You could probably install tuya-convert on a persistent linux DVD or usb drive (i.e a live image).
Boot a PC off the DVD/USB and then install and run tuya-convert.
I’d go with a usb and ubuntu if you don’t know which linux to choose. Make sure you can boot from the usb.
Investigating the idea of getting solar, specifically before the end of the financial year. Has anyone got any specific products to recommend, something that you’ve been able to integrate into your smart home?
I note there is a Fronius integration which I hope would work with the inverters I see listed on various sites.
In addition, any specific installers people have dealt with and recommend? (in Melbourne)
An alternate to trying to get a solar system that is integrated into HA is to use a power monitoring system that does.
I use the IoTaWatt system and I get details of power usage on many different circuits in the house. You can do up to 10 ct clamps with IoTaWatt. All the information is pushed to influxdb and I draw the info from there into HA.
In my system I track the following
- solar generation
- grid in/out
- ac
- stove
- lights
- plugs
With the IoTaWatt you get current with direction, power and power factor. With that info you can start to work out a lot of what is going on in the home. For instance I can tell if the bathroom fans are being used by looking the the change in power draw and the power factor change. I also do a check to see if there are any dumb lights on after I run my goodnight script.
I also use Grafana to display info as it is very powerful and easy to setup with HA addons.
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Thanks mate, appreciate the reply.
In contacting a few installers for quotes I’ve also made it clear I want power monitoring so it’ll be interesting to see what they come with - IoTaWatt may be one of them.
Hi all,
I have an Aeotec Z-Stick and many Aeotec dual nano switches.
Toggling light via wall switch has a delay of ~4 secs back to HA.
I spun up Zwave2Mqtt and it still had the large delay.
I have tried ALL sorts of settings for the nano switches. ZWave graph shows really good ping times. No security. Switching from HA is blazing fast. At my wits end.
Both 2.02 and 2.01 firmware, 3 to 4 seconds.
Does anyone else have these Aeotec switches?
Thanks
Definitely go with a Fronius.
Before you commit to a solar company make sure that the inverter they sell you can provide its data without needing any cloud service. I have a Fronius (Austrian) and it is brilliant in that I can grab the data locally, directly into HA using this custom component (there is an official component but it isn’t as good as the custom one). There are other brands out which require your inverter to upload data to a Chinese server from which you then try to grab it back… stay away from these at all costs
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I don’t think is already listed in here, so I’m adding. Have recently bought and put tasmota on Arlec 10m extension cord. (https://www.bunnings.com.au/arlec-10m-smart-extension-lead-with-grid-connect_p0098824)
The OTA method worked with no glitches, and the template I ended up with after going through the steps as at https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Configuration-Procedure-for-New-Devices/ is below
is: {“NAME”:“Arlec Ext Cord”,“GPIO”:[255,17,255,255,255,255,255,255,255,56,21,255,255],“FLAG”:15,“BASE”:18}
I hope this is usable for others, best wishes…
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I bought 2 of these today May 2020 model MD93225 / 63645 built 07/2019 and flashed them with tasmota via tuya convert today successfully using this video https://youtu.be/dt5-iZc4_qU
I have hooked the switches into home assistant and also accessing the power monitoring.
I finally have my special ordered 4 gang deta switch, (at the same time there are about 3 on the shelves at Alexandria NSW.
Bad news, it does not tuya-convert.
Good news, it should be simple enough to manually flash it;
This the underside of the low voltage board with the touch switches.
The mains voltage board is the exactly the same a the non-smart version of this device.
Has anyone got any insight into the Brilliant smart escort light https://www.brilliantsmart.com.au/smart-products/security/smart-escort/ ?
Was thinking it would be great to have PIR info coming into HA and light control. Could use it to trigger camera recording and turn other lights on ect. But I have no idea if it runs on an ESP or if it would even be easy to build a template for.
EDIT- I have heard from Brilliant smart that it does run on an ESP8266
I couldn’t get it to flash using this USB to serial. I constantly got stuck on
Connecting… … … … … … … … … …
A fatal error occurred: Failed to connect to Espressif device: Timed out waiting for packet header
I wired it like this:
3.3v to VCC (top left in the picture)
Ground to GND (bottom left)
TXD to TXD (bottom right)
RXD to RXD (2nd from bottom right)
CTS to GPIO0 (3rd from bottom left).
I think I stuffed that last one up… my switch still works though. Actually, the LED on the board didn’t even come on while I plugged it into the serial adapter.
I’ll have a crack again on the weekend if someone has any ideas?
Note: My board looks more like this and this one, without the holes on the right hand side where the VCC/GND/TX/RX stuff is.
boc,
I can also recommend the Fronius system for integration into HA. But I think it also needs to have the Smart Meter. It looks like an entire meter, but is only the size of a breaker switch, so like the size of a matchbox really. I am using the integration to trigger my AC to turn on and heat/cool if there is enough sustained export - leveraging the system.
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Thanks mate, will keep an eye out for it.
Struggling to find installers at the minute, so it’s possible this won’t be as short term as I’d hoped for!
Normally you would need to connect RX to TX and TX to RX between the FTDI adapter and the ESP.
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You dont need the Fronius smart meter. The inverter will provide generation figures and you can use any of many methods to determine grid import / export. eg: I use IotaWatt
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I have the iSwitchOz dimmer working.
It can be flashed successfully using tuya-convert.
The one I have definitely does power monitoring.
It works in both Tasmota and esphome (although I haven’t looked at getting the power monitoring working in esphome yet).
tasmota template:
{"NAME":"iSwitchOZ Dimmer","GPIO":[255,255,255,255,255,255,0,0,255,255,54,255,255],"FLAG":0,"BASE":54}
Tasmota additional console commands :
TuyaMCU 21,2 ; TuyaMCU 33,6 ; TuyaMCU 31,5 ; TuyaMCU 32,4 ; DimmerRange 1,24
esphome yaml:
substitutions:
plug_id: eh_iswitch_dimmer_101
plug_name: rumpus
esphome:
name: ${plug_id}
platform: ESP8266
board: esp8285
#board: esp01_1m
# Make sure logging is not using the serial port
logger:
baud_rate: 0
wifi:
blah blah blah
ota:
api:
uart:
baud_rate: 9600
tx_pin: GPIO1
rx_pin: GPIO3
# Register the Tuya MCU connection
tuya:
# Create a light using the dimmer
light:
- platform: "tuya"
name: "${plug_name} Dimmer"
id: "${plug_id}_dimmer"
dimmer_datapoint: 2
switch_datapoint: 1
min_value: 1
max_value: 24
Thanks BradAU,
I have completed my first tuya-convert. The Gen 2 Kogan Smart Plugs with USB are up and running in ESPhome now with power monitoring. Great plug for the price.
I had some difficulty with errors while compiling in ESPhome I had to remove web_server and captive_portal, as these threw errors that I could not resolve.
Thanks Again
You’ve completely thrown me off now. (Too many acronyms)
So all I did wrong (apart from the GPIO0 wire, doh!) was not hook the RX to the TX and the TX to the RX?
What is FTDI?
That’s really odd, I use the same base config for all my ESPHome units.
Just to confirm, are you using the ESPHome add-on in Hassio?
Well, that’s just one bit that I noticed.
One more thing to double-check is that the voltage of your USB to serial adapter is indeed set to 3.3V.
Sorry, didn’t want to confuse you. FTDI adapter is just a usual synonym for the USB to serial adapter that you have.
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