Jonathan I have been a fan forever you should have a much bigger following. You really are the one who got me in to the idea of home automation. Thanks man your the best.
YES! A Superhouse video in my feed :) Always look forward to your stuff Jonathon, I really like your unassuming style and presentation. Also how you have been open in the past about your anxiety makes me feel better about mine too. Regards from the UK 🇬🇧 👍
The best release that I've just seen is the SONOFF T4EU1C single wire wall switch, as UK lighting circuits don't supply the neutral at the plate this has just changed everything for me can't wait to get this. Thanks for all the great content !
I think it's a bad thing, because if there is an open circuit than the micro is not getting any juice. I prefer that the micro is always to report no mattet what's with the load
Man - so tempted! I'd love to not only do my lighting, but use the s55s on my pool solar pump and the filter pump... and move the logic to home assistant. Hmm
Great video, thanks a lot! I have a question about the Mini: Can it be set up to work in a mode where the power is on when S1 and S2 are connected and off when they're disconnected? I want to put a Mini between my boiler and my thermostat so that it all works as before (i.e. thermostat turns on the boiler by connecting S1 & S2) but also be able to override wirelessly? I could probably use Home Assistant to achieve what I want, but to set up the Mini in such a way that I can have heating even when my network is down. Also, do you know if I can flash a modified firmware where I can program a timer? That is, the Mini to turn cut the power off after a set number of seconds. (This is again for a heating setup where the thermostat connects wirelessly to a relay connected to the boiler. When the thermostat calls for heat by sending a signal to the relay, the latter turns on the boiler, but then turns it off automatically after some period, unless it hears again from the thermostat.)
really useful video. Just got a few minis and use the OTW programming method and it worked fine. NO soldering, No Jig BUT you must follow the instructions very acurately. Might be worth doing a short ammed to the video which shows this method as an alternative for low volumes! You can always fall back on the hard wire method if you brick the device!
Very thorough review of these 2 products. Happy to see a lot less expensive option to fit inside a gang box. Just not sure I am sold in using WiFi over Z-Wave, just quite yet. Maybe once we jump into ability to select between 2.4 and 5.8.
Hello, thanks for video. I have problem: A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to Espressif device: Timed out waiting for packet header. How can I check if S55 is working? Red light shining. Could you help me?
In shelly 2.5 or 1 both uses live wire for switch which helps to connect two way switch (2 physical switch one bulb). Is there a way to do same with Sonoff mini without using an extra wire.
Great tutorial Jonathan Im curious about the mini sonoff logical terminal(switch) when I check the output voltage it has a reading of 90V. Is this safe?
I am about to smart my home and like Z-Wave/Zigbee more than wifi to use as primary wireless comunication, what would be different if we use son off basic or mini Zigbee? No tasmota possible?
The switch on the mini works exactly as one would expect. However, you are the first one who actually confirms it. Even when I asked itead they just gave a general sales pitch reply, so thank you for that. Will I order one? Hmmm the Shelley is interesting too but the main thing making me hesitant is the depth of dutch switchboxes: the already minimal space behind the switch often taken bij hard to bend stiff wires going to that switch and/or neighbouring switches or sockets. Darn! Who would give this video a thumbs down? Must be those Shelley boys
Hi I know you like everything hard wired but I have a concern about induction from lightning strikes. I had a major lightning strike very close to my house a few years back and it fried everything connected to my network. Since then I have installed lightning surge protectors on all my long lan cables. (Gets expensive) Now I want to install a sensor that tells me when my water pump is running if water is actually entering the tank. But my water tank is on on top of my house so my concern is if I connect directly to my pi or a Arduino Mega if I get a surge it might blow up my iot setup. Any thoughts? I think I'm probably going to go with a d1 mini
I'm fascinated by the connector ends you're using. I've noticed them on your high voltage, the low voltage duponts and the switch contact wires. I've searched for but haven't found them as of yet. The trouble I always run into with using the Sonoff is for mains tasks is that the wire never feels safe and seated. The connectors you're using looks to complete solve that problem. Love the content BTW. Love the out of the box approach and detail into the boards.
