Could not find __init__.py file for component binary_sensor.

[bgardner46]

I have been using this esphome implementation for quite a while and it has worked great. I wanted to make a change to add min_auth_mode and when I tried to validate the existing YAML I got the following error:

=====================

INFO Reading configuration /config/esphome/DscAlarmESP32.yaml...
Failed config

external_components: [source /config/esphome/DscAlarmESP32.yaml:62]

• source: github://Dilbert66/esphome-components@main
  components:

  • dsc_alarm_panel

  Could not find init.py file for component binary_sensor. Please check the component is defined by this source (search path: /data/external_components/7f9d0dc0/components/binary_sensor/init.py).

  • binary_sensor
  • text_sensor

=====================

I had not made any changes since I first implemented this so I was surprised. Is this something I should have done something about?

Thanks for any help or suggestions and for creating this implementation.

By the way I have some PCBs that I had made up if anyone is interested.

Bob

[bgardner46]

Here I am back answering my own question but maybe it will be helpful for someone else in the future.

I had to replace this line:

components: [dsc_alarm_panel,binary_sensor,text_sensor]

with this line:

components: [dsc_alarm_panel,dsc_alarm_panel/binary_sensor,dsc_alarm_panel/text_sensor]

I also had to comment out all of the id_code: tags for example:

• platform: template
  #id_code: z1
  name: "Smoke Alarm (z1)"
  device_class: smoke
  publish_initial_state: true

I hope this helps someone out in the future.

Bob

[Dilbert66]

Actually, that's not correct. The format of the yaml file is changed. The platform should be "platform: dsc_alarm_panel" and not template for all the sensors. You do not remove the id_code. You need it OR the id field. See the example in the repository:

https://github.com/Dilbert66/esphome-dsckeybus/blob/master/DscAlarm.yaml

[bgardner46]

Okay, thank you. It looks like I have a lot of changes to make. I'll work on this tomorrow and update my file to match the current example. Thanks, Bob

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