Changelog

This page lists what changes in boneIO ESP firmware and in the public YAML configurations, newest release first. Each change says who it affects:

• Factory firmware — a controller running the firmware it shipped with or the one from the installer at boneio.eu/esp. The new version arrives through the Firmware entity in Home Assistant; you don't have to copy anything.
• YAML configuration — a change in the controller's public file. If you adopted the controller in ESPHome Builder, your copy of the configuration won't get it: copy the change yourself and compile the firmware.

The full history is in the boneIO-eu/esphome repository.

2026.10.1-b6

YAML configuration — Dimmer LED v0.3 (8 channels, 2× RGBW, 4× CCT):

• One press toggled the light twice. Inputs IN_05–IN_08 are wired straight to ESP32 pins, and ESPHome reads them with interrupts by default, which catch every contact bounce. IN_01–IN_04 sit on the PCF8574 expander and never had this problem. The fix for IN_05–IN_08:

  binary_sensor:
    - platform: gpio
      name: 'IN_05'
      id: in_05
      use_interrupt: false
      pin:
        number: 36

  The same for in_06 (pin 39), in_07 (34) and in_08 (35). If that isn't enough, add the filters delayed_on: 30ms and delayed_off: 30ms.

• Hostname sensor removed — it didn't work. It comes back once fixed.

• Firmware upload through the browser removed (it had no password), as on the other controllers since 2026.10.1-b1. Remove - platform: web_server from the ota section of your configuration.

2026.10.1-b5

Factory firmware:

• 32x10, Cover and Cover Mix v0.5/v0.6 get a single firmware from the installer — Switches + web panel (Cover: Web panel) — with no Firmware variant list. The YAML files for these versions stay in the repository for adoption.
• Version v0.7 is now called v0.7+ in the installer — the same firmware runs on v0.8 and v0.9 controllers.

2026.10.1-b4

Factory firmware:

• One Firmware variant list in Home Assistant instead of separate Dimmer mode and Web panel lists. The options match the installer, e.g. "Lights" / "Lights + web panel". See Changing the firmware variant.

2026.10.1-b3

YAML configuration — Dimmer LED gen2:

• Local control. An input toggles the channel with the same number: 8 channels IN_01–IN_08, 2× RGBW IN_01–IN_02, 4× CCT IN_01–IN_04. The Local control switch turns this off. Before, Dimmer gen2 inputs didn't toggle anything — if you have Home Assistant automations on these inputs, turn Local control off, otherwise the light toggles twice.

Factory firmware:

• A Web panel list in Home Assistant turns the device page on and off (replaced by the Firmware variant list in b4).

2026.10.1-b2

YAML configuration — 32x10, 8x10A gen2, Cover, Cover Mix:

• Local control switch. When it is off, inputs don't switch outputs on the controller and only report their state to Home Assistant. Every on_press/on_release action of the inputs now has a condition:

  switch:
    - platform: template
      id: local_control
      name: Local control
      icon: mdi:gesture-tap-button
      entity_category: config
      optimistic: true
      restore_mode: RESTORE_DEFAULT_ON
  
  binary_sensor:
    - platform: gpio
      name: 'IN_01'
      # ...
      on_press:
        - if:
            condition:
              switch.is_on: local_control
            then:
              - light.toggle: light_01

  See Local control.

2026.10.1-b1

ESPHome 2026.10.1.

Factory firmware:

• Updates from Home Assistant through the Firmware entity. The controller checks for them after every start and every 6 hours. Older controllers get this entity after flashing the firmware from the installer once.
• Encrypted connection to Home Assistant — Home Assistant sets the key on first connection.
• Device page only on request — the + web panel option in the installer.
• Dimmer gen2: switching the mode (8 channels, 2× RGBW, 4× CCT) from Home Assistant.
• The installer offers to erase the device during installation.

Details: Security.

YAML configuration — all controllers on sale:

• Firmware upload through the browser removed (it had no password). Remove from your configuration:

  ota:
    - platform: web_server

• Configurations of discontinued controllers (24x16, Dimmer LED v0.3) moved to the discontinued/ folder and still get firmware.

2026.8.1-b1

ESPHome 2026.8.1, boneIO packages v2.1.0.

2026.5.3-b1

ESPHome 2026.5.3.

YAML configuration:

• 32x10, Cover, Cover Mix and 24x16: the Modbus pins (GPIO14, GPIO15) are reset at startup, and RX has a pull-up in the commented-out uart example — without this, Modbus could fail to work.
• 24x16: missing id for inputs in_33, in_34, in_35.

2026.4.0-b1

ESPHome 2026.4.0.