Regarding your wired vs wifi video, would you trust such product for a light switch? Its a single component and you can still manually use it in case of a wifi jam
Hi. I have two Sonoff MINI, smartphone control works correctly, I connected a candlestick connector to both. And a problem arose, one of them is functioning properly, and the other has a long delay in response or does not respond to the switch at all. Have you tested this solution?
What do you do if the sonoff mini is connected to a power jack? Is there someway to protect it with a fuze if anyone will switch the device connected to this outlet to one that draws more power?
Have you got the T4EU1C single wire switch yet? Really interested to see how it gets power. Maybe a capacitor with high enough reactance to prevent the light turning on ? Has to be fair about of power for the esp. Hoping you discuss the schematic. Thanks
Hello Jonathan, i was thinking to use this setup but with a switch to provide electricity to the sonoff. So if i switch it off no power. Mostly i will leave it on and put it on and off with a philips hue controller. Is this ok to do this ?
I have to ask an important question: If I create a bridge between switch 1 and switch 2 Will it stay always on? Because I have a switch that leads the main voltage into the sonoff, and it's work great - except for the fact that the switch only conducts the voltage but does not turn on the light. so i want to make this bridge.
Any concerns about overheating? The Mini packs quite a bit of circuitry in a very small board, and it receives 110V. The Mini casing seems to be cheap plastic and board overheating could cause serious fire damage.
Hi. Thanks for sharing this video. I would really like to get hold of one of your sonoff mini programming jig pcbs to do some flashing for the home automation system I want to set up. That would make it loads easier. Do you sell these at all?
Hi Jonathan. I followed this video carefully but my ewelink app failed to detect and pair with 2 mini sonoffs. I tried everything I could without success. Do you know anything I can do that might help? I wondered if upgrading the firmware to Tasmota might do the trick, detect and pair my sonoff minis. And, in your setup, if you happen to reset your wifi router, do your sonoff units all lose their wifi connections?
Ok. Seems like a dumb question, but there's no reason I couldn't take a Basic or Mini, wire up the input and parallel it to my load and wire up a toggle switch, right? Not use the output of the relay to switch the load. That way I can use that as an inexpensive way to get input into Home Assistant and use it to turn on or off WiFi bulbs without interrupting their power input.
Super interesting Video You told, that you put the link for the housing for programming the mini in the description. I couldn’t find it. Are the stl’s available anywhere.
6:47 - Sonoff's product media for the Mini is not to use a metal backbox. "It is recommended that the frontside of MINIR2 is installed outside during installation and do not install it in the metal junction box."
Fantastic mate 👍! I live in the u.s., and so my question isif I have a regular switch with a neutral and a load. Where do I connect that on the terminal of the mini? Would it make a huge difference is the poles were reversed?
I know I'm kinda late for this vid I'm just wondering. Is it possible to have 4 mini connected in parallel to 1 physical switch and what would happen if the switch is triggered and the 4 minis have different states.
Small question. What if I have a 2 gang or a 3 gang switch? I will have to have one MINIR for each right? Well in that case I wouldnt have enough space to fit in. Right?
I guess there is no way to use s1 and s2 as dry contacts using them to control something voltage separate like a 24 v controlling a pellet stove . Is there a smart relay with dry contacts to do this . I can do it with a solid state relay with dry contacts and a smart switch to activate the relay but it would be nice to have an all in one package
Great video! The Sonoff Mini seems to be the answer to my long-standing question of how to automate my push-button TV bed (push and hold the button for 1 second and the TV pops up from the bottom of the bed). I don't need a small relay as it would just be inside the side of the bed. I was going to buy the BASICZBR3 for this task but I thought it wouldn't work because I want it to operate from both, the existing buttons (one on either side of the bed), and through Google Assistant, SmartThings etc. I'm pretty sure the Mini would work because one of the buttons could be wired into the terminals for the external switch. But, the mini is WiFi and I avoid WiFi for home automation. I will wait for a Sonoff relay of any size that operates with Zigbee and has terminals for an external switch. I don't think this exists, yet. Thanks again.
