Has anybody seen a slightly different revision of board for these Magic Home devices?
I’ve got one controller like the one at the top of this thread, however I’ve purchased three more for under cupboard lighting in the kitchen and they board is slightly different.
Close up of the chip, which is obviously labelled differently as in my first controller this was an ESP8266:
Tried flashing one of them with ESPHome but no luck, was going to try a second one to rule out poor soldering etc but that’s when I noticed the differences so held off for now.
In the meantime I’m using the “flux_led” integration built into Home Assistant, but I’m not a fan of the delay in controlling.
That is no ESP8266! I have never seen the logo on that IC before, and number looks weird, and after a closer look the antenna signal isn’t even on the same pin as on an ESP8266.
So I’ll be returning them as well, at least it’s from Amazon so easy to return.
Not sure where to go now as I can’t see a way of confirming what version I’ll be purchasing.
Normally I’d order from Aliexpress, but returns are going to be near impossible.
Does anybody have any recommendations of where to purchase?
My next attempt looks to be these ones as in the reviews somebody has successfully flashed with ESPHome
I believe this is a new version using an ESP Chip. Also uses RF instead of IR for the remote.
It will be delivered tomorrow, so I will update you all.
I too bought one of those £8.69 ones. But it was the SmartChip Semiconductor Co S9070B.
I have also noticed WiFi devices shipping with Mediatek and RealTek chips. Again neither are compatible.
Even Sonoff have started to use other random chips.
ESPHome config for the MagicHome RGBW-RF ZJ-WFMN-B v1.1 controller.
I have mapped some of the RF Remote buttons. I’ll do the rest later and update.
I have done it so the RF control is internal and not relying on HA, so it still works away from WiFi ect.
In case anyone is wondering this seller on AliExpress sells the ESP8285 (the right one) version of these in all the variants (RGB, RGBW, single color, etc). I bought from another seller after not having bought any of these for a while and also received the new “E” variant which is junk for me at this moment in time with the no name chip. https://a.aliexpress.com/_d7HejCt
Did you happen to find a good place to purchase? I’ve tried two different controllers from Amazon and both came with the same chip as yours (ZJ-WFMN-E)
I too fell foul of these ZJ-WFMN-E devices. I tried the WOWLED model linked above but it’s the same junk. The product listings can’t be trusted because the item I received is different than the one pictured. Notice how the sticker should say “Output <= 144W”? The one I received has 2 lines of text stating power output.
I’m reluctant to buy the RF version as it differs quite a lot from the Tasmota documentation. I think I’ll grab an Arilux branded device from Banggood and cross my fingers for 2 weeks until it arrives.
Just wanted to update anyone finding this post. I received the Banggood Arilux SL-LC 03 today after only 8 days from China. I can confirm that it’s an ESP 8285 device with product code ZJ-WFMN-A V1.1 and has labelled solder pads on the reverse. I was wrong about identifying ESP devices from the 2 lines of text on the case sticker, as you’ll see in the photos.