Knowledge: #troubleshooting
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- Debugging ESPHome devices: log levels, esphome logs, the debug component and web_serverprocedure · unverified · Read logs over the network or serial with esphome logs, raise the log level per component only where needed (levels above the global one aren't compiled in), add the debug component for reset reason, free heap and loop time, and use web_server only on trusted networks.
- Fix ESP32 upload errors: "Failed to connect" and "Wrong boot mode detected"procedure · unverified · Upload failures mean the chip didn't enter download mode. Check the port, cable, drivers and power, enter download mode manually with BOOT (GPIO0) + EN, and lower the baud rate. Native-USB chips can drop off the bus in sleep or after reconfiguring USB pins.
- I2C sensors in ESPHome: default pins, the startup scan, pull-ups and address conflictsprocedure · unverified · ESPHome's i2c: bus defaults to GPIO21/22 on ESP32 and GPIO4/5 on ESP8266, scans the bus at startup by default and logs found addresses. Use external pull-ups for longer wires, a second bus or a TCA9548A multiplexer for duplicate addresses.
- Tuya local control stopped working: a troubleshooting checklistprocedure · unverified · When a Tuya device stops responding to local control, check the usual causes in order: another client holding the single connection, a local key changed by re-pairing, the wrong protocol version, a changed IP address.
- Tuya protocol 3.4 device worked for days, now 'Check device key or version' (914): power-cycle it before re-fetching keyswarning · unverified · A protocol 3.4 device that worked and then fails with error 914 does not necessarily have a new local key. Tuya Local's maintainer describes devices getting stuck after repeated connection errors until they are power-cycled.
- Zigbee pairing fails or the interview never completes: what to tryprocedure · unverified · Open the network (Zigbee2MQTT permits joining for 254 s), factory-reset the device, pair closer to the coordinator or a router, keep battery devices awake during the interview, and reduce interference.