Hi Jonathan, it looks like your AC sockets are single and low amperage, in the UK we have double sockets each capable of delivering 13 amps, do Sonoff have anything that would control our sockets ? thanks Stuart
Jonathan - great work thanks so much. Its guys like you that give confidence that we can do this stuff ourselves. I'm just getting started on automating my home. I note the Sonoff Dual, TH10/16 and POW are certified by ERAC. You are in OZ like me and I note you are very safety conscious. What your take on using the Mini in OZ when its not certified?
Can I use it with my AC Wall Controller (Chiller) just to turn on and off. Obviously cannot use to change temperature etc but Turn On and Off the AC will be big thing as I dont see any Smart controller in market which can work with Chiller system.
If the Sonoff Mini stops working, your router goes down, et cetera, does that mean your physical switch will no longer work until you rewire it or replace the Sonoff unit?
Sorry you may have covered this but just to clarify, will the mini work with an existing analog dimming switch? - I have a European style dimmer switch - round knob you dial for dimming and press for on/off.
A note about Sonoff smart controllers: Not all are made equal. I bought some, from some site that i have previously never heard of, like 10 of the straight wire-through devices for $25, and i get mixed results. After they've run for about 6-8 months they get very touchy and don't want to pair as easily as the first time out. You end up pairing them in that alternate mode.
@9:06min newbie question - is there 3.3V on S1, and when you close the switch then it is essentially 'sinking' or 'grounding' current to S2 to activate the logic input?
I hooked the Sonoff mini up to a two way light switch, it works great. I've also started using home assistant, and I've integrated ewelink. Now I can control all my lights without flashing them.
@@EssGeeSee you have to make sure that both switches aren't connected to mains. I've placed my sonoff mini in the lamp. And connected the two switch wires to the Sonoff. This video will help m.ua-cam.com/video/E5NXpNfQ31s/v-deo.html
Question... Do you think that the switch can be a "Capacitance Touch Switch"? If is so, should be connected to GND, GPIO14, and 3V3 to make it work? Thank you. Big Fan!
There is mains voltage on the antenna wire so I wouldn't put it outside the box. I have one outside my house in a metal weatherproof box so I installed a short piece of pvc pipe with a cap on the end that the antenna is in.
Hi Jonathan. An interesting presentation indeed. May I ask you an "indirect question" - the wire terminals (yellow and red) which you use to terminate the various wires running to the Sonoff - could you please help me and identify them (Amazon or eBay). Needless to say, connecting wires to the Sonoff is easy but also prone to shorts as the terminals are so close to each other :-( the terminations you are using look very adequate for such interconnections. Thank you!!!!
Ive programmed my Sonoff minis to update Firmware OTA, so you only need to connect to the programming pins the first time (to upload the OTA capable firmware). I dont use Tasmota though, just basic Arduino to control the Sonoff in the same way as you showed with Tasmota including the toggle function. The advantage of using OTA is that the Sonoff can remain in the wall for firmware updates and its super easy to update all 20 of my Sonoffs with new firmware just by sitting at my computer.
Yes, that's exactly what I do with all my Sonoffs too. I didn't even think of mentioning that in the video because it's the normal process using Tasmota. Reflashing using the jig (or DIY mode OTA) only ever has to be done once. Tasmota has built-in one-click OTA updates
Hi Jonathan, What happened s after a power failur? When the electricity comes back, is there any memory functionality of the light on/off state before power went down? Or will it start working back again with lights on? Off? Do you have any way to remember and restore the light state after power comes back?
It depends on the firmware you run. With Tasmota and some other alternative firmware it can power up always off, always on, or in the last known state.
old video I know just got an s55 realised in arrival it's a naff design the flap doesn't close when something is plugged in, so no longer waterproof. Meaning you can't have something plugged in long term
And here IS the Holy Grail! shelly.cloud/wifi-smart-home-automation-shelly-dimmer/ It has physical switch input, dimming and power usage monitoring. Would love to see a review when they become available.
Jonathan I have been a fan forever you should have a much bigger following. You really are the one who got me in to the idea of home automation. Thanks man your the best.
YES! A Superhouse video in my feed :)
Always look forward to your stuff Jonathon, I really like your unassuming style and presentation. Also how you have been open in the past about your anxiety makes me feel better about mine too.
