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Any good places to start learning how to do this?
Pho3nix
The Legend
DrZzzs videos as linked above
Just a note: we are now selling pre-flashed Sonoff Basics for an additional fee - we're trialling this option to see if there is any traction.
ToxicBunny
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What sort of additional fee are we talking here?
15 Ront South African
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
R15 Ront Suid Afrika monies???
That be a very acceptable price to get a pre-flash unit...
That be a very acceptable price to get a pre-flash unit...
Questions are: which version would be acceptable? Latest, or should we be specific?
Anyways, my lab is set up here with Arduino and and FTDI to send out pre-flashed units.
ToxicBunny
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Once its on Tasmota, is it easy for people to upgrade the firmware without having to have an FTDI and such... If it is, then I would probably stay with the latest "stable" release, but be specfic that it might not be the absolute latest release.
Sounds like a plan. Does SonOTA work once you've flashed Tasmota? Or just the standard Tasmota OTA url?
Fitted my 3 gang T1, first time I do anything HA so I'm quite excited.
I was lucky, I had a neutral coming down in the switch directly behind the one I wanted to replace so I was able to pull it from there. Electrical wise I found the T1 to be of decent quality, I could tighten the screws nicely without worrying I'd strip or break anything.
My biggest issue is the way the switch mounts to the plastic bracket. You screw in a small bracket and then push the switch and faceplate into place. 4 clips are supposed to keep the face in place. In order for this to work there can be no give behind the bracket, so your bracket must sit snugly against the wall when tightened. If the hole in your wall is not the right size, or perfectly flush - then you are going to have a tough time fitting the switch on. I eventually gave up because it got dark, so will make a plan on Saturday morning.
The switching on/off of the relay gives a nice click which gives you that tactile confirmation/satisfaction when turning the light on/off at the wall switch.
Other than the fitting the only thing that annoyed me a bit was connecting it to my wifi - I have 5.0ghz and 2.4ghz broadcast on the same SSID. All other devices in my house, old and new, handle this setup well and know which band to connect to. I had to switch off my 5.0ghz band, connect the sonoff and then switch on the 5.0ghz again. All seems to be working well so far for the last hour. Google Home setup also working nicely with switching lights on/off.
Pretty happy - just need to get my hands a bit dirty getting it fitted nicely. Standing about 1cm away from the wall at the moment.
I was lucky, I had a neutral coming down in the switch directly behind the one I wanted to replace so I was able to pull it from there. Electrical wise I found the T1 to be of decent quality, I could tighten the screws nicely without worrying I'd strip or break anything.
My biggest issue is the way the switch mounts to the plastic bracket. You screw in a small bracket and then push the switch and faceplate into place. 4 clips are supposed to keep the face in place. In order for this to work there can be no give behind the bracket, so your bracket must sit snugly against the wall when tightened. If the hole in your wall is not the right size, or perfectly flush - then you are going to have a tough time fitting the switch on. I eventually gave up because it got dark, so will make a plan on Saturday morning.
The switching on/off of the relay gives a nice click which gives you that tactile confirmation/satisfaction when turning the light on/off at the wall switch.
Other than the fitting the only thing that annoyed me a bit was connecting it to my wifi - I have 5.0ghz and 2.4ghz broadcast on the same SSID. All other devices in my house, old and new, handle this setup well and know which band to connect to. I had to switch off my 5.0ghz band, connect the sonoff and then switch on the 5.0ghz again. All seems to be working well so far for the last hour. Google Home setup also working nicely with switching lights on/off.
Pretty happy - just need to get my hands a bit dirty getting it fitted nicely. Standing about 1cm away from the wall at the moment.
feo
Honorary Master
Works fine on HA?
I'm thinking of trying out the T1 as my first ever move into automation and get the hang of Home Assistant.
And if I don't like the Sonoff, what other options do we have? Will anything that's the right dimensions and 220V work in SA? Or is there more to it than that?
I'm thinking of trying out the T1 as my first ever move into automation and get the hang of Home Assistant.
And if I don't like the Sonoff, what other options do we have? Will anything that's the right dimensions and 220V work in SA? Or is there more to it than that?
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feo
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Sonoff T1 is a touch panel type switch, anyone use physical button ones?
If so, are the z-wave ones best?
No idea what to go for.
If so, are the z-wave ones best?
No idea what to go for.
Thanks for the info. So what is the solution here? Bolts to hold the plate down securely? Im guessing there will also be an issue if you have a big bundle of wires to push into and the faceplate only snaps into place.
Pho3nix
The Legend
Pics? Brother signed for mine at my parents place so only get to play tomorrow.
SauRoNZA
Honorary Master
I would just split the SSID’s now if I was you.
It almost always makes more **** than it’s worth.
I had that issue with ewelink telling me my network was 5ghz so wouldn't allow me to select it when setting up the Sonoffs. Can't remember how I got around it now... I normally like the "one ssid" thing though. Haven't had any issues with the Sonoffs actually connecting to the 2.4 network cos I guess they are oblivious to the 5ghz. I think I might have just moved around until my phone connected to the 2.4 and then used ewelink.
Since I can't screw the plate in anymore (otherwise it will just go further back into the hole) I'll try putting a stack of washers behind the plate on the screw so that I can at least tighten it down - will have to see how that works. If you have a lot of wires and one of them are in the wrong place it pushes the face off as well. I know they were going for a slick and clean design - and paper american walls are easier to have neat cut outs - but it's not a great design.
Will check if I have a pic now.
My phone was most likely connected to 5ghz network which is why it didn't work - I guess I could check if there's a way to force a band on my phone, but it's more an ewelink issue than a sonoff issue I think, since the app doesn't let you go any further if it sees you're on 5ghz.