Flashed same bin on different plugs

ESPHome
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Hi all,

Earlier today I flashed one of my two ESP8266 plugs with ESPhome successfully. I loaded Tasmota on the second one, and after playing around with it, wanted to put ESPhome on that one as well. In my excitement, I accidentally flashed the second plug with the same .bin file as the first plug, so now it’s basically showing up as two different devices with the same name. I flashed both via the OTA method and tuya-convert, so is there a way to “start fresh” on the second plug without the use of an FTDI adapter/serial connection? Or somehow flash the second plug with another bin?

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leave the first one unplugged and load an ESPhome bin file into the Tasmota one OTA

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If both of your plugs are now on ESPHome as the same device, I would suggest the following

  1. Turn off Plug 1

  2. In the config (for plug 1 & 2), add the

web_server:

entry into the YAML, and upload to plug 2 OTA. this will enable web server allowing you to browser to plug 2 and upload a new binary.

  1. Create a new ESPHome device for plug 2, compile and download the new binary

  2. Browse to Plug 2 IP address and you’ll see simple web server where you can upload the new binary

  3. Upload the new binary for the new plug 2 device.

  4. Remove the web_server: component from plug 1 profile, take up space so better removed if not needed.

  5. Turn Plug 1 back on, and you done.

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Awesome, thank you both for the replies. I was able to create a new bin for the second plug, upload it, and now it shows up as the second device.

Another question I had is do all smart plugs have the ability to send usage statistics (ie power draw, voltage, etc.)? I just flashed these ones (https://www.amazon.com/ISELECTOR-Electric-Anywhere-Compatible-Assistant/dp/B0797LC91T/ref=sr_1_9?crid=1HZS5TE9T63K8&keywords=iselector+smart+plug&qid=1582476530&sprefix=iselector%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-9) and even from looking at the Tasmota docs, it appears the GPIO pins only have pinouts for LED, relay, and button. I assume that means now power info?

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Many plugs do not have power monitoring, you would need to buy one that specifies that it does. I don’t see any mention of it in the link you provided so I’m fairly confident those ones do not have this feature