Max Gramser
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GitHub issue #8: Home Assistant on a server or virtual machine is out of reach of the screen. New screen and Firmware & USB get a Download choice: ESP Screens builds the profile's firmware as always and offers ESPHome's factory image, which the owner flashes with ESPHome Web in Chrome or Edge. - Firmware: a download job compiles without uploading; only the image of the profile's latest successful build in this process is served, a new job withdraws it, and a build without a factory image fails. - USB on the Home Assistant machine stays first in both lists, also before a board is plugged in; Download and Later stay chosen once picked. - The not-yet-in-Home-Assistant card knows a downloaded screen. - The device name pattern is valid again under Chrome's v flag. - Docs: README, DOCS, EASY_SETUP, DOCKER, TROUBLESHOOTING. App only; firmware stays 0.2.58. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Installation and everyday use
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See [the full installation guide](https://github.com/MaxGramser/homeassistant_espscreen/blob/main/docs/EASY_SETUP.md).
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Open **Settings → New screen** to install a screen: connect it via USB to the
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Home Assistant machine, choose the board, name and USB port, then click **Install**.
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The profile with unique keys goes into the ESPHome folder of the HA configuration,
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any missing Wi-Fi goes into `secrets.yaml` (existing secrets are left untouched), and the
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build and flash run in the same window; it then shows the API key
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for pairing. Is the Home Assistant machine out of reach of the screen, such as a server or a
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virtual machine? Choose **Download** under **Install via**: ESP Screens builds the firmware and
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you put it on the screen from your own computer with [ESPHome Web](https://web.esphome.io) in
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Chrome or Edge. 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. **Settings → Firmware & USB** is
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for existing profiles: check, build or reinstall via USB, the IP address (OTA) or
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Download. Existing ESPHome profiles in the HA config folder are
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found automatically.
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**Settings** (top right) also has the nightly firmware updates, the **Alerts** cheatsheet
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(an alert on one screen, or on every screen with the `esp_screens_show_alert` event)
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and **Claude**: install the ESP Screens skill for Claude Code in Home Assistant, or
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download it for claude.ai, and ask Claude for the alert automation.
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At the top of the editor you set the **Top bar** for each screen: the name on the left, up
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to six items on the right (time, analog clock, date, or an entity with an icon, such as
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temperature, a door, the alarm, or "last changed"). Drag to reorder, tap
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to configure; firmware 0.2.32 or newer renders them.
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After pairing via the HA ESPHome integration, choose the tiles in ESP Screens.
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**Tile settings** has click behavior, larger values and mini-sliders.
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**Screen settings** has brightness and standby. **Inspector** helps with
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missing attributes or an offline screen. New cards require firmware 0.2.0.
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Each screen also has **Override YAML** for a persistent, hardware-specific
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`<screen>.local.yaml` file. It is loaded after the shared package and does not
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replace the managed name, credentials, Wi-Fi, OTA or package connection.
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The screen carries the same settings itself (firmware 0.2.44 or newer): hold the top bar for
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about a second and a half, or put the built-in **Settings** card on a page. What is changed
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there appears here within a second, and the other way around.
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In Home Assistant every screen also has a **Wake** and a **Sleep** button (firmware 0.2.45 or
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newer). Press them from an automation with `button.press`: Wake lights the screen up and restarts the
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standby time, Sleep puts the screen in standby right away, also with Auto standby off. Wake is not a
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touch, so an open card or a later page still goes back to page 1 on time (firmware 0.2.56 or newer).
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