@12:41 The "Protect from powering off" feature is actually very useful especially if you're using a plug solely for power monitoring. I accidentally switched off one of my desktops because I wasn't paying attention to which button I was clicking... Not that big of a deal since it probably needed to be rebooted anyway, but if a freezer was turned off and not noticed...
Exactly. I don't want to inadvertently turn it off since it is on the freezer. I have temp monitoring on the that freezer so I'd get an alert if that actually happened and the temp increased past the threshold.
I finally got around and followed your Tasmota guide and setup TasmoAdmin too. Unfortunately TasmotaAdmin caused my Sonoff S31 switches to continually crash. On Tasmota's Github discussions and Reddit, it seems TasmoAdmin is not recommended - it is known to cause issues with Tasmota devices and can cause lock ups and soft reboots...
Chris this was right on time since I just received 4 Tasmota flashed plugs, I have the first one loaded up and I can see it in HA but everything is unavailable, I can control it thru Tasmota admin so I know it works, did I miss a step
@@mostlychris I think I figured it out...maybe. still have issues but long story short I need to remove the plugs, do a re set and see if they stay available. More to follow if I have issues. Thanks
Thanks for the video! I had one problem with home assistant - you have to use the local IP address to home assistant for tasmota, the duck.dns did not work when opening the UI.
@@mostlychris I installed 3 cloud free plugs. These are awesome especially since the Shelly plugs have been back ordered since at least April. I’m still waiting on two, they told me this month (July).
@@mostlychris Washing machine with automation telling me it’s done (correct 90% of the time), dehumidifier, and an interior camera that occasionally stops recording but still shows online. I just have to power cycle that for it to work again, and now I don’t have to be home to do it.
Those are all good uses. I have an appliance switch on my washing machine. The display runs about 5 watts when it is on and it will stay on after a cycle if it is time to run a clean cycle. Because of that, I had to set the threshold of "> 5 watts for more than 5 minutes = running" and otherwise I consider it done with the wash.
That's solved that now to get it to show up in the Tasmoto Intregration.... it's not finding it for some reason and I know my mqtt is setup correctly....
This saved me a lot of time setting up tasmoadmin. My Tasmota devices are showing up in the tasmoadmin web ui and can be controlled from there. Also the tasmota devices are showing up in the mqtt integration tool and can be controlled from there. Unfortunately they aren't showing up under the tasmota integration tool! Any ideas?
@@mostlychris Hi Chris, when I said "tasmota integration tool" I meant the standard "tasmota tool" you can install on home assistant. It turns out that you can only set the system up to run either tasmota or mqtt. Home assistant uses the mqtt settings on the tasmota device - so you have to decide whether you want to use the mqtt or tasmota plugin to run the devices. You can't use both. Or at least I couldn't.
From what I've read, ESPhome works with this plug also. Any advice on why to use one over the other? I have no experience with MQTT and am somewhat concerned to go down that road.
I have S40 Type A plug and it is not supported by Tasmota. If I buy S31 version, can I remove the ground prong at the back? My outlet here is only 2 prong.
You can do whatever you would like, but removing the ground--and thus some protection--doesn't seem like a good idea. I would caution against modifying the plug in terms of its electrical characteristics. As always, consult with an electrician.
What is your opinion when naming best practices for devices/entities. should you include tasmota or esphome in the naming? would this help troubleshoot a device to know what integration you used?
I try to keep my entity names simple and kinda based on rooms. I have light.living_room_1 & .living_room_2. Same for the my bedroom. In the other bedroom, they're just called .desk, .dresser, and .nightstand. (Simple but memorable names will be useful when automating.) When I look at the entities, for example light.nightstand, I can see its Integration is Tuya. Now, with that said, I also have a spreadsheet where I keep track of all my devices on my network. I have the name, MAC address, IP address, if the IP is static, device type, and then vendor, make, serial numbers and other information. I have a separate sheet where I have the device_ieee for my zigbee devices. The spreadsheet would be my first stop for troubleshooting. I can filter the sheet to show me just smart bulbs, for example. Also, the bulbs themselves have a label with the MAC address for easy reference if needed.
Excellent way to track things. I use simple names as well, especially if I try to control them via a smart speaker. The fewer words I have to speak for interpretation, the better. Some of the stuff that I use for purely monitoring I might add the device type. Generally speaking, though, it's just simple names.
Would you happen to know the difference or when one would want to use the setoption19 1 and use the MQTT integration to find the plug, or leave setoption19 0 and let the tasmota integration find it? With all my others, I did the setoption19 1 and had MQTT see it under devices. But I forgot to do that with my S31 plug and it showed up under the tasmota integration.... thoughts ? I still configured the MQTT in the S31, so who knows?
Setoption 19 is used to make the device discoverable in HA. That also sets the topic in Setoption 59. If you switch it off, you'll have to reset the topic. However, it sounds like things are working for you regardless. If that is the case, then no need to change anything.
Is TasmoAdmin broke with latest updates? I'm getting this error: ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH when trying to open the webUI... I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling. everything is updated.
I had to disable SSL in the config for the add-on. There have been some SSL changed recently in HA that have complicated some of the add-ons that aren't updated. Unifi was a big one for me as well. If you use this without SSL enabled, make sure you are only connecting locally.
I have a Sonoff Basic R2. I got it to flash and all but when I went to add it to home assistant I was able to get TasmoAdmin on but I open the web UI and all I get is "Failed to open page" is that because I'm running my home assistant on a raspberry pi with a DNS server?
In TasmoAdmin under Devices, there is an "Update" option. This will allow you to update devices. You can either specify the firmware (download the files) or tell TasoAdmin to use the latest from the website.
Looking on Amazon, the S26 looks like UK and the S20 looks like EU. The S26 appears to be available in several different plug versions. sonoff.tech/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/%E4%BA%A7%E5%93%81%E5%8F%82%E6%95%B0%E8%A1%A8-S26-20210121.pdf There may be some other differences because I noticed the S26 does not have power monitoring; you might consider the Sonoff POWR2 or DUAL R2 if you're looking for power monitoring, as per a comment by Sonoff.
@@yousaf.saleem Looking at the datasheet, it does support powering monitoring but it is a module instead of a plug. sonoff.tech/product-document/diy-smart-switch-doc/dualr3-doc/
@12:41 The "Protect from powering off" feature is actually very useful especially if you're using a plug solely for power monitoring. I accidentally switched off one of my desktops because I wasn't paying attention to which button I was clicking... Not that big of a deal since it probably needed to be rebooted anyway, but if a freezer was turned off and not noticed...
Exactly. I don't want to inadvertently turn it off since it is on the freezer. I have temp monitoring on the that freezer so I'd get an alert if that actually happened and the temp increased past the threshold.
I finally got around and followed your Tasmota guide and setup TasmoAdmin too. Unfortunately TasmotaAdmin caused my Sonoff S31 switches to continually crash. On Tasmota's Github discussions and Reddit, it seems TasmoAdmin is not recommended - it is known to cause issues with Tasmota devices and can cause lock ups and soft reboots...
Thanks for the feedback. I don't run it unless I actually need to do something. I've heard it is quite chatty.
Chris this was right on time since I just received 4 Tasmota flashed plugs, I have the first one loaded up and I can see it in HA but everything is unavailable, I can control it thru Tasmota admin so I know it works, did I miss a step
Can you put a screenshot in my Discord?
@@mostlychris I think I figured it out...maybe. still have issues but long story short I need to remove the plugs, do a re set and see if they stay available. More to follow if I have issues. Thanks
Thanks for the video! I had one problem with home assistant - you have to use the local IP address to home assistant for tasmota, the duck.dns did not work when opening the UI.
Thanks for the info!
@@mostlychris I installed 3 cloud free plugs. These are awesome especially since the Shelly plugs have been back ordered since at least April. I’m still waiting on two, they told me this month (July).
@@firepilot17 Excellent. What do you have plugged into those?
@@mostlychris Washing machine with automation telling me it’s done (correct 90% of the time), dehumidifier, and an interior camera that occasionally stops recording but still shows online. I just have to power cycle that for it to work again, and now I don’t have to be home to do it.
Those are all good uses. I have an appliance switch on my washing machine. The display runs about 5 watts when it is on and it will stay on after a cycle if it is time to run a clean cycle. Because of that, I had to set the threshold of "> 5 watts for more than 5 minutes = running" and otherwise I consider it done with the wash.
Problem I'm having is I get all the way up to the clicking on the webui button and it won't load... blank page.
Going to TasmoAdmin and disable SSL in the configuration tab worked for me
That's solved that now to get it to show up in the Tasmoto Intregration.... it's not finding it for some reason and I know my mqtt is setup correctly....
This saved me a lot of time setting up tasmoadmin. My Tasmota devices are showing up in the tasmoadmin web ui and can be controlled from there. Also the tasmota devices are showing up in the mqtt integration tool and can be controlled from there. Unfortunately they aren't showing up under the tasmota integration tool! Any ideas?
Hey Robert, can you remind me what the "tasmota integration tool" is.
@@mostlychris Hi Chris, when I said "tasmota integration tool" I meant the standard "tasmota tool" you can install on home assistant. It turns out that you can only set the system up to run either tasmota or mqtt. Home assistant uses the mqtt settings on the tasmota device - so you have to decide whether you want to use the mqtt or tasmota plugin to run the devices. You can't use both. Or at least I couldn't.
From what I've read, ESPhome works with this plug also. Any advice on why to use one over the other? I have no experience with MQTT and am somewhat concerned to go down that road.
Personal preference. I started flashing Tasmota as a demo and then just did the rest the same. I use ESPHome for some things such as the ESP devices.
I have S40 Type A plug and it is not supported by Tasmota. If I buy S31 version, can I remove the ground prong at the back? My outlet here is only 2 prong.
You can do whatever you would like, but removing the ground--and thus some protection--doesn't seem like a good idea. I would caution against modifying the plug in terms of its electrical characteristics. As always, consult with an electrician.
Is there any way to sort columns? For example, to sort by name or by IP address.
What is your opinion when naming best practices for devices/entities. should you include tasmota or esphome in the naming? would this help troubleshoot a device to know what integration you used?
I try to keep my entity names simple and kinda based on rooms. I have light.living_room_1 & .living_room_2. Same for the my bedroom. In the other bedroom, they're just called .desk, .dresser, and .nightstand. (Simple but memorable names will be useful when automating.) When I look at the entities, for example light.nightstand, I can see its Integration is Tuya.
Now, with that said, I also have a spreadsheet where I keep track of all my devices on my network. I have the name, MAC address, IP address, if the IP is static, device type, and then vendor, make, serial numbers and other information. I have a separate sheet where I have the device_ieee for my zigbee devices. The spreadsheet would be my first stop for troubleshooting. I can filter the sheet to show me just smart bulbs, for example. Also, the bulbs themselves have a label with the MAC address for easy reference if needed.
Excellent way to track things. I use simple names as well, especially if I try to control them via a smart speaker. The fewer words I have to speak for interpretation, the better. Some of the stuff that I use for purely monitoring I might add the device type. Generally speaking, though, it's just simple names.
Would you happen to know the difference or when one would want to use the setoption19 1 and use the MQTT integration to find the plug, or leave setoption19 0 and let the tasmota integration find it? With all my others, I did the setoption19 1 and had MQTT see it under devices. But I forgot to do that with my S31 plug and it showed up under the tasmota integration.... thoughts ? I still configured the MQTT in the S31, so who knows?
Setoption 19 is used to make the device discoverable in HA. That also sets the topic in Setoption 59. If you switch it off, you'll have to reset the topic. However, it sounds like things are working for you regardless. If that is the case, then no need to change anything.
Is TasmoAdmin broke with latest updates? I'm getting this error: ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH when trying to open the webUI... I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling. everything is updated.
I had to disable SSL in the config for the add-on. There have been some SSL changed recently in HA that have complicated some of the add-ons that aren't updated. Unifi was a big one for me as well. If you use this without SSL enabled, make sure you are only connecting locally.
I have a Sonoff Basic R2. I got it to flash and all but when I went to add it to home assistant I was able to get TasmoAdmin on but I open the web UI and all I get is "Failed to open page" is that because I'm running my home assistant on a raspberry pi with a DNS server?
Maybe. It might not be able to resolve the domain name using mDNS. Try changing it to use the IP address of the device instead.
service dosnt start
Is the Sonoff S31 more reliable with TASMOTA?
I haven't had any issues using them either way. Using Tasmota, though, eliminates the need to set them up via the app first.
How do you use this for OTA updates?
In TasmoAdmin under Devices, there is an "Update" option. This will allow you to update devices. You can either specify the firmware (download the files) or tell TasoAdmin to use the latest from the website.
This is 120V device. Which alternative is available for 220V?
Looking on Amazon, the S26 looks like UK and the S20 looks like EU. The S26 appears to be available in several different plug versions. sonoff.tech/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/%E4%BA%A7%E5%93%81%E5%8F%82%E6%95%B0%E8%A1%A8-S26-20210121.pdf
There may be some other differences because I noticed the S26 does not have power monitoring; you might consider the Sonoff POWR2 or DUAL R2 if you're looking for power monitoring, as per a comment by Sonoff.
@@d_sellers1 does DUAL POWER R2 support power monitoring?
@@yousaf.saleem Looking at the datasheet, it does support powering monitoring but it is a module instead of a plug. sonoff.tech/product-document/diy-smart-switch-doc/dualr3-doc/
Thanks @Derek Sellers for jumping on the answers for this question.