to the US version?

@ThiagoLCordeiro 2 жыл бұрын

Hello JollyChilly, if possible, can you share the code for the US version for me too?

@dpo2183 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, I finally got around to flashing mine using this video and for the better part it worked great. My only issue is when i navigate to the light GUI, the icons aren't displayed and i just have 8 blank squares?

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Have you changed the code or are you using what I set? :)

@darryl.lopes27 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Mark! I'm actually setting up a 4.3 inch Nextion using the same config. The only thing I'm unable to find is the Music Player orange skin. Can someone help me with that? I just want the player without any bg. Thanks in advance!

@BuzzhobbiesAu1 Жыл бұрын

Is there any tricks or pre requisites to get the screen to transmit Hmi.tft ? could you have had some configuration done from another install so that the transfer works for you but not for me. i have the panel online and I can send it the Simpsons tune or turn the lights on and off - but can't seem to update the screen Any Ideas

@user-zp3to5xv1f 2 жыл бұрын

Mark, is it possible to send mqtt commands (double/single press and hold) to HA by pressing the phisical buttons or screen buttons?

@sjoerdvandereerden5676 Жыл бұрын

Hi, great video. I'm thinking of getting a nspanel myself. I am wondering if the panel is on all the time. Or is there an option to let it go to sleep at night or when your not home?

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

Hey there! You can fully customise this and do exactly what you mentioned :)

@evanmoore7631 3 ай бұрын

Great turtorial, but anyway you can help us all out with the updated YAML file? The current one doesn't like "control_state" but changing them to "control_mode" doesn't help.

@marxkemp 2 жыл бұрын

Good video, I have it running with help of your instructions. Could you also share your HMI file so I can look and compare with the yaml in the nextion editor?

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Done! I've added the file to my repo :)

@D4VEW 2 жыл бұрын

I have an issue where by if I turn a light on the icon on the lights page turn yellow as expected but if the screen saver comes on when i touch the screen the page opens but the icons are no longer yellow unless I turn the light off and on again. Any thoughts on this issue.

@ricmaverick83 Жыл бұрын

Very nice video! Where is the follow-up? Good job

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

Heya. My whole video schedule has been massively effected by some time I had away and from when I was in hospital. The video is still planned, its just a case of finding the time to get it done.

@ricmaverick83 Жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech I hope everything is well now! Keep it up! Thanks

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

@@ricmaverick83 doing a lot better and back to it now 😁👍🏻

@SmartLifeEnthusiast 2 жыл бұрын

Am I correct in saying that the lights are component_id 17 through 24 ? What are component_id 5, 6, 13-16? EDIT: I guess that 13-16 are the buttons on top of the music page?

@benek9841 Жыл бұрын

Awesome vide. Hoever I have a problem. After uploading tft file to NSpanel via call serviece ESPHome: ns_panel01_upload_tft in Home Assistatn I only can see home assistant logo on the NSpanel screen and nothing else. In the logs from ns_panel01 I can see error 4:38:31][E][uart:015]: Reading from UART timed out at byte 0! [14:38:31][W][nextion:078]: Nextion is not connected! Are you able to help?

@SavvyTech Жыл бұрын

I had this issue. changing the baud_rate under the uart section to 9600 fixed it. I hope it helps you too.

@robkinsella Жыл бұрын

@@SavvyTech perfect - had the same issue also and this worked for me!

@AlramEast 7 ай бұрын

Great video .. running into some errors though trying to flash with the YAML provided. Most of the errors is 'Use the restor_mode option instead." Do we have an updated YAML to see what the config should look like now after 2023.7 ??

@keesjans1439 4 ай бұрын

Not an answer unfortunately but I am facing the same issue (error message telling to change 'restore_state' to 'restore_mode'). Restore_mode is imho something different (telling how to act after restart). restore_state is (or 'was' after 2023.07) telling whether the restore is completed. Any suggetions how to replace the 'restore_state' commands in the nspanel.yaml?

@mathieu342300 Жыл бұрын

Great video! thanks for all! everything is fine for me until i call the nspanel_upload_tft service. NSPanel restarts and... nothing. How can I be sure that the NS panel has access to my hmi.tft file? Thank you

@MichaKurzewski Жыл бұрын

same for me. just have a HA logo and thats it.

@Kramiz Жыл бұрын

Great video! I'm struggling a bit with the icons. I can press the buttons for each light on the light page but the icons wont show up. Did I miss something in the tutorial or will you talk about that in part 2?

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

Heya. You didn’t miss anything. The icons are all hardcoded in the .tft as its created with the nextion editor. It will be explained in part 2 whenever I get round to it

@lloydsshednanigans Жыл бұрын

Did we ever see a part 2? I'm absolutely baffled with this. I keep getting an error when I try to use the blueprint to configure the panel. The automation "NSPanel Configuration" (automation.nspanel_configuration) has an action that calls an unknown service: esphome.nspaneldev_send_command_printf. Can someone point me to which of these videos walks you through as there seem to be so many that are unrelated.

