Can't connect to lights/connect them to home assistant

[ogitmb]

Hi I am trying and trying but can't get it to work...
No new devices are showing up in Home Assistant.
Any clue on what i could try or check based on my log-files?

Any ideas welcome :-)

I should have two lights within range:
- product_id: 0x41
device_type: RGB
name: EGLO Surface round
model: EFueva_300r
manufacturer: EGLO
- product_id: 0x3F
device_type: RGB
name: EGLO Surface round
model: EFueva_225r
manufacturer: EGLO

YAML
yaml.txt

LOGFILE ESP32-Device
logs_awox_logs (4).txt

I

NFO ESPHome 2023.10.6
INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/awox.yaml...
INFO Starting log output from awox-ble-mesh-hub/debug
INFO Connected to MQTT broker!
[00:04:09][C][mqtt:147]: Availability: 'awox-ble-mesh-hub/status'
[00:04:59][I][mqtt:274]: MQTT Connected!
[00:04:59][I][app:062]: setup() finished successfully!
[00:04:59][I][app:102]: ESPHome version 2023.10.6 compiled on Nov 10 2023, 23:26:03
[00:04:59][C][status_led:019]: Status LED:
[00:04:59][C][status_led:020]: Pin: GPIO2
[00:04:59][C][wifi:546]: WiFi:
[00:04:59][C][wifi:382]: Local MAC: 08:D1:F9:CE:E6:98
[00:04:59][C][wifi:383]: SSID: 'New_Paradise'[redacted]
[00:04:59][C][wifi:384]: IP Address: 192.168.178.170
[00:04:59][C][wifi:386]: BSSID: F0:B0:14:62:47:7F[redacted]
[00:04:59][C][wifi:387]: Hostname: 'awox-ble-mesh-hub'
[00:04:59][C][wifi:389]: Signal strength: -64 dB ▂▄▆█
[00:04:59][C][wifi:393]: Channel: 6
[00:04:59][C][wifi:394]: Subnet: 255.255.255.0
[00:04:59][C][wifi:395]: Gateway: 192.168.178.1
[00:04:59][C][wifi:396]: DNS1: 192.168.178.1
[00:04:59][C][wifi:397]: DNS2: 0.0.0.0
[00:04:59][C][logger:416]: Logger:
[00:04:59][C][logger:417]: Level: DEBUG
[00:04:59][C][logger:418]: Log Baud Rate: 115200
[00:04:59][C][logger:420]: Hardware UART: UART0
[00:04:59][C][esp32_ble:238]: ESP32 BLE:
[00:04:59][C][esp32_ble:240]: MAC address: 08:D1:F9:CE:E6:9A
[00:04:59][C][esp32_ble:241]: IO Capability: none
[00:04:59][C][esp32_ble_tracker:617]: BLE Tracker:
[00:04:59][C][esp32_ble_tracker:618]: Scan Duration: 300 s
[00:04:59][C][esp32_ble_tracker:619]: Scan Interval: 320.0 ms
[00:04:59][C][esp32_ble_tracker:620]: Scan Window: 30.0 ms
[00:04:59][C][esp32_ble_tracker:621]: Scan Type: PASSIVE
[00:04:59][C][esp32_ble_tracker:622]: Continuous Scanning: True
[00:05:00][C][mdns:115]: mDNS:
[00:05:00][C][mdns:116]: Hostname: awox-ble-mesh-hub
[00:05:00][C][ota:097]: Over-The-Air Updates:
[00:05:00][C][ota:098]: Address: awox-ble-mesh-hub.local:3232
[00:05:00][C][ota:101]: Using Password.
[00:05:00][W][ota:107]: Last Boot was an unhandled reset, will proceed to safe mode in 3 restarts
[00:05:00][C][mqtt:133]: MQTT:
[00:05:00][C][mqtt:135]: Server Address: 192.168.178.171:1883 (192.168.178.171)
[00:05:00][C][mqtt:136]: Username: 'mqttAwox'[redacted]
[00:05:00][C][mqtt:137]: Client ID: 'awox-ble-mesh-hub-08d1f9cee698'[redacted]
[00:05:00][C][mqtt:139]: Discovery prefix: 'homeassistant'
[00:05:00][C][mqtt:140]: Discovery retain: YES
[00:05:00][C][mqtt:142]: Topic Prefix: 'awox-ble-mesh-hub'
[00:05:00][C][mqtt:144]: Log Topic: 'awox-ble-mesh-hub/debug'
[00:05:00][C][mqtt:147]: Availability: 'awox-ble-mesh-hub/status'
[00:05:00][D][esp-idf:000]: W (28768) BT_APPL: gattc_conn_cb: if=3 st=0 id=3 rsn=0x3e

