I really like the NS Panel Pro running the homeassistant app as a small and flexible interface for HA.
But for some usecases, i would really like some physical buttons.
I just got a GVS Waltz KNX Touchpanel, which is simlar to the F3-PRO, but costs 6 times as much.
So when I discovered the F3-PRO (at least alibaba and the box calls it like that) for <40€, I ordered one to take a look on how i could use it, and maybe modify it to run custom software, as I don’t want to rely on the Tuya stuff.
Hardware summary:
Dimension: 86x86mm
Display: 360*480 Screen with touch
Tuya ZT3l Module for Zigbee
Allwinnner F1C100s SoC
4 Relay Channels for 230v
Integrated 230V Power Supply
4 physical buttons, with a RGB? led (according to pictures, at least white and yellow are possible)
A “radar” sensor is also mentioned on the store page, the “manual” is talking about “X-band radar motion sensing” but I couldn’t anything similar to the pcb traces on a HLK radar sensor.
The “back part” (containing power supply and relays) is connected with 2x8 pin 2.54mm connector.
When I get some time i will try to figure out the pinout, as my plan is to replace that with a custom one to use it on the 24V I have available on the Aux-Voltage lines of my KNX bus.
There is also a debug port (2.54mm) with 4+1 pins, FEL, GND, DP, DM, 5V
And two solder jumpers on the second row labeled as ESD11 and ESD12.
And a unlabeled 4 pin J2 pinout with a smaller pitch.
As soon as I find some more time (and the USB UART adapter…) I will check if I get some usefull output on any of those.
And I just realized… there is no mention on any WiFi capabilites… So this may be Zigbee only?
I missed that somehow when ordering, will make integration interesting for anything more advanced then the buttons.
I have got the external convertor to work. everything works except the radar, text name fields and the time sync. please note that because of the time sync issue, the panel looses about a minutes time a day and is behind by a couple of minutes by the end of the week. my solution, reset and pair with smart life once a week and then delete and repair in z2m, none of the settings are lost while the time is syced back. also note that in case of power cut panel will default to its default time and the same process will have to be repeated. also please note that your panel might have a different manufacturer in z2m and that might need to be updated in the converter because i got 3 panels and while 2 of them had 1 manufacturer named the third had some other, z2m matches manufacturer name while loading the converter. I will upload on github for you guys
Am new to Home Assistant and am interested in buying the Tuya F3-Pro smart switch. Saw that its supported in Z2M (Tuya F3-Pro control via MQTT | Zigbee2MQTT), does that mean it can be supported natively via Z2M without any custom coding scripts from github? @namanbharihoke@Luqman