Regards from the UK 🇬🇧 👍
Thanks 877cms!
Thx for giving us another great tutorial......
Glad that you are back
Great tutorial, Thank you.
Nice to see you in my video feed again
Great new products! Thanx for making it look so easy to use it to our best intentions
Great video. Straightforward explanations and no annoying background music
Your videos are always a pleasure to watch. Well thought out and always clearly explained. Job well done.
Well explained. Needed your video to finally convince myself to order some mini. Thanks
Crystal Clear explanation. Am ordering a bunch by year-end sale! Cheers!
Thanks for the video. Love this channel ✌🏻
That is a very solid wood cabinet you have there!
Thank you for the post! Very interesting.
Jonathan, I love that you asked Alexa to "please turn on the soldering iron". Nice manners! This seems so fitting of you.
Always be polite to your virtual assistants! You never know when they might decide to "Alexa, electrify the bathtub" you.
Fantastic, thanks for your help and info...
Love the burn marks on the mat !!!!!
Sat on wc with coffee and iPad......very interesting, thanks for posting. Enough said 👍
Thanks, brilliant as usual.
Hi Jonathan good to see you again.
The best release that I've just seen is the SONOFF T4EU1C single wire wall switch, as UK lighting circuits don't supply the neutral at the plate this has just changed everything for me can't wait to get this. Thanks for all the great content !
I think it's a bad thing, because if there is an open circuit than the micro is not getting any juice. I prefer that the micro is always to report no mattet what's with the load
Man - so tempted! I'd love to not only do my lighting, but use the s55s on my pool solar pump and the filter pump... and move the logic to home assistant. Hmm
Dear Jonathan, Like the way you explain. Good work Keep it up! Love from India...
Thanks man, you are the best :)
Wow! Sonoff have cracked it!
Great video, thanks a lot! I have a question about the Mini: Can it be set up to work in a mode where the power is on when S1 and S2 are connected and off when they're disconnected? I want to put a Mini between my boiler and my thermostat so that it all works as before (i.e. thermostat turns on the boiler by connecting S1 & S2) but also be able to override wirelessly? I could probably use Home Assistant to achieve what I want, but to set up the Mini in such a way that I can have heating even when my network is down.
Also, do you know if I can flash a modified firmware where I can program a timer? That is, the Mini to turn cut the power off after a set number of seconds. (This is again for a heating setup where the thermostat connects wirelessly to a relay connected to the boiler. When the thermostat calls for heat by sending a signal to the relay, the latter turns on the boiler, but then turns it off automatically after some period, unless it hears again from the thermostat.)
really useful video.
Just got a few minis and use the OTW programming method and it worked fine. NO soldering, No Jig BUT you must follow the instructions very acurately.
Might be worth doing a short ammed to the video which shows this method as an alternative for low volumes! You can always fall back on the hard wire method if you brick the device!
Very thorough review of these 2 products. Happy to see a lot less expensive option to fit inside a gang box. Just not sure I am sold in using WiFi over Z-Wave, just quite yet. Maybe once we jump into ability to select between 2.4 and 5.8.
Thanks Jon another great reference video.
Hi Jon,
Do you have the programming Jig board available for sale yet? Doing my head in trying to flash a mini!
Nice skidmark on the bench :)
Hello, thanks for video. I have problem: A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to Espressif device: Timed out waiting for packet header. How can I check if S55 is working? Red light shining. Could you help me?
Hi do you think I can use the mini sonoff to turn on/off my gas fireplace? Thank's in advanced.
Question. If I have WiFi off, will mini still switch the light by S1 S2?
thank you for the video
where do you get those connector thingys for wires to plug into terminals, rather than plugging in bare wire?
In shelly 2.5 or 1 both uses live wire for switch which helps to connect two way switch (2 physical switch one bulb). Is there a way to do same with Sonoff mini without using an extra wire.
Great tutorial Jonathan Im curious about the mini sonoff logical terminal(switch) when I check the output voltage it has a reading of 90V. Is this safe?