[00:05:00][D][esp-idf:000]: W (28773) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:00][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:00][D][mesh_device:142]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] ESP_GATTC_DISCONNECT_EVT, reason 62
[00:05:00][I][mesh_device:478]: Publish connected to mesh device - offline
[00:05:00][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:00][W][esp32_ble_client:134]: [0] [] Connection failed, status=133
[00:05:00][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:00][D][esp32_ble_tracker:246]: Starting scan...
[00:05:00][D][AwoxMesh:042]: scan end
[00:05:00][D][AwoxMesh:056]: Total devices: 2
[00:05:00][D][AwoxMesh:058]: Available device A4:C1:38:79:28:63 => rssi: -77
[00:05:00][D][AwoxMesh:058]: Available device A4:C1:38:A1:19:17 => rssi: -92
[00:05:00][I][AwoxMesh:062]: Try to connect A4:C1:38:79:28:63 => rssi: -77
[00:05:00][I][mesh_device:478]: Publish connected to mesh device - offline
[00:05:00][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:00][D][esp32_ble_client:048]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] Found device
[00:05:00][I][MeshDevice:167]: DISCOVERED
[00:05:00][D][esp32_ble_tracker:214]: Pausing scan to make connection...
[00:05:00][I][MeshDevice:171]: READY_TO_CONNECT
[00:05:00][I][esp32_ble_client:064]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] 0x00 Attempting BLE connection
[00:05:00][I][MeshDevice:175]: CONNECTING
[00:05:01][D][esp-idf:000]: W (29323) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:01][D][esp-idf:000]: W (29488) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:03][D][esp-idf:000]: W (31889) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:03][D][esp-idf:000]: W (32230) BT_APPL: gattc_conn_cb: if=3 st=0 id=3 rsn=0x3e

[00:05:03][D][esp-idf:000]: W (32234) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:03][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:03][D][mesh_device:142]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] ESP_GATTC_DISCONNECT_EVT, reason 62
[00:05:03][I][mesh_device:478]: Publish connected to mesh device - offline
[00:05:03][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:03][W][esp32_ble_client:134]: [0] [] Connection failed, status=133
[00:05:03][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:03][D][esp32_ble_tracker:246]: Starting scan...
[00:05:03][D][AwoxMesh:042]: scan end
[00:05:03][D][AwoxMesh:056]: Total devices: 2
[00:05:03][D][AwoxMesh:058]: Available device A4:C1:38:79:28:63 => rssi: -77
[00:05:03][D][AwoxMesh:058]: Available device A4:C1:38:A1:19:17 => rssi: -92
[00:05:03][I][AwoxMesh:062]: Try to connect A4:C1:38:79:28:63 => rssi: -77
[00:05:03][I][mesh_device:478]: Publish connected to mesh device - offline
[00:05:08][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:08][D][esp32_ble_client:048]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] Found device
[00:05:08][I][MeshDevice:167]: DISCOVERED
[00:05:08][D][esp32_ble_tracker:214]: Pausing scan to make connection...
[00:05:08][I][MeshDevice:171]: READY_TO_CONNECT
[00:05:08][I][esp32_ble_client:064]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] 0x00 Attempting BLE connection
[00:05:08][I][MeshDevice:175]: CONNECTING
[00:05:08][D][esp-idf:000]: W (32758) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:08][D][esp-idf:000]: W (33688) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:08][D][esp-idf:000]: W (35358) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:08][D][esp-idf:000]: W (35938) BT_APPL: gattc_conn_cb: if=3 st=0 id=3 rsn=0x3e

[00:05:08][D][esp-idf:000]: W (35941) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:08][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:08][D][mesh_device:142]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] ESP_GATTC_DISCONNECT_EVT, reason 62
[00:05:08][I][mesh_device:478]: Publish connected to mesh device - offline
[00:05:08][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:08][W][esp32_ble_client:134]: [0] [] Connection failed, status=133
[00:05:08][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:08][W][component:214]: Component esp32_ble took a long time for an operation (0.42 s).
[00:05:08][W][component:215]: Components should block for at most 20-30ms.
[00:05:08][D][esp32_ble_tracker:246]: Starting scan...
[00:05:08][D][AwoxMesh:042]: scan end
[00:05:08][D][AwoxMesh:056]: Total devices: 2
[00:05:08][D][AwoxMesh:058]: Available device A4:C1:38:79:28:63 => rssi: -77
[00:05:08][D][AwoxMesh:058]: Available device A4:C1:38:A1:19:17 => rssi: -92
[00:05:08][I][AwoxMesh:062]: Try to connect A4:C1:38:79:28:63 => rssi: -77
[00:05:08][I][mesh_device:478]: Publish connected to mesh device - offline
[00:05:08][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:08][D][esp32_ble_client:048]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] Found device
[00:05:08][I][MeshDevice:167]: DISCOVERED
[00:05:08][D][esp32_ble_tracker:214]: Pausing scan to make connection...
[00:05:08][I][MeshDevice:171]: READY_TO_CONNECT
[00:05:08][I][esp32_ble_client:064]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] 0x00 Attempting BLE connection
[00:05:08][I][MeshDevice:175]: CONNECTING
[00:05:08][D][esp-idf:000]: W (36853) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:09][D][esp-idf:000]: W (37393) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:09][D][esp-idf:000]: W (37738) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:10][D][esp-idf:000]: W (38623) BT_APPL: gattc_conn_cb: if=3 st=0 id=3 rsn=0x3e