@pr19580 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark, I'm looking at getting a few of these for our house renovation. What sort of back box did you use to mount it on the wall?

@SkillFullSheep 2 жыл бұрын

You'll need a single gang socket back box.

@chrishampele181 2 жыл бұрын

it'll need to be the deepest. Having thought the same, I've gone off the idea as the resolution/size is poor/too small I think..

@pr19580 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrishampele181 I've already specced for the deepest box everywhere as I'm using Z-Wave switches/dimmers behind the light switches. I think I'll just order one to see what the resolution is like and to confirm the WAF...

@chrishampele181 2 жыл бұрын

@@pr19580 cool. good luck. mine failed and some months on, i'm pleased - as i use timed and motion/occupancy automations instead mainly and rarely need a physical switch. If I do want a physical switch, I don't want to have to swipe first before I can use it, so mainly used the larger buttons, rendering the screen largely redundant for most of the time in our experience.

@dpo2183 2 жыл бұрын

I had to drop a 47mm backbox in the wall to accommodate it

@michaelkosinski9189 Жыл бұрын

I am trying to control 12 RGB bulbs name MB1 through MB12 on the NSPanel, but I cannot get past 9. If I go more than 9 bulbs, the NSPanel simply locks up and I have to re-flash the unit. Any ideas? I am just getting started with ON/OFF, not even RGB or Brightness adjustments. I just won't take a yaml with more than 9 bulbs referenced in the code.

@Ssssneak 2 жыл бұрын

hi I need some advice. after i hit serwice call nspanel_upload_tft my home assistant brick. My lights blinks evety about 20 min. and can not connect to it wilessly. Can You tell me what can i do?

@MokSamuel Жыл бұрын

Hi all. I have problem when flashing the tft file to the screen. The loading screen cannot show up. Any reason for that?

@przemysawkacprzak6311 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Any idea why I can't upload TFT? When calling ESPHome: nspanel_upload_tft service nothing happens to the screen. Thanks for help.

@lillywall123 2 жыл бұрын

great video mark but can you do a more detailed video on nspanel i just cant get my head around how to add my lights and change the icons .i bet im not on my own with this one

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

In the works 😁

@lillywall123 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for reply mark can't wait nspanel sitting here wanting more 😁

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

@@lillywall123 the next video on the panel is a direct continuation from this one. It touches on setting up the HMI editor, changing your icons, adding pages and a few other bits which should help to get started creating your own :) Not sure when it will be as my schedule has slipped due to me getting covid. It’s in the works though! :)

@TomasZamba Жыл бұрын

nice work! Thank you for it. One question. How you give there icons of buttons?? Thank you!

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

The icons are set in the screens file and not via ESPHome. When I finally get the second video done I will be clearing all this up :)

@TomasZamba Жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech Thank you. And add some new lists please:-P Or show how we can do next page with same 8 icons/buttons

@TomasZamba Жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech Hello man. How it is looks like with images video? I have still blank buttons:P Thank you for your work!

@winterv2313 2 жыл бұрын

Mark, You're awesome, and you've quickly accelerated my HA onboarding the past 7 days. Today I had a NSpanel delivered, and got to following along with your video here. Everything went fine until telling the screen to update. It appeared to fully update, then stated bad config flashing over and over in red. Power down and up again, and received System Data Error. Going through the process again now, and the upload to screen is amazingly slow (4% after 30 min). I followed your steps to the T, including the config (thanks for the Change Me) points. It seems like this thing isn't bricked, but concerned that the reflash once done, will have same result. Any ideas?

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to have helped. Is it picking up your screen file hosted on HA? It sounds like it’s not picking that part up. Part 2 of this has been delayed a lot from me being away/ill but im gonna try and add a bunch of troubleshooting issues people have had in that video.

@alexruffell 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same issue. Did you figure out how to solve it? File is accessible but it uploads at a pace it will take hours to complete.

@Mi_gaming Жыл бұрын

hey mark, i got an question, i followed your alarmo video and am really happy with my alarm system,but can you put an alarm keypad on the nspanel? thanks already!

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

Hey :) you can yes. You will have to custom make one (although some people have made some you can just copy).

@michaelwhite5460 7 ай бұрын

As of today with HA version 2023.11. Your YAML spaniel.yaml will not compile any more - Validation problem seem to be resolved by replacing restore_state: with restore_mode: "DISABLED" - but then it will not compile : In file included from src/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_commands.cpp:1: src/esphome/components/nextion/nextion.h:324:35: error: 'esphome::time::ESPTime' has not been declared void set_nextion_rtc_time(time::ESPTime time); -- I don't have a clue - any ideas or is there a more up to date Github project with a suitable YAML?.

@rashanekiriya7396 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I have 4 units. got one unit white blank screen after upload tft file. I try re-flashing but the same result. any suggestion?

@rashanekiriya7396 2 жыл бұрын

and I got "System Date ERROR!" on screen after that. :(

@urkman5000 Жыл бұрын

Currently i have the issue that Home assistant wint Install Update 6.2 to the Panel which Version is currently 5.5 Any suggestions? Its the First Update which wont Install.

