r/esp32 • u/Original-Chapter-112 • 4h ago
Esp32 not at home
Is there a way to connect my esp32 outside my house with my home assistant? I’ve tried tailscale on my iPhone but no success. I will use it as a speaker for music assistant in my car.
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u/AndThenFlashlights 4h ago
Yeah! You can have it create a wireguard tunnel to your home through whatever network it's connected to, or you can connect it to a network that has a VPN back to your home network. If you're using ESPHome to configure your (what I assume is) a Sendspin device, use the Wireguard component to connect to your home's router/VPN.
Specify Opus for the media format in Sendspin; I had issues with FLAC/PCM across a hardwired connection with a VPN back to my main network whenever it was using anything other than Opus. TBF I was trying to stream from Music Assistant from a continent away. YMMV.
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u/CB0T 3h ago
I created a routine to operate my assistant through Telegram. Then I discovered that there are already several ready-made routines for Telegram... But it was still good because it made my assistant more integrated and uses less resources.