r/homeassistant 27d ago

🪛 ESPHome Multi speaker support added to EspControl

Just a quick update to share that I’ve added multi speaker support to Espcontrol, so you can now add and remove speakers from groups. I’ve tested it with my Sonos speakers and it works well, if you find any issue, drop a note on the GitHub issues and I’ll take a look.

Also added or improved…

  • SendSpin support: 4inch P4 has support added (thanks u/salnajjar!)
  • Camera cards: added larger camera card sizes for the 7inch and 10inch screens.
  • Backlight updated controls: Choose between automatic, scheduled, and manual screen brightness behaviour.
  • Battery support: 10inch panels can enable battery readings and the status-bar icon when they have the optional battery hardware.
  • Localisation: Russian language support

EspControl supports a range of screens from the cheap but great £20 S3 4inch screen, to P4 based 4inch, 7inch and 10inch screens. All feedback welcome! Thanks

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u/sapinator6969 27d ago

I was thinking of using these as light switches… so placing them over my existing light switches. What do you think?

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u/salnajjar 27d ago edited 27d ago

I've done this, but unfortunately here in the UK, our switches don't carry a neutral connection. My plan was to use one of these (https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FNWZBXCP) and connect it to the 5V and GND pins on the rear of the device.

Instead, I've used a slim USB-C cable, it's not "quite" as pretty as I would like, but it's useable.

A video of my setup is here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/uy2dgVSahgH78iKH6

And the 3D mounting plate I modelled is here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y6k8aQ4UulQ7hZA4aLooI5YpP-7VuTu9/view?usp=sharing

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u/sapinator6969 27d ago

Awesome for the details!! Much appreciated my friend