[00:05:10][D][esp-idf:000]: W (38633) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:10][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:10][D][mesh_device:142]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] ESP_GATTC_DISCONNECT_EVT, reason 62
[00:05:10][I][mesh_device:478]: Publish connected to mesh device - offline
[00:05:10][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:10][W][esp32_ble_client:134]: [0] [] Connection failed, status=133
[00:05:10][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:10][D][esp32_ble_tracker:246]: Starting scan...
[00:05:10][D][AwoxMesh:042]: scan end
[00:05:10][D][AwoxMesh:056]: Total devices: 2
[00:05:10][D][AwoxMesh:058]: Available device A4:C1:38:79:28:63 => rssi: -77
[00:05:10][D][AwoxMesh:058]: Available device A4:C1:38:A1:19:17 => rssi: -92
[00:05:10][I][AwoxMesh:062]: Try to connect A4:C1:38:79:28:63 => rssi: -77
[00:05:10][I][mesh_device:478]: Publish connected to mesh device - offline
[00:05:10][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:10][D][esp32_ble_client:048]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] Found device
[00:05:10][I][MeshDevice:167]: DISCOVERED
[00:05:10][D][esp32_ble_tracker:214]: Pausing scan to make connection...
[00:05:10][I][MeshDevice:171]: READY_TO_CONNECT
[00:05:10][I][esp32_ble_client:064]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] 0x00 Attempting BLE connection
[00:05:10][I][MeshDevice:175]: CONNECTING
[00:05:10][D][esp-idf:000]: W (38969) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:12][D][esp-idf:000]: W (40978) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:32][I][mqtt:274]: MQTT Connected!
[00:05:32][I][app:062]: setup() finished successfully!
[00:05:32][I][app:102]: ESPHome version 2023.10.6 compiled on Nov 10 2023, 23:26:03
[00:05:32][C][status_led:019]: Status LED:
[00:05:32][C][status_led:020]: Pin: GPIO2
[00:05:32][C][wifi:546]: WiFi:
[00:05:32][C][wifi:382]: Local MAC: 08:D1:F9:CE:E6:98
[00:05:32][C][wifi:383]: SSID: 'New_Paradise'[redacted]
[00:05:32][C][wifi:384]: IP Address: 192.168.178.170
[00:05:32][C][wifi:386]: BSSID: F0:B0:14:62:47:7F[redacted]
[00:05:32][C][wifi:387]: Hostname: 'awox-ble-mesh-hub'
[00:05:32][C][wifi:389]: Signal strength: -65 dB ▂▄▆█
[00:05:32][C][wifi:393]: Channel: 6
[00:05:32][C][wifi:394]: Subnet: 255.255.255.0
[00:05:33][C][wifi:395]: Gateway: 192.168.178.1
[00:05:33][C][wifi:396]: DNS1: 192.168.178.1
[00:05:33][C][wifi:397]: DNS2: 0.0.0.0
[00:05:33][C][logger:416]: Logger:
[00:05:33][C][logger:417]: Level: DEBUG
[00:05:33][C][logger:418]: Log Baud Rate: 115200
[00:05:33][C][logger:420]: Hardware UART: UART0
[00:05:33][C][esp32_ble:238]: ESP32 BLE:
[00:05:33][C][esp32_ble:240]: MAC address: 08:D1:F9:CE:E6:9A
[00:05:33][C][esp32_ble:241]: IO Capability: none
[00:05:33][C][esp32_ble_tracker:617]: BLE Tracker:
[00:05:33][C][esp32_ble_tracker:618]: Scan Duration: 300 s
[00:05:33][C][esp32_ble_tracker:619]: Scan Interval: 320.0 ms
[00:05:33][C][esp32_ble_tracker:620]: Scan Window: 30.0 ms
[00:05:33][C][esp32_ble_tracker:621]: Scan Type: PASSIVE
[00:05:33][C][esp32_ble_tracker:622]: Continuous Scanning: True
[00:05:33][C][mdns:115]: mDNS:
[00:05:33][C][mdns:116]: Hostname: awox-ble-mesh-hub
[00:05:33][C][ota:097]: Over-The-Air Updates:
[00:05:33][C][ota:098]: Address: awox-ble-mesh-hub.local:3232
[00:05:33][C][ota:101]: Using Password.
[00:05:33][W][ota:107]: Last Boot was an unhandled reset, will proceed to safe mode in 2 restarts
[00:05:33][C][mqtt:133]: MQTT:
[00:05:33][C][mqtt:135]: Server Address: 192.168.178.171:1883 (192.168.178.171)
[00:05:33][C][mqtt:136]: Username: 'mqttAwox'[redacted]
[00:05:33][C][mqtt:137]: Client ID: 'awox-ble-mesh-hub-08d1f9cee698'[redacted]
[00:05:33][C][mqtt:139]: Discovery prefix: 'homeassistant'
[00:05:33][C][mqtt:140]: Discovery retain: YES
[00:05:33][C][mqtt:142]: Topic Prefix: 'awox-ble-mesh-hub'
[00:05:33][C][mqtt:144]: Log Topic: 'awox-ble-mesh-hub/debug'
[00:05:33][C][mqtt:147]: Availability: 'awox-ble-mesh-hub/status'
[00:05:44][D][AwoxMesh:056]: Total devices: 2
[00:05:55][D][AwoxMesh:058]: Available device A4:C1:38:79:28:63 => rssi: -77
[00:05:55][D][AwoxMesh:058]: Available device A4:C1:38:A1:19:17 => rssi: -93
[00:05:55][I][AwoxMesh:062]: Try to connect A4:C1:38:79:28:63 => rssi: -77
[00:05:55][I][mesh_device:478]: Publish connected to mesh device - offline
[00:05:55][I][MeshDevice:159]: IDLE
[00:05:55][D][esp32_ble_client:048]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] Found device
[00:05:55][I][MeshDevice:167]: DISCOVERED
[00:05:55][D][esp32_ble_tracker:214]: Pausing scan to make connection...
[00:05:55][I][MeshDevice:171]: READY_TO_CONNECT
[00:05:55][I][esp32_ble_client:064]: [0] [A4:C1:38:79:28:63] 0x00 Attempting BLE connection
[00:05:55][I][MeshDevice:175]: CONNECTING
[00:05:55][D][esp-idf:000]: W (21608) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:55][D][esp-idf:000]: W (24581) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[00:05:55][D][esp-idf:000]: W (27308) BT_HCI: hcif disc complete: hdl 0x0, rsn 0x3e

