You could wire in a transistor / MOSFET or similar to switch the USB power from an ESP output.
i purchased a bunch of Mirabella Genio bulbs to play around with in HA and used your config above. after playing around with the colours, i couldn’t get the bulb brightness up to the normal white as it came out of the box. i eventually worked it out - you need to have separate controls for the “white” channel for this bulb.
i added in the appropriate lines and it started working, however i noticed that the controls in HA seemed “out of sync” with what was going on. i went back to the tasmota/HA documentation and found a much better configuration. i’ve combined this with the white channel below and now it works beautifully.
i also discovered you can do “effects” to automatically cycle colours and also a disco mode 
note - in order for my config below to work, open up the console on your tasmotised mirabella RGBW bulb and issue the console commands:
SetOption17 1 - This enables decimal colors
SetOption59 1 - This enables sending of tele//STATE on POWER and light related commands
see my working config below:
light:
- platform: mqtt
name: "Mirabella RGBW 01"
command_topic: "cmnd/MiraRGB01/POWER"
state_topic: "tele/MiraRGB01/STATE"
state_value_template: "{{value_json.POWER}}"
availability_topic: "tele/MiraRGB01/LWT"
brightness_command_topic: "cmnd/MiraRGB01/Dimmer"
brightness_state_topic: "tele/MiraRGB01/STATE"
brightness_scale: 100
on_command_type: "brightness"
brightness_value_template: "{{value_json.Dimmer}}"
rgb_command_topic: "cmnd/MiraRGB01/Color2"
rgb_state_topic: "tele/MiraRGB01/STATE"
rgb_value_template: "{{value_json.Color.split(',')[0:3]|join(',')}}"
white_value_state_topic: "tele/MiraRGB01/STATE"
white_value_command_topic: "cmnd/MiraRGB01/White"
white_value_scale: 100
white_value_template: "{{ value_json.Channel[3] }}"
effect_command_topic: "cmnd/MiraRGB01/Scheme"
effect_state_topic: "tele/MiraRGB01/STATE"
effect_value_template: "{{value_json.Scheme}}"
effect_list:
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
payload_on: "ON"
payload_off: "OFF"
payload_available: "Online"
payload_not_available: "Offline"
qos: 1
retain: false
effect 0 = no effect
effect 1 = dim and go brighter - white
effect 2 = colour clockwise
effect 3 = colour anti-clockwise
effect 4 = disco
cheers, wizdude.
@wizdude this is exactly why I’ve switched to using ESPHome, so I can avoid the config garbage and just get on with using my devices, you just need to configure the ESPHome firmware with the correct channels and it auto configures HA via mqtt discovery, or API if that is more your thing.
Just a heads up everyone. The ‘clone’ of these products by Brilliant Lighting (e.g. their smart plug you can get from Bunnings) are about to expand their range quite a bit. I found on an electrical wholesaler I buy stuff from the following:
- wifi dimmer
- wifi four outlet power board
- smart sensor camera with speaker
- reed switch
And so on. Not sure if this link will work but you can check it out here . Hopefully a lot of (or all) of these products can also be flashed to work with HA. Exciting that we’re finally getting some low cost stuff in Australia. Their RGB bulbs on that site are $24, cheaper even that the Mirabella K-mart ones.
sweet! will be interesting to see the prices
bircoe, can I pick your brain.
I just flashed a ‘Brilliant Smart LED’ and used your ESPHome config. I’d assumed that the Brilliant and Mirabella bulbs would be the same but there must be a slight difference (or perhaps not, this is my first bulb in HA so perhaps I’m not use to its quirks).
So the white value slider, I had assumed it would change the bulb from say warm white to cold white. But what it does is change the bulb from light to a mix of white and the colour selected on the colour wheel. So if I have chosen, say red, it won’t appear fully red until I slide the white value all the way to the left.
The brightness does change the brightness, but only if I have the white value slid all the way to the left. If the white value is slid all the way to the right, the brightness slider does nothing. If the white slider is slid all the way left, then brightness will work. Colors otherwise display accurately.
Could this be that the pin for white is different on Brilliant’s version of the bulb?
