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Does This Smart Light Switch Take Things Too Far? - Sonoff TX Ultimate

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Today we are taking a look at a brand new smart light switch from Sonoff, the TX Ultimate, which has built in RGB, and my initial reaction was "Is that a bit too far?". We also take a look at how flashable it is to get it working with ESPHome!
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@ReidProjects
@ReidProjects Жыл бұрын
I would honestly not have the RGBs running really often, but for notifying that a window is open or things like that, that's awesome !🙌
@andy_warb
@andy_warb Жыл бұрын
These could be great for accessibility (for example make them flash when the door bell rings for Deaf people). Typical “accessible” devices targeted at people with disabilities are usually stupidly expensive due to the market so this could save them a lot of money!
@StanageGaming
@StanageGaming Жыл бұрын
I'm actually deaf and this is a great idea, thank you so much
@adigueron
@adigueron 3 ай бұрын
I especially loved the last part "trust me, just do it!" - a mechanical (opposite to touch version). Yess, I would love such a version.
@arashi926
@arashi926 Жыл бұрын
Yes, totally agree on the mechnical switch. It's actually the only reason why I went back to simple pushbuttons
@markloughtonUK
@markloughtonUK Жыл бұрын
That backbox looks massive. Would it suit many UK homes ?
@nevillevanderwesthuizen5517
@nevillevanderwesthuizen5517 Жыл бұрын
I have the older light switches and flashed them with esphome, I did set the buttons to only switch the relay when it is pressed for less than 1sec. This way you will always have local control (on the light switch) of the light. But then if you do a long press you can run a different automation via home assistant. Its like having remote controls all over the house. I use it for “away mode”, toggle other lights in the room. Switch off all lights in the house and so on.
@francisudeh1393
@francisudeh1393 Жыл бұрын
Hi. Can you possibly share your yaml? I have 21 of the TX version, your idea will save me the cost of additional switches for my blinds. Thank you in anticipation.
@erwinsanders