[fsaris]

Do you have the correct board type configured for the device your using?

esp32:
  # Match this with the board your using
  board: nodemcu-32s

The devices are recognized, but connection fails

[fsaris]

Also try to enable verbose logging maybe it tells you more about why it fails to connect

[ogitmb]

thank you so much for taking the time to look over it - I am happy to have someone working on the awox integration

The board was actually one of the issues, after i changed it (and also created a new awox account, did a factory reset on the lights and added them to the new awox account) it did kind of work for a moment.
It connected to one of the lights and I was able to see it in the mqtt integration and added it to home assistant and could turn on/off. After a few minutes the connection to that light was lost but in that moment the other one connected and i could add and control it as well.

Log:
logs_awox_logs_2200_connected with One,then dropped it and connected to the other one.txt

But after that i had the lights turned off and also had the esp32 restarted (as i unplugged it from the pc to connect it directly to a power plug). i could not get it to connect again at all.
I recompiled the yaml with very_verboose logging to see the details but i'm not really identifying the underlying issue :-/
It does always find both lights but the conenctions keeps failing
logs_awox_logs_2328_verboosenotworkinganymore.txt

Any sugggestions?

[fsaris]

It looks to be out of range to make a connection. The esp sees the BLE devices (you gat a rssi value for each device) but it's not enough to connect. Most esphome antennes aren't that great 😬

Try moving it nearer to one of the devices

[ogitmb]

ok, tried it with the esp right next to it (and the rssi was much better) --> however was not able to connect again.
I am now also running into the issue, that the lamps are responding really bad if i try the regular conenction via phone. Even after I have turned the esp off and reset the lamps. Did you run into that issue at any point as well?

[OkOtChA666]

I'm having the same issue. Device goes into bootloolp

[Trellmor]

For what it's worth, I had the same problem using a generic ESP32-WROOM board and a generic ESP32-C3-SuperMini. I got it to detect my lights once, but they became unavailable afterwards and nothing I tried got them back.

I bought a NodeMCU-ESP-32S-Kit from AZ-Delivery, changed the board im my yaml to nodemcu-32s and now it works. Lets hope it stays that way :). So yeah, maybe there are some compatibility problems with some ESP32 variants?

Thanks for the great work @fsaris by the way. Took some time to get it running but seems to work well.