Just another heads up - if/when these products become available via retail, DO NOT register/use them with the Brilliant or Tuya apps if you plan to flash them over-the-air using tuya-convert. the exploit/technique used by tuya-convert has been patched by Tuya and if you connect any devices to the Tuya cloud it will upgrade the firmware and make over the air flashing to Tasmota or ESPHome not possible.
you can still crack the devices open and flash them by hand, but for some devices this is a real pain (ie: lightbulbs).
i am also working on the assumption that these new devices will not already ship with updated firmware. we won’t know for sure until they arrive on the retail market.
some of these items look very interesting. the PIR would be good to put into my corridor to automatically switch the light
Lets hope the guys who did the tuya convert can get around the new firmware limitation
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i just saw the most exciting product on that list - the 1/2/3/4 gang smart wall light switches. this is the most exciting product there. replace your existing light switches with smart switches. this is by far a much better solution than smart bulbs because you have full manual/smart control at all times.
these aren’t new - i have already played with these, but it’s all about australian standards. many chinese manufacturers make these switches and some companies in australia have got them put through the required electrical testing to get a compliance certificate.
the only thing at the moment has been the price. i can purchase non-compliant wall switches for around USD$15-20 and fully approved switches for around USD$20-25 (without shipping) direct from china.
the exact same fully approved switch above from many australian resellers usually goes for around $52+ and i’ve seen for a multi gang version as much as $100.
here’s hoping that brilliant doesn’t shaft us and provides a cost effective solution. they have the potential to tap the australian market with great products.
i just created an account on tradezone to check it out. damn. it’s expensive
single gang light switch wholesale $71. four gang light switch wholesale $103. PIR $55, reed switch $40. the 4 x powerboard is $76.
this is notably more expensive than the current “expensive” people bringing in certified equipment. at these prices, the best option is to just direct order from china.
it’s disappointing. i was really looking forward to some decent pricing here, considering that the tuya single power point switch was very cost effective.
Hi all,
Pretty new to this, only started a few days ago and picked up some of these globes the Warm White ones. Managed to flash them over to ESPHome and im able to turn them on and off and dim them via the dashboard however using @cryptelli’s on_boot code the light doesnt turn on when i switch it on. everything compiles correctly. Am i missing something? Do i need to add code to the config yaml?
Update: Got it working with the below code:
esphome:
name: outside_light
platform: ESP8266
board: esp01_1m
# Ensure the light turns on by default if the physical switch is actuated.
on_boot:
priority: 30
then:
- light.turn_on:
id: light
brightness: 100%
light:
- platform: monochromatic
name: "Outside Light"
id: light
output: output_component1
output:
- platform: esp8266_pwm
id: output_component1
pin: GPIO13I’ve had success with the Kogan switches with energy measurement and the white smart globes and Tuya-convert.
@Sting sorry, didn’t see this until now. The initial config posted to the ESPHome cookbook was working as intended but a change in 0.12.1 caused the bulb to not function using an on_boot priority of 100. I’ve since changed mine all to 50.0 being the second highest level to prevent any delay in the light turning on.
As per the the ESPHome docs - ESPHome Core Configuration — ESPHome
50.0: This is where most sensors are set up.
I managed to get the power consumption working for the Aldi (Medion) Smart WiFi Switch using the Teckin Module Template for Tasmota.
However, the soft touch power switch on the device itself doesn’t work.
What is the difference in the Tasmota GPIO between the Kmart Genio and the Brilliant WiFi Smart Switch?
Currently the Tasmota wiki is showing them as using the same template.
Update: Tried the Genio template settings as per wiki and nothing works. I can’t toggle or use the switch on the device.
i have both of these devices. I setup the Genio as per the wiki with no issues. GitHub - arendst/Tasmota: Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at
this is mine running as of right now:
i setup the brilliant as per this post on the tuya-convert thread: Successfully flashed Brilliant Smart Wifi Plug (Bunnings AU) · Issue #66 · ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert · GitHub
and a screenshot of this as well:
That worked, thank you for your very detailed reply.
Hi @bukurat,
Do you mean to say you have had success with these:
with OTA Tuya-convert?
I’m looking at getting started with a Hassbian project, my first Home Assistant dabble in the next could of weeks, and am trying to source some reasonably priced Aussie hardware. The Kogan lights are currently the best price I can find. Next to those are the TP-Link LB100’s. I’m still looking through my search results for ‘Australia’ on this forum to see what hardware people are using, failing that I’ll make my own post to create a list.
Many thanks for any info you can share.
For globes I have been using the Yeelights for about 18 months and they have been great. I kinda figured that something like a globe would be ok… (I wouldn’t go wiring in non-certified gear though)
Ive been using these for a few days, flashing with tasmota using the ftdi methon mentioned further up.
Holding GPIO 0 to ground on boot puts it into flashing mode.
For wall switches, im either using sonoff basics, connected to the original walls witch, with the power running through the relay. But having the wall switch control the led using MQTT and not control the relay directly. This way the relay is always on, but i can turn it off if i want to work on the light socket using the tasmota ip address GUI.
I have also changed a few of my wall switches to sonoff t1 US, touch wall switches.
All is working great so far.
Forgot to mention, i use Openhab and not HA, i just joined to post that i have successfully flashed these and have them working, if anyone else needs help.