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d. Click “Add” button.
e. Search for “esphome.”
f. Click “Install.”
g. After installation, click “Start.”
h. Select “Add to Sidebar.”
3. Create a new device.
a. Click “ESPhome” in the sidebar to enter the ESPHome management page.
b. Select “New Device.”
c. Enter the device name, such as “PiPower Pro.”
d. For the first configuration, you also need to enter the Wi-Fi account and password.
e. Select “ESP32 S2.”
f. Confirm and skip the installation.
4. Configure the new device.
a. Select the device you just created and click “Edit” to enter the YAML editing page.
b. At the bottom, add the PiPower Pro template:
packages:
remote_package: github://sunfounder/pipower-pro/pipower-pro-
˓→template.yaml@main
c. Click “Install” in the upper right corner to install it on PiPower Pro.
4.9 Multiple PiPower Pro Units
If you have multiple PiPower Pro units to use in the same Home Assistant environment, you need to modify the YAML
settings. Add name_add_mac_suffix: true under “esphome.”
esphome:
name: pipower-pro
friendly_name: PiPower-Pro
name_add_mac_suffix: true
4.10 IO Expansion
J4 is used for expansion. The IO comes from ESP32 S2.
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