@PerfectMustage 4 ай бұрын

Nice work ! But can you update config ? :D I've got several problems in ns panel yaml file... :D

@The6burghsteelers 5 ай бұрын

is this still a viable option? i have nspanel with esp firmware installed but tft no longer updates since last version of home assistant update. I tried using your yaml to update the install on the nspanel to latest version aswell but it no longer updates tft... any ideas or insights into where or if you want to see the traces for more info any assitance wouold be a great help.

@michiel5229 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, but I got stuck at the end. The NSPanel got stuck at the Home Assistant logo. I cannot swipe or see any info or buttons. Any idea what has gone wrong?

@michiel5229 Жыл бұрын

Solved it by lowering the baud-rate in the YAML

@eddcole1 Жыл бұрын

Hi there i get a 500 error on the blueprint, when i save any idea what im doing wrong

@shawndamon3055 Жыл бұрын

The Dupont wires and the USB adapter... Does someone have any links for purchasing them ?

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

There are some in the description of my video :)

@jasonmarriott1058 Жыл бұрын

I am not getting any luck with the screen, just says disconnected status unknown. any ideas

@platima Жыл бұрын

Hey I've been getting "Upgrade response is 19". Packet capture shows the device is pulling the full file. Tried smaller and larger HMI files. Tried replacing the PR with the on_boot action to kick it out of reparse mode, tried dropping baud to 9600, calling the service without the log connected, etc. Any ideas?

@bchervenyakov Жыл бұрын

hi, did you resolve the issue, I have the same, and did the same as you. Interesting that initially I managed to upload the tft few times.

@platima Жыл бұрын

@@bchervenyakov There's a pile of updates on the Github page and I've not tried recently but I THINK it is, or is close, to be being fixed

@niray9469 2 жыл бұрын

How do you edit the icons on the panel

@MarkWattTech 2 жыл бұрын

Icons are set on the HMI file which is created in the Nextion editor. I will be showing this in a future video.

@GrantSoundsGood Жыл бұрын

so the "change me" is gone now. searching for change brings one result. not sure what happened . is there an updated file im not finding?

@dougbeard7624 6 ай бұрын

The nextion component is out of date, do you know of an alterative? [15:43:22][W][nextion:077]: Nextion is not connected! [15:43:22][W][component:214]: Component nextion.display took a long time for an operation (0.10 s). [15:43:22][W][component:215]: Components should block for at most 20-30ms.

@JoeyGE0 6 ай бұрын

I have the same issue

@charliemortonmusic 4 ай бұрын

Did you manage to solve this

@JoeyGE0 4 ай бұрын

@@charliemortonmusicyes

@Madeyalookdomoz Жыл бұрын

Anyone manage to send different hmi files to multiple nspanels?

@user-hq6du5tu6s 10 ай бұрын

Hi Mark, the flashing went well but when I come to the ESPHome: nspanel_upload_tft call service, HA reports back OK with a green tick but the panel does not update. Do you have any suggestions?

@filipondra1346 3 ай бұрын

I have a same problem, have you managed to fix it?

@urkman5000 Жыл бұрын

hey there. Do i have to define the Entities in the CHANGE ME Sections before flashing?

@MarkWattTech Жыл бұрын

Once it’s flashed and you have it in ESPHome your free to modify and update the config whenever :)

@urkman5000 Жыл бұрын

@@MarkWattTech alright sounds good. prepared my HA and ESPHome for the Flash. Panel impatiently awaited.

@05kapri Жыл бұрын

I followed all the steps. The tft file loaded unto the nspanel 100%. Now all I see is the HA logo screen. Restarted the device multiple times, no change. I can seem to push the tft file a 2nd time either. Tried renaming..nothing works.

@WwHIGHNESSwW Жыл бұрын

Hey mark , the TFT file not updating the the NSP panel I followed the steps exactly as you described, looking you kind for help or I lost 12 panels that I ordered 😢

@WwHIGHNESSwW Жыл бұрын

😮 now I tried stuck on intializing blue screen and it’s offline in HA tried many time no help , tride to flushed aging i got black screen Please mark helppppppp me ❤

@eprouve 10 ай бұрын

@@WwHIGHNESSwW did you manage to update the TFT? Now my NS Panel is a useless display showing 0 degress, at 00:00 all the time. Physical buttons don't work. I'm so mentally drained from reading all the suggetsions, and I have tried them all. Nothing works.

@MiteZZ Жыл бұрын

Hi, great video! I have the feeling I'm close but I get an error Reading from UART. Is this something you know how to fix? log: [11:32:56][E][uart:015]: Reading from UART timed out at byte 0! [11:32:56][W][nextion:078]: Nextion is not connected! thanks!!

@MiteZZ Жыл бұрын

nevermind, I did a PTP and went to installing over USART. thanks anyway for the vid!

@LucasFeijo 8 ай бұрын

This must be outdated. There are some API changes in the yaml that I was able to fix, but even after fixing those when I try to download the project I get many more errors from cpp methods that don't exist.