All things Shelly

[Timbo82]

ahh makes sense why the mailbox is not being replied to. pity they were selling the Dimmers last last year. will have to wait for certification i guess

 

[FHTheron]

I assume that everyone here hunts on Carbonite as well, but just in case, I have a bunch of Shelly Vintage A60s that I want to sell. (Imported)

 

[tRoN]

If there is no neutral at the light switch can shelley be installed at the light fitting in the ceiling ?

 

[carnagelan]

Has anyone flashed a shelly motion with Tasmoto? Is it compatible with HA? I need to purchase a few.

 

[ebendl]

Has anyone flashed a shelly motion with Tasmoto? Is it compatible with HA? I need to purchase a few.

I don't see them here: https://templates.blakadder.com/

Also, I see they use a different Wifi chip, so I doubt it will support Tasmota.

Shelly Motion sensor to feature Silicon Labs WiFi chip with Bluetooth-like power consumption (cnx-software.com)

EDIT: Then again, if it supports MQTT then you should still be able to use it with Home Assistant. And indeed, it looks like Home Assistant supports it: Shelly - Home Assistant (home-assistant.io)

 

[Tinuva]

Tasmota is a pain to keep on the latest firmware. With Shelly firmware so much easier. I would keep it on Shelly firmware if possible.

 

[ebendl]

Tasmota is a pain to keep on the latest firmware. With Shelly firmware so much easier. I would keep it on Shelly firmware if possible.

No need to update Tasmota if nothing breaks. Basically install and forget.

I found Tasmota better with spotty wifi - had Shelly's in the light sockets reconnect a couple of time until they no longer did, at which point I had to turn the DB on/off to get them back online.

Flashed tasmota on all of them and no issues since.

 

[FHTheron]

Has anyone flashed a shelly motion with Tasmoto? Is it compatible with HA? I need to purchase a few.

I bought two Motions. It's definitely early days for this new wifi chip they're using and I would recommend waiting a bit.

Both of mine are set to MQTT only, no CoIot, no Cloud, no Auto Timezone. For a while it seemed like they suffer from heavy packet delays. Not quite dropped, just 2 second response times. With MQTT QoS=2 this would result in a very slow event report. I'm waiting for a firmware update to see what changes. Until then, these are definitely designed to be low power low data devices. Expecting them to always respond like a high-availability server isn't right.

They still do what they should though, but they don't feel as solid as other Shelly products.

 

[carnagelan]

I bought two Motions. It's definitely early days for this new wifi chip they're using and I would recommend waiting a bit.

Both of mine are set to MQTT only, no CoIot, no Cloud, no Auto Timezone. For a while it seemed like they suffer from heavy packet delays. Not quite dropped, just 2 second response times. With MQTT QoS=2 this would result in a very slow event report. I'm waiting for a firmware update to see what changes. Until then, these are definitely designed to be low power low data devices. Expecting them to always respond like a high-availability server isn't right.

They still do what they should though, but they don't feel as solid as other Shelly products.

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I bought two Motions. It's definitely early days for this new wifi chip they're using and I would recommend waiting a bit.

Both of mine are set to MQTT only, no CoIot, no Cloud, no Auto Timezone. For a while it seemed like they suffer from heavy packet delays. Not quite dropped, just 2 second response times. With MQTT QoS=2 this would result in a very slow event report. I'm waiting for a firmware update to see what changes. Until then, these are definitely designed to be low power low data devices. Expecting them to always respond like a high-availability server isn't right.

They still do what they should though, but they don't feel as solid as other Shelly products.

What do you think will be better?
The Sonoff or Shelly as i am going to have a buzzer inside the house. When there is motion it Will activate the buzzer.

Im not sure which will be better. I know how to set this all up.

 

[FHTheron]

What do you think will be better?

No idea. I can only say that the Shelly Motion needs to improve a bit and it's pretty expensive. I like it, but even without import duties and taxes, it's already ~R580 where the Sonoff Zigbee sensor seems to be locally available at ~R320 (not sure if you need a hub, I assume so).

 

[carnagelan]

No idea. I can only say that the Shelly Motion needs to improve a bit and it's pretty expensive. I like it, but even without import duties and taxes, it's already ~R580 where the Sonoff Zigbee sensor seems to be locally available at ~R320 (not sure if you need a hub, I assume so).

with the Sonoff Zigbee you do need a hub

 

[tRoN]

with the Sonoff Zigbee you do need a hub

Can you use a zigbee dongle like a Norton connected to an home assistant device to connect to the sonoff zigbee ?

 

[ebendl]

Can you use a zigbee dongle like a Norton connected to an home assistant device to connect to the sonoff zigbee ?

There's a variety of different ways to get Zigbee going in Home Assistant: Zigbee Home Automation - Home Assistant (home-assistant.io)

And then more ways -- such as zigbee2mqtt.io | Zigbee2mqtt documentation

 

[Dolby]

No idea. I can only say that the Shelly Motion needs to improve a bit and it's pretty expensive

I haven't got one of these - but it seems to offer a bit more than just motion?

Can you use the lux sensor independently of motion ?
In other words, when light in under x threshold, then switch on ramp ?

 

[FHTheron]

I haven't got one of these - but it seems to offer a bit more than just motion?

Can you use the lux sensor independently of motion ?
In other words, when light in under x threshold, then switch on ramp ?

You can see what sort of settings and actions you can configure here: https://shelly-api-docs.shelly.cloud/#shelly-motion

It does not have any triggers on lux changes, only on motion. Even so, if you watch the web page of the device the lux value only updates "some" time after the light changed. I've seen 30 seconds and 3.5 minutes now. The lux value is definitely meant to be used for a slow sunlight type change. This means the only way to detect a lux change as soon as the device does is to poll the /status API. This would of course be bad for battery life.

Really hoping for some vastly improved firmware soon. At the launch they even mentioned earth quake detection (right now it only has a tamper alarm).

So despite it's weird network issues, if you only look at it from a less savvy end user perspective it works as advertised since the shortest period for motion reports is 1 minute.

 

[mjwitter]

Morning everyone,

I have ordered a few Shelly 1PM's to go into plugs in my new house (control pool pump, monitor power usage of certain appliances etc). Over time and as they get certified I'd like to add some more and the 2.5PM's etc to light switches and other plugs.

To be 100% above board, does this require an electrician to do the work and give a supplemental electrical COC?

Thanks for any feedback.

 

[ebendl]

Morning everyone,

I have ordered a few Shelly 1PM's to go into plugs in my new house (control pool pump, monitor power usage of certain appliances etc). Over time and as they get certified I'd like to add some more and the 2.5PM's etc to light switches and other plugs.

To be 100% above board, does this require an electrician to do the work and give a supplemental electrical COC?

Thanks for any feedback.

I think you are supposed to. That's why I tend to favour power monitoring plugs, designed to plug into a wall socket and give the same capabilities.