Shelly PlugS: change what the small button does

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Hi. I am using a Shelly Plug S with Home Assistant. I am able to see the sensor readings and to turn the plug on and off from HA.

But there is a small physical button on the plug, that allows manually switching the plug on location. I would like to

  1. Prevent this manual operation and only let the plug be handled from HA.
  2. Trigger a custom HA automation when the button is pressed.

How can I go about this? I tried Googling for answers but the terms “shelly” and “button” always divert me into stuff about a different device, the Shelly Button. I need answers for the small button on the Shelly PlugS device.

Thanks for any help!

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Maybe this isn’t possible? Anyone have any hints?

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I think that is not possible. At least I haven’t read any information about it. In the Shelly Admin Inferface I did not find an option to change this button. Also, this button is not available in HA Shelly integration.

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Flash the device with ESPHome and change the YAML file:

Used to be you needed to open up the plug to flash the firmware:

Haven’t tried it, but there seems to be a way to flash the ESPHome firmware over the air though a workaraound:

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Thanks for your answer, I really appreciate it.

I am not familiar with ESPHome, but I am familiar with Tasmota, and I would know how to do it with Tasmota (which, BTW, is very easy to flash over the air on these Shelly’s)… but I actually started using HA so I could avoid the hand-made stuff and the flashing… especially on this system that I am setting up for other (less technical) people to use.

So should I conclude from your suggestion that this is not possible with the default Shelly firmware and HA? What a pity.

Thanks

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@Bieniu does your Shellies Discovery integration make it possible to achieve what I requested in this thread?

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Shelly firmware (so also Shellies Discovery) does not provide this option for Plug S, Plus Plug S has the ability to detach the button.

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I think I might do it with Tasmota, since Tasmota is really easy to install in Shellies. And for the future, I will look for the Plus version.

Thanks for your reply!

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Hi! Are there any updates on this?
Shelly Plus 2PM, working in detached mode, exposes the button input in HA which is quite useful. I’m using it for turning on/off smart LED strips.

I’m trying to use button of my Shelly Plus Plug S to do something else besides turning on/off power but without luck so far. Up to this point I’ve been quite happy with Shelly devices so I would like to avoid flashing.