Max Gramser
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Everything a user sees or reads is now English: both boards' labels, status replies and logs, the ESP Screens editor and Alerts cheatsheet, and the README and guides (docs/TILES.md, CALIBRATING.md, ACCEPTANCE.md and TROUBLESHOOTING.md replace the Dutch file names). Labels follow Home Assistant's own English names (Heat/Cool modes, Heating/Cooling actions, Away, Returning to dock, weather conditions), dates use English abbreviations and the top bar writes numbers the English way. Docs use HA 2026.9's menu names (Settings -> Apps, App store, Settings -> Tools). Unused legacy files (home-like.yaml, buttons.yaml, a.out) are removed. Firmware 0.2.34 names its entities in English. Home Assistant registers a renamed ESPHome entity under a new entity ID, so the inbox text.<screen>_tegelinstellingen becomes text.<screen>_tile_settings and the layout stored under the old ID would be lost. The manager now recognises the screen by its device, during a run or after a restart, and moves its layout and update history along; the Update button and the nightly round follow the screen through the rename. Screens that still run 0.2.33 or older keep working: both languages are matched. Main is the only release branch from now on. Tested on a Home Assistant Yellow (HA 2026.9.1) with both bench boards: see docs/TEST_RESULTS_0240.md. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Installation and everyday use
See the full installation guide.
Open New screen to install a screen: connect it via USB to the
Home Assistant machine, choose the board, name and USB port, then click Install.
The profile with unique keys goes into the ESPHome folder of the HA configuration,
any missing Wi-Fi goes into secrets.yaml (existing secrets are left untouched), and the
build and flash run in the same window; it then shows the API key
for pairing. Pairing itself happens in Home Assistant under Settings → Devices & services (a button in the window and on the not yet in Home Assistant card under My screens). Each screen has its own profile. Firmware & USB is
for existing profiles: check, build or reinstall via USB or
the IP address (OTA). Existing ESPHome profiles in the HA config folder are
found automatically.
At the top of the editor you set the Top bar for each screen: the name on the left, up to six items on the right (time, analog clock, date, or an entity with an icon, such as temperature, a door, the alarm, or "last changed"). Drag to reorder, tap to configure; firmware 0.2.32 or newer renders them.
After pairing via the HA ESPHome integration, choose the tiles in ESP Screens. Tile settings has click behavior, larger values and mini-sliders. Screen settings has brightness and standby. Inspector helps with missing attributes or an offline screen. New cards require firmware 0.2.0.