Feedback
The description for passive is confusing, and might be outright wrong, but I can't be sure. It also confused GPT-5.4, who interpreted passive: true to work in a way it doesn't (it told me that my wiring was to blame, not the fact that we hadn't called capture, okay bot)
Here it is:
If the sound level component is configured in passive mode, then it will only measure sound levels when another ESPHome component is capturing audio from the microphone. If disabled, then you must manually start and stop capturing using actions (see Sound Level Actions). When passive mode is disabled, it will automatically start the microphone when the component sets up.
URL
https://esphome.io/components/sensor/sound_level/
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Feedback
The description for passive is confusing, and might be outright wrong, but I can't be sure. It also confused GPT-5.4, who interpreted passive: true to work in a way it doesn't (it told me that my wiring was to blame, not the fact that we hadn't called capture, okay bot)
Here it is:
URL
https://esphome.io/components/sensor/sound_level/
Additional information
No response