Does the switch need to be an on/off type? Would a momentary switch do the job?
how in the world this video has any thumbs down, i cant understand this people. great job again as always
I am about to smart my home and like Z-Wave/Zigbee more than wifi to use as primary wireless comunication, what would be different if we use son off basic or mini Zigbee? No tasmota possible?
Now that's awesome
Do somebody tell me if I can toggle the Sonoff with a 5V input on the 2 last terminals. Want to use a wired 5V from other equipment.
How do you make the wire like this good way to connection with sonoff?
The switch on the mini works exactly as one would expect. However, you are the first one who actually confirms it. Even when I asked itead they just gave a general sales pitch reply, so thank you for that.
Will I order one? Hmmm the Shelley is interesting too but the main thing making me hesitant is the depth of dutch switchboxes: the already minimal space behind the switch often taken bij hard to bend stiff wires going to that switch and/or neighbouring switches or sockets. Darn!
Who would give this video a thumbs down? Must be those Shelley boys
Hi I know you like everything hard wired but I have a concern about induction from lightning strikes. I had a major lightning strike very close to my house a few years back and it fried everything connected to my network. Since then I have installed lightning surge protectors on all my long lan cables. (Gets expensive)
Now I want to install a sensor that tells me when my water pump is running if water is actually entering the tank. But my water tank is on on top of my house so my concern is if I connect directly to my pi or a Arduino Mega if I get a surge it might blow up my iot setup. Any thoughts?
I think I'm probably going to go with a d1 mini
The outdoor points are nice because you normally can’t fit the smart plugs in an outdoor door outlet cover. I do wish it was a double outlet instead
I'm fascinated by the connector ends you're using. I've noticed them on your high voltage, the low voltage duponts and the switch contact wires. I've searched for but haven't found them as of yet. The trouble I always run into with using the Sonoff is for mains tasks is that the wire never feels safe and seated. The connectors you're using looks to complete solve that problem. Love the content BTW. Love the out of the box approach and detail into the boards.
They are called boot lace crimps mate 👍
Regarding your wired vs wifi video, would you trust such product for a light switch? Its a single component and you can still manually use it in case of a wifi jam
Hi.
I have two Sonoff MINI, smartphone control works correctly, I connected a candlestick connector to both. And a problem arose, one of them is functioning properly, and the other has a long delay in response or does not respond to the switch at all. Have you tested this solution?
What do you do if the sonoff mini is connected to a power jack? Is there someway to protect it with a fuze if anyone will switch the device connected to this outlet to one that draws more power?
Have you got the T4EU1C single wire switch yet? Really interested to see how it gets power. Maybe a capacitor with high enough reactance to prevent the light turning on ? Has to be fair about of power for the esp. Hoping you discuss the schematic. Thanks
Hello Jonathan, i was thinking to use this setup but with a switch to provide electricity to the sonoff. So if i switch it off no power. Mostly i will leave it on and put it on and off with a philips hue controller. Is this ok to do this ?
I have to ask an important question:
If I create a bridge between switch 1 and switch 2
Will it stay always on?
Because I have a switch that leads the main voltage into the sonoff, and it's work great - except for the fact that the switch only conducts the voltage but does not turn on the light. so i want to make this bridge.
Any concerns about overheating? The Mini packs quite a bit of circuitry in a very small board, and it receives 110V. The Mini casing seems to be cheap plastic and board overheating could cause serious fire damage.
Hi. Thanks for sharing this video. I would really like to get hold of one of your sonoff mini programming jig pcbs to do some flashing for the home automation system I want to set up. That would make it loads easier. Do you sell these at all?
Hi Jonathan.
I followed this video carefully but my ewelink app failed to detect and pair with 2 mini sonoffs. I tried everything I could without success. Do you know anything I can do that might help? I wondered if upgrading the firmware to Tasmota might do the trick, detect and pair my sonoff minis.
And, in your setup, if you happen to reset your wifi router, do your sonoff units all lose their wifi connections?
Ok. Seems like a dumb question, but there's no reason I couldn't take a Basic or Mini, wire up the input and parallel it to my load and wire up a toggle switch, right? Not use the output of the relay to switch the load. That way I can use that as an inexpensive way to get input into Home Assistant and use it to turn on or off WiFi bulbs without interrupting their power input.
