Does This Smart Light Switch Take Things Too Far? - Sonoff TX Ultimate
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Today we are taking a look at a brand new smart light switch from Sonoff, the TX Ultimate, which has built in RGB, and my initial reaction was "Is that a bit too far?". We also take a look at how flashable it is to get it working with ESPHome!
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These could be great for accessibility (for example make them flash when the door bell rings for Deaf people). Typical “accessible” devices targeted at people with disabilities are usually stupidly expensive due to the market so this could save them a lot of money!
I'm actually deaf and this is a great idea, thank you so much
That backbox looks massive. Would it suit many UK homes ?
Hi could you please tell me if you ever made a video for the flashing of the sonoff TX ultimate switch, with the flashed ESP home assistant integration would love to be able to control the RGB lights to control certain scenes or automation's which i cant currently do through the we-link app. If you have please can you advise me of the process to make this happen and put it in really simply terms as i am a total beginner to the home assistant world. Many thanks Mark.
Now we can really have those light switch raves Strong Bad was talking about with party mode
Should offer like a vistaprint service, where you can get your own customised and printed. That would be neat
I would honestly not have the RGBs running really often, but for notifying that a window is open or things like that, that's awesome !🙌
Anything on neutral / no neutral? If they are neutral only then these will only find niche uses in the UK & Ireland.
Do you have any plans to make a video on how you flashed esphome?
Hi! Great video, very well made! Can you leave us the code you used in ESPHome or at least the pinout you discovered? :]
yes this! u show the lolly but don't give it to us poor children?
Hi
Would also making a video of how to flash it and show how you made the buttons availble in homeassistant?
Thanks for the video
Or can you share your config?
Are the touch switches on/off only? Would be cool if you could somehow use slide up/slide down for each gang to give dimmer controls to HA.
Would be great if sonoff made 2 way light switches. Then I could use these around the house more..
Not exactly subtle or classy IMO, but to each their own. 😊
And points for sharing what is currently possible with local control 👍🏻
The party mode is definitely not classy 😂
Thanks!
New generation for smart switches, nice video again, thank you 😊
Are you able to set short, long, and double press actions in Home Assistant?
Yes, totally agree on the mechnical switch. It's actually the only reason why I went back to simple pushbuttons
I got 15 TXs around my house. Used to the small push target now and it's also illuminated which is nice. This would be a definite improvement but don't feel like splurging once more at this stage.
Maybe just for the kids rooms for the mic/speaker functionality.
You made no mention of the gesture possibilities which is what I'd actually love to have especially to do things like dimming and/or scenes
I should add that while I got both Sonoff and Shelly products, I've had to replace all my 20 shelly 2.5's while all the sonoffs have worked flawlessly. Quite sad as Shelly is a bit better for DIY.
Also would love if Sonoff had the pins on the GPIO and not just holes 😅
No mention of it needing a 35mm backbox or, especially for UK folk, that it requires a neutral wire!
Works with ESPHome, including the full LED control? Heck yes take my money 🤩
I have the older light switches and flashed them with esphome, I did set the buttons to only switch the relay when it is pressed for less than 1sec. This way you will always have local control (on the light switch) of the light. But then if you do a long press you can run a different automation via home assistant. Its like having remote controls all over the house.
I use it for “away mode”, toggle other lights in the room. Switch off all lights in the house and so on.
Hi. Can you possibly share your yaml? I have 21 of the TX version, your idea will save me the cost of additional switches for my blinds. Thank you in anticipation.
Please do a follow up ESP flash and setup video! I presume this is the same as with the Switchman M5? ie they can decouple the relay too?
I think Sonoff have missed a trick by not doing physical switches in this style.
They could have swappable face plates to fit the design of a room and have the functions of the sonoff mini without the faff.
Most people use sonoff minis/shellies bc they want a physical switch.
I dont understand why no one seems to have made a physical switch smart switch. It seems so obvious.
I especially loved the last part "trust me, just do it!" - a mechanical (opposite to touch version). Yess, I would love such a version.
As an adult… meh. For my 6year old with addressable lights for “time to wake up” etc, this seems great once flashed over.
Having solid colours I think is cool for notifications or ambient light but yeah the party mode isn't required 😂 good to just be able to turn it completely off too!
And yeah I bet kids will love the RGB 😂
Good for notifications. Like when the washing machine has finished or something.
How did you get this in Home Assistant? I installed the eWelink plugin and it says it is unsupported.
Also if you managed to flash it with ESPHome please create another video on how you did it.
Without your help we would be living in a dumb home.
I have made a custom esphome integration with entity events for my TX Ultimate to meet my needs
Double touch on any switch will invert the relays (in case my HA server is down, I can still control the lights) and trigger two small vibrations and a yellow light below the touched switch
Simple touch will on/off the corresponding hue light bulbs (but not through relay) with a small vibration and a low brightness blue light below the touched switch
Long press will trigger scenes with a longer vibration and a green light below the switch
Swipe left will turn off all the lights in the kitchen & living room (with a short pulsing light on the left side of the TX Ultimate)
Swipe right will turn on all the lights in the kitchen & living room (with a short pulsing light on the right side of the TX Ultimate)
I would have loved to have a continuous detection of the touched positions (it only send position on press/release), as well as multi touch with positions (it only says multi touch, it doesn't says wchich positions are touched) and a vertical axis position (we only have horizontal)
Seriously if you get something sent you're not sure about send it to me, I'll happily volunteer to take on for the team 🤔🤣
Are they compatible with Philips hue light ? I have asked Sonoff and they said no ! Thanks
Can you make a tutorial on how to flash ESPHome on this switch?
