Blackymas/NSPanel_HA_Blueprint v2025110

v2025110 - Display Light Add-on & Bug Fixes

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Summary

This release introduces an optional display control light entity add-on, prepares the codebase
for upcoming ESPHome 2025.11.x optimizations, and includes numerous bug fixes, some imported
from the unreleased v4.4 branch.

Key Enhancements

Panel Display Control via Light Entity (Add-on)

Added optional light entity add-on for display control - introduced a new add-on that
exposes display brightness, wake-up, and sleep control through a standard light entity in Home
Assistant.

New capabilities:

• Control display brightness through a light entity
• Wake up the display by turning the light on
• Put the display to sleep by turning the light off
• Native integration with Home Assistant lighting controls and automations

Configuration:
To enable this add-on, uncomment the following line in your ESPHome YAML packages section:

packages:
  remote_package:
    url: https://github.com/Blackymas/NSPanel_HA_Blueprint
    ref: main
    files:
      - nspanel_esphome.yaml
      # Optional add-ons
      - esphome/nspanel_esphome_addon_display_light.yaml  # Uncomment to enable

Migration:

• If using custom display light configuration: Remove your custom YAML and use this add-on
  instead for official support
• If not using display light control: No action required, this is optional

Use cases:

• Control display brightness alongside room lights
• Include display in "all lights off" automations
• Schedule display sleep/wake times using existing light automation tools
• Unified control interface for all lighting including the panel

Issues Reference: #2091

Result: Optional add-on providing display control via light entity, with cleaner integration
than previous custom configurations.

ESPHome 2025.11.x Optimization Support

Prepared code for new ESPHome optimizations - updated codebase to take advantage of new
optimization features coming in ESPHome 2025.11.x (expected release: November 19, 2025).

Improvements:

• Code optimized for upcoming ESPHome 2025.11.x features
• Maintains backward compatibility with current ESPHome versions
• Ready to leverage performance improvements when ESPHome 2025.11.x is released

Note: These optimizations will automatically activate when upgrading to ESPHome 2025.11.0 or
later. No configuration changes required.

Result: Future-ready codebase prepared for ESPHome 2025.11.x performance improvements.

Bug Fixes

Multiple Issue Resolutions

Fixed numerous bugs from v2025102 and unreleased v4.4 - resolved various issues including
bug fixes that were developed for v4.4 but never released.

Fix sources:

• Issues reported after v2025102 release
• Bug fixes from unreleased v4.4 branch integrated into this release
• General stability and reliability improvements

Result: Improved overall stability with comprehensive bug fixes from multiple development
branches.

Display control light entity and extensive bug fixes.