Super interesting Video
You told, that you put the link for the housing for programming the mini in the description.
I couldn’t find it. Are the stl’s available anywhere.
Hio,
Selecting the s2x profile in tasmota 8.1 it puts my S55 in boot loop, just connects to wifi then drops of. Any better solution than S2x?
6:47 - Sonoff's product media for the Mini is not to use a metal backbox. "It is recommended that the frontside of MINIR2 is installed outside during installation and do not install it in the metal junction box."
Fantastic mate 👍! I live in the u.s., and so my question isif I have a regular switch with a neutral and a load. Where do I connect that on the terminal of the mini? Would it make a huge difference is the poles were reversed?
I know I'm kinda late for this vid I'm just wondering. Is it possible to have 4 mini connected in parallel to 1 physical switch and what would happen if the switch is triggered and the 4 minis have different states.
Small question. What if I have a 2 gang or a 3 gang switch? I will have to have one MINIR for each right? Well in that case I wouldnt have enough space to fit in. Right?
I guess there is no way to use s1 and s2 as dry contacts using them to control something voltage separate like a 24 v controlling a pellet stove . Is there a smart relay with dry contacts to do this . I can do it with a solid state relay with dry contacts and a smart switch to activate the relay but it would be nice to have an all in one package
How to do the same installation using Sonoff Pow R2 plus interrupter?
Great video!
The Sonoff Mini seems to be the answer to my long-standing question of how to automate my push-button TV bed (push and hold the button for 1 second and the TV pops up from the bottom of the bed).
I don't need a small relay as it would just be inside the side of the bed.
I was going to buy the BASICZBR3 for this task but I thought it wouldn't work because I want it to operate from both, the existing buttons (one on either side of the bed), and through Google Assistant, SmartThings etc.
I'm pretty sure the Mini would work because one of the buttons could be wired into the terminals for the external switch.
But, the mini is WiFi and I avoid WiFi for home automation.
I will wait for a Sonoff relay of any size that operates with Zigbee and has terminals for an external switch.
I don't think this exists, yet.
Thanks again.
Hi Jonathan, it looks like your AC sockets are single and low amperage, in the UK we have double sockets each capable of delivering 13 amps, do Sonoff have anything that would control our sockets ? thanks Stuart
Hi, I would like to buy the 3d printed box with terminals to flash the sonoff mini. where can I get it ? thanks !
Does the software know if the sonoff switch turned off or on, does it send feedback like zwave
Jonathan - great work thanks so much. Its guys like you that give confidence that we can do this stuff ourselves. I'm just getting started on automating my home. I note the Sonoff Dual, TH10/16 and POW are certified by ERAC. You are in OZ like me and I note you are very safety conscious. What your take on using the Mini in OZ when its not certified?
Can I use it with my AC Wall Controller (Chiller) just to turn on and off. Obviously cannot use to change temperature etc but Turn On and Off the AC will be big thing as I dont see any Smart controller in market which can work with Chiller system.
What are those male wire connectors? Bullet connectors? Kindly suggest the size or link please.
Hello Jonathan. I need your help. How can I make a 3 stage switch smart? Is any product in the market?
If the Sonoff Mini stops working, your router goes down, et cetera, does that mean your physical switch will no longer work until you rewire it or replace the Sonoff unit?
Hi. Is there any way to connect DS18B20 sensor to S55 ? Greetings
Sorry you may have covered this but just to clarify, will the mini work with an existing analog dimming switch? - I have a European style dimmer switch - round knob you dial for dimming and press for on/off.
What kind of terminal plugs are you using for mains to mini?
Hi! Thanks for this useful video! As this cool little thing uses zigbee, can this be added to Philips Hue Hub as well? Do you have any info on this?
It's on wifi, Philips hue won't pick it up. You'll need something to bridge it, home assistant, IFTTT etc
Another nice work Jon! Do you know if the switch will still work when the network is down?
Is there any concern about the mini causing a fire with it being within the wall or ceiling?
A note about Sonoff smart controllers: Not all are made equal. I bought some, from some site that i have previously never heard of, like 10 of the straight wire-through devices for $25, and i get mixed results. After they've run for about 6-8 months they get very touchy and don't want to pair as easily as the first time out. You end up pairing them in that alternate mode.
Do they only do On and Off, or can they do dimmer functions?
Thanks for the informative video as always. Quick question, what side Ferrules were you using there?
Hi Jonathan, are u selling these sonoff mini flashing rigs? I couldn't find them in your website.
Jonathan, any chance you can share the stl file for that Sonoff-mini test rig.
G
@9:06min newbie question - is there 3.3V on S1, and when you close the switch then it is essentially 'sinking' or 'grounding' current to S2 to activate the logic input?
Most likely, yeah
I hooked the Sonoff mini up to a two way light switch, it works great. I've also started using home assistant, and I've integrated ewelink. Now I can control all my lights without flashing them.
How did you wire this? Did you connect it to the first or second switch? Thanks.
@@EssGeeSee you have to make sure that both switches aren't connected to mains. I've placed my sonoff mini in the lamp. And connected the two switch wires to the Sonoff. This video will help m.ua-cam.com/video/E5NXpNfQ31s/v-deo.html
Thanks Leon
Question... Do you think that the switch can be a "Capacitance Touch Switch"?
If is so, should be connected to GND, GPIO14, and 3V3 to make it work?
Thank you. Big Fan!
There is mains voltage on the antenna wire so I wouldn't put it outside the box. I have one outside my house in a metal weatherproof box so I installed a short piece of pvc pipe with a cap on the end that the antenna is in.
Hi Jonathan. An interesting presentation indeed. May I ask you an "indirect question" - the wire terminals (yellow and red) which you use to terminate the various wires running to the Sonoff - could you please help me and identify them (Amazon or eBay). Needless to say, connecting wires to the Sonoff is easy but also prone to shorts as the terminals are so close to each other :-( the terminations you are using look very adequate for such interconnections. Thank you!!!!
"She who shall not be named"
"Proceeds to name her"
Whats the joke? Why is Alexa voldemort?
Brilliant. Most encouraging for newbies. wasn’t clear what advantages were with Tasmota??? Pls tell. Thx.
Ive programmed my Sonoff minis to update Firmware OTA, so you only need to connect to the programming pins the first time (to upload the OTA capable firmware). I dont use Tasmota though, just basic Arduino to control the Sonoff in the same way as you showed with Tasmota including the toggle function. The advantage of using OTA is that the Sonoff can remain in the wall for firmware updates and its super easy to update all 20 of my Sonoffs with new firmware just by sitting at my computer.
Yes, that's exactly what I do with all my Sonoffs too. I didn't even think of mentioning that in the video because it's the normal process using Tasmota. Reflashing using the jig (or DIY mode OTA) only ever has to be done once. Tasmota has built-in one-click OTA updates
Hello, I wonder if I could use the touch switch TTP223 with SONOFF MINI.......
Hi Jonathan,
What happened s after a power failur? When the electricity comes back, is there any memory functionality of the light on/off state before power went down? Or will it start working back again with lights on? Off?
Do you have any way to remember and restore the light state after power comes back?
It depends on the firmware you run. With Tasmota and some other alternative firmware it can power up always off, always on, or in the last known state.
old video I know just got an s55 realised in arrival it's a naff design the flap doesn't close when something is plugged in, so no longer waterproof. Meaning you can't have something plugged in long term
The 3D print model was made by the UA-camr Andreas Spiess if I recall correctly
better known by his own introduction as "The guy with the Swiss accent".
Now that You have flashed Tasmota , DIY pins are no longer has affects , so can we use them ? What GPIO ?
Is the Sonoff Mini rated compliant for use in Australia if installed by a licenced electrician?
in the UK.. You must use two brown for Live cables (Active)
The Holy Grail would be a dimmer that works exactly like this!
And here IS the Holy Grail!
shelly.cloud/wifi-smart-home-automation-shelly-dimmer/
It has physical switch input, dimming and power usage monitoring. Would love to see a review when they become available.
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