Yes, switchman with RGB.. And support fot Homey pro..
so im confused. i thought these controled the power to the lights a-la the switches it replaces. so can i just set it to control smart devices!?
I would like to see an American version. Do you know if they plan to release that? great video btw
I'm not sure sorry, hopefully!
Check out Kauf's RGB wall switch, decora format, with 1 button, and 2 RGB sections. Very customizable and same way to decouple the relay if needed.
Do the Kauf switches work with home assistant
@@garysteo3398 The kauf stuff is all esphome / tasmota IIRC, so yeah.
Is it compatible with hue light ? Can I use it as a dimmer ? Thanks
I've been looking for something like this but with a more physical touch.
After using both Shelly Wall Switches and NS Panels, I would like to go back to big physical buttons.
However, I would love to keep 2 features: the LEDs on the sides (more to have some visual feedback and specially to have them dimmed at night, to make it easier to find the switches) and the touch capability on swipes only, to use to regulate stuff like light intensity.
Would that even fit any of the UK back boxes?
Awesome Video as always!
Thanks for watching! 🙏🏻
The back portion that is i side the wall looks huge. Can that fit inside a standard hole?
The thing hes holding is a standard pattress box (back box) for a plasterboard wall. I doubt it is included with the switch, he just has it attached so he isnt being electrocuted by exposed wires.
Wait, so the switch has already ESPHome available? I'll wait until they get available in my country and buy one right away! 🥰
YESS, I just modded all my tasmota switches to add rgb for whole house indicators, US versions?
Great nightlights.
The more I see of these fun smart switches, the more sad I get that I have dumb 12V relay based light switches in my place.
I actually use IKEA single buttons above those as my real light switches with HA because there is no proper way to do the smart stuff thing on those 12V relay switches.
Silly question, can this switch be used with a dimmable bulb? I have a dimmable ceiling lights. I am looking for a dimmable wall switch. Thanks for your replies.
Ok, I can use this to show the upcoming 12 hours of weather! Currently, I have a light that changes color (it's Purple for Snow!!)), but this would be great by the door so I know if I'll need an umbrella.
Another workaround for making the unused buttons work with other Sonoff devices is to use eWelink scenes to trigger certain device. Unfortunately relay is still activated this way.
Thanks for another great video; I am a big fan os the switch man but I didn’t replace all my house with it because I didn’t find a way to code esphome correctly and make leds sync. Do you have yaml for 1 2 and 3 channels m5’s? Thanks
Please share your work with esp32 :P
Is anyone really partying over besides their light switch? ua-cam.com/video/JwZwkk7q25I/v-deo.html
Although I do love the DIY aspect of these switches, I am still not going to buy it because it is wifi or Bluetooth. I like to keep wifi for high bandwidth devices but for these just Zigbee does the trick.
I would actually love to integrate this for notifications. But the back seems to big 😢 hope the rgb is easy to integrate.
wish sonoff use AAA bateries or 2x2032 not some idiotic 2450 or else
I just wish it didn’t need a neutral wire
Just got one for testing. Can you share your esphome testing config?
I can understand maybe using the LED's as indicators, like alarm indicators, or "It's time to take the bins out" but I think most of the time I would have them off. It's a light switch. It doesn't need to be dancing around LED's on the wall.
Pretty cool, did you say these work natively with SmartThings & also with the wiring in the US? Thanks.
I can see Leec purchasing these for every room in his house :-) great video as always.. and looks like a nice product, good job sonoff
I have an idea of some other interesting things you can review! 👀
Tech Tutorial Tuesday!!! What happened to it?
Söö menii nyy impryyments!
What dialect is this?
if we can use these for speech notifications and bluetooth proxies..... wow.... hopefully we will see a great support for this in home assistant.
Hi Lewis - do they look like they'd be OK to slap a sticker (print-yourself sticker) on, or would that look bad (bevelled edge/corner), or perhaps interfere with the touch sensors?
I love LED. But THIS is too much for me.
Make it with physical toggles and zigbee
Does the haptic vibration work with ESPHome too?
Great for an attic light switch. Then you don’t have to open the hatch to check the light.
Is it safe to use switches like these from sonoff or aqara?
A clear cover that you can put your own artwork in?
A stream deck style switch with a bunch of buttons with oled screens would be cool too.
Cool video. Nice dance moves you have there! 🕺
Where is the version for us across the pond?
So is this a Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, matter/thread or Zigbee device?
WiFi and Bluetooth.
weird size, wont fit in eu
you such a funny guy, I laughed on 2:16
Tasmota?
You might have said but probably missed it, 1) do they need a neutral & 2) are the dimmable, e.g press drag up or down to change brightness?
Requires neutral. Shit for UK then
There is no mention of dimming on the Sonoff website, so I guess there is no dimming function unfortunately. I was really tempted by these until I realised there was no dimming.
Vinyl stickers or paintable ones
dBrand skins?
I think you missed a really important feature for this product.
It has gestures recognition. You can swipe to activate scenes and use multi-fingure touch to control the light.
I like!
Gamer light switches, let's go
The crossover you didn't know you needed
first
lol - poot on a new cover.
i want clicky !