The Pi worked before with a different SD card until something screwed up. I can ping it, but you need the Home Assistant running to get ssh access. I suspect the card could be faulty, so I will try another. The one I have been trying was supposed to be better (Sandisk Extreme Pro).

I think people have issues over time with the cards filling up or struggling with lots of writes. I am wondering if I could hook up a USB hard drive for logs and the database it uses. It's a learning experience, but it seems to get complicated quickly.

Thanks for the offer, I may be in touch.