Has anyone tried ESPHome on a Shelly 1 Gen4? Did the OpenThread component work?
It has a chip ESP-Shelly-C68F, a variant of ESP32-C6 with more memory. The Shelly firmware does not support Thread.
What messages do you get?
Are you using the ESP-IDF, and not Arduino?
I have tried this with the 1/2PM Gen4. For the regular Shelly 1 Gen4 there is no existing ESPHome config / pinout available and in this regard it is not similar to other devices.
The OpenThread integration is extremely simple:
# You need to disable wifi
# wifi:
# ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
# password: !secret wifi_password
network:
enable_ipv6: True
openthread:
tlv: # Copy from Settings -> Integrations -> Thread -> Info -> Active dataset TLVs
Everything else basically works out of the box and you can switch back and forth between Thread and WLAN using OTA updates. There should be no difference for the Shelly 1 Gen4, all of these models use the same microcontroller.
However, I also made power measurements while testing. The idle values were ~0.6W for WLAN and ~1W for Thread. I had no success in making it more efficient using the existing options. Thus, I can only recommend Thread in case you want to reduce the traffic on your WLAN channel.
Thanks. How did you first flash the Shelly with ESPHome?
The usual way, with a USB to serial port?
Any tutorial to follow step-by-step?
Gimme a minute while I search. First Espessif, then Shelly, then ESPHome, and then the forums here.
nice to know. i am considering the same, using a new shelly with thread.
main goal would be using the shelly addon to be able to connect sensors while beeing powered with 240V.
It would be nice to see all process on YouTube or screen shots, it help a lot for people who is searching Matter over Thread relay. If it works flawlessly, then it solve thousands of people problem and make stronger inner thread mesh network.
I have no experience with ESPHOME, neither OTA FLASHING, but if I got some time to play with it, I will try to learn and after all document it to help others, but need some advisor if something goes wrong 
First hard step is flashing shelly over the serial connection as OTA is unlikely to work.
I did it once and struggle to repeat the process right now.
First thing i would try then is to make a backup of the original firmware.
If i succeed i plan to document it 
I disassembled and spent all evening to try flash it. As first timer, unsuccessfully…
The pins on left side of pcb I tried from top:
Reset
3.3V
TX
Rx
gpio9/boot
Im sure that reset is first, when short with GND in the middle on top (WHICH I find with multimeter), it restarts two times Rx and Tx led blinks on the USB-TTL FT232 converter.
I tried to short gpio9boot +GND, then with button - haven’t received any success. As a first timer, it can be due to many other flaws in process. Maybe someone can help me and ensure that I discovered those contacts accurately?
I finally got to backup and flash my Shelly 1 Gen4 successfully with ESPhome.
I had to modify my USB serial flasher with an additional GND pin to connect the IO-0 to GND in order to activate flash mode.
ESP home basic is running via WiFi, right now i try to get the sensor addon running. Last step will be switching from wifi to thread.
If successful i am happy to write a documentation
Is this a Shelly Mini?
Look similiar to gen3:
Yes, it’s shelly 1pm mini gen4 (detailed json below). It seems similar, but missing GND, WHICH I find during testing brown capacitors I’m not sure that others is correct too, first time with pcb flashing, many places go wrong 
{“name”:null,“id”:“shelly1pmminig4-7c2c6779d80c”,“mac”:“7C2C6779D80C”,“slot”:0,“model”:“S4SW-001P8EU”,“gen”:4,“fw_id”:“20250214-121727/1.5.99-g4prod1-gc32c24b”,“ver”:“1.5.99-g4prod1”,“app”:“Mini1PMG4”,“auth_en”:false,“auth_domain”:null,“matter”:true}
Getting the Shelly 1 Gen4 connecting with opnthread was easy.
Right now im trying to figure out the GIPO configs as they dont match the Shelly 1/2PM Gen4.
Any idea of how to get the pin mapping?
Were you successful @zuz242?
Usually, what I do with BSEED switches, I go throw each pin and try one-by-one. A bit of copy-paste for each sensor and quickly you can figure out what PIN goes where.
I did get the GPIOs for switch, button and relay, which i can post later.
Which is much harder is to get the config for the sensor add-on.
It might not just GPIOs but also some intermittent element, as the connection is separated from the main circuit.
For the Shelly 1 Gen4 i got following GPIOs working:
GPIO 04 - Button on case
GPIO 05 - Relay
GPIO 10 - Switch
GPIO 01 is giving some voltage readings with ADC
GPIO 16 - 18 have some input with the addon attached,
but i did not get any sensor recognized.
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Hello,
I’m trying to achieve the same (Shelly 1 Mini Gen4) , but I’m pretty new to this world, and I’m struggling to connect the small pins to the USB.
How did you achieve that?
Thanks in advance.
Regards
I build a connector some time ago and was happy it is still working.
Actually you dont have to dismantle the case, the pins get contact through the addon holes anyway. But its fragile and for achieving flash mode i had to add an additional ground connection to the serial flasher.
