ESPHome 2021.8.0 - 18th August 2021

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ESPHome 2021.8.0 - 18th August 2021

AM43
AM43
AM43 Cover
AM43 Cover
Color Temperature Light
Color Temperature Light
Demo
Demo
DSMR
DSMR
HRXL MaxSonar WR
HRXL MaxSonar WR
PipSolar - compatible PV Inverter
PipSolar - compatible PV Inverter
PM1006 Sensor
PM1006 Sensor
PMSA003I
PMSA003I
RGBCT Light
RGBCT Light
SDP3x
SDP3x
Selec Meter
Selec Meter
T6613/15
T6613/15
TLC5947
TLC5947
Select Core
Select Core
Template Select
Template Select
TSL2591
TSL2591
Since starting monthly cycles, it just made sense to make this release, ESPHome 2021.8.0. From now ESPHome will be versioned according to the year and month of the release. We hope that this will not confuse everyone too much =).

There are a bunch of new integrations this release as seen above and a few breaking changes below. Hopefully nothing has been missed out.

Also, look at that nice sorted and categorized home page of sensors. Thanks to @patfelst for doing this.

Select Entities Copy link to header

ESPHome devices can now create Select entities in Home Assistant. This allows you to not have to create input_select from HA and then import the current option into ESPHome. The chosen option can be updated from both sides and will be reflected accordinlgy.

Light Color Modes Copy link to header

@oxan has been at it working hard on getting the all of the light code up to scratch and working really well with the latest changes to Home Assistant. This is mostly an internal change, but ESPHome has been updated to properly support Home Assistant’s color modes for lights. For the most part it mainly fixes issues that have come up with the color mode on Home Assistant not doing what people expected in ESPHome.

DSMR Copy link to header

@glmnet and @zuidwijk have worked together to bring DSMR support to ESPHome. This platform allows you to read your DSMR smart meter via the P1 port. Check out the repoExternal link with more info on the hardware required for this.

Thermostat Breaking changes Copy link to header

@kbx81 Has made a few changes to the thermostat climate platform in esphome#2032, esphome#2073 and esphome#2114 to allow for the many different use cases that everyone has. Unfortunately this means you might need to make some changes to your YAML configuration to utilize the new code.

  • hysteresis has been replaced with cool_deadband, cool_overrun, heat_deadband and heat_overrun.

  • Climate action timers now govern how quickly climate actions may be called:

  • min_idle_time is required for all configurations.

  • min_cooling_off_time and min_cooling_run_time are required where cool_action or dry_action is used.

  • min_heating_off_time and min_heating_run_time are required where heat_action is used.

  • min_fanning_off_time and min_fanning_run_time are required where fan_only_action is used.

  • min_fan_mode_switching_time is required where any fan_mode actions (ex.: fan_mode_auto_action, fan_mode_on_action) are used.

Anova Souve Copy link to header

There is a change with the Anova BLE Souve climate platform that has a new required config option: unit_of_measurement.

Home Assistant Add-on Copy link to header

For a while there has been an option in the Add-on to allow specifying the esphome_version which would allow the addon to download a specific version to use. This has been removed in this release as it causes more issues than it solves. It may be added back to the development addon only in the future if there is demand, but the stable add-ons should stay stable. If you need to downgrade the esphome version because a new version does not work the way you expect, then you should be using the snapshot/backup feature built into Home Assistant Supervisor to rollback.

Release 2021.8.1 - August 24 Copy link to header

Release 2021.8.2 - August 25 Copy link to header

Full list of changes Copy link to header

New Features Copy link to header

New Components Copy link to header

Breaking Changes Copy link to header

Beta Fixes Copy link to header

Notable Changes Copy link to header

All changes Copy link to header

Past Changelogs Copy link to header

ESPHome 2021.8.0 - 18th August 2021

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