At Less than £4 the original Sonoff Basic has always been an amazing piece of kit for your Smart Home, but their latest Sonoff basic R3 changes the game entirely! This video review will tell you everything you need to know about the new Sonoff Basic R3 and also provide an instructional tutorial as to how to flash Tasmota to the Sonoff basic R3 OTA (Over The Air) by putting it into DIY mode without having to break out the soldering iron or buy other components. If you’re a fan of Home Assistant then life just got much cheaper and much easier! As a Google Home or Amazon Alexa device this works straight out the box! BUY THIS SWITCH: Amazon UK: amzn.to/2JUeq1t Amazon US: amzn.to/2LB1WiW Sonoff Direct: sonoff.itead.cc/en/products/sonoff/sonoff-basicr3 BUY THE CAPTAIN KIRK SHIRT: UK: amzn.to/2XRsFy1 US: amzn.to/2O7JEYD Written instructions: Download this stuff to a wireless Windows PC such as a laptop: TOOL github.com/itead/Sonoff_Devices_DIY_Tools TASMOTA Download Sonoff.bin 6.3.0 is the newest one I can get to work: github.com/arendst/Sonoff-Tasmota/releases/download/v6.3.0/sonoff.bin Follow the usual practice to connect The Sonoff device to Ewelink to update to the correct firmware (v3.1.0 onwards) Disconnect Power from the Sonoff device so you don’t kill yourself!. Put jumper (tiny plastic thing in the bag) on the two pins that are sticking up on the circuit board. BE REALLY CAREFUL NOT TO SNAP THE TALL PLASTIC BUTTON, I SNAPPED IT TWICE AND HAD TO GLUE IT BACK TOGETHER Connect your laptop and the Sonoff R3 to each other by using the following method: Create a mobile hotspot on your phone with the folowing details: AP name: sonoffDiy Password: 20170618sn Power the Sonoff R3 back on and it will automatically connect, you’ll know it’s connected your phone shows that there is a “device connected” Connect to the same hotspot on your wireless laptop. This will enable the 2 devices to see and talk to each other Extract the Sonoff tools on your laptop and launch the “DIY tool”, you will see your Sonoff R3 listed and you will be able to control it with the tool on your laptop Use the Sonoff tool to upload the Tasmota bin file that you downloaded in step 1 This is no longer a Sonoff device, it is now a Tasmota device! BUT, it is not yet connected to your Wifi network and needs to be told your Wifi details. You can access the Tasmota device to configure it by connecting to it’s Wifi network, in my case Sonoff-3012. Program in your usual Wifi details for your router and Tasmota will join your local network You can now access your Tasmota device from any computer on your network to make changes to it’s configuration. You’ll now need to find out what IP address your router has given to your Tasmota device, you can do this using fing or by looking in your routers config pages. You can now configure Tasmota for MQTT or HTTP. The HTTP server is running by default and you can control it using the following commands: Power on command: 192.168.71.74/cm?cmnd=Power%20On Power off command: 192.168.71.74/cm?cmnd=Power%20Off If you’re interested in MQTT (You big nerd) then check this out: github.com/arendst/Sonoff-Tasmota/wiki/MQTT-Overview ============================= FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram a brother: www.instagram.com/hibberthometech Twitter me up: www.twitter.com/hibberthometech Facebook the heck out of me: www.facebook.com/hibberthometech BUY ME A BEER Donate to the channel: paypal.me/PaulHibbert Become a monthly contributor on Patreon: www.patreon.com/paulhibbert 🙂 UK: amzn.to/2Oqdgfg US: amzn.to/2xkT1ID Use my affiliate link to sign up for Ivacy VPN (who are awesome) here and I will get a kick back at no cost to you 🙂 : bit.ly/2vUnWet ============================== OTHER SMART HOME PRODUCTS I RECOMMEND: SMART BULBS (Tuya Wifi NO HUB REQUIRED) UK – amzn.to/2F1cV01 US – amzn.to/2LsTZvj AISIRER WIFI PLUG SOCKET (Tuya Wifi NO HUB REQUIRED) UK: amzn.to/2MzlYWK US: amzn.to/2xkWSWg CONTROL CHEAP RF PLUG SOCKETS AND SWITCHES AND ALSO INFRARED DEVICES SUCH AS TV’s AND SET TOP BOXES Broadlink RM pro UK: amzn.to/2fBFyrg Broadlink RM pro US: amzn.to/2LZF1d1 RF Plug sockets UK: amzn.to/2QBWT3K RF Plug sockets US: amzn.to/2PqU4xB CONTROL YOUR TV AND INFRARED DEVICES CHEAP! Broadlink RM Mini 3 UK: amzn.to/2nFelnq Broadlink RM mini 3 US: amzn.to/2JOJAdx ALEXA AND GOOGLE HOME ENABLED LED LIGHT STRIP (Tuya Wifi NO HUB REQUIRED) UK: amzn.to/2qOQrYl US: zemismart.com/led-strip_p0045.html As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. By buying through any of the links above I will earn commission at no extra cost to you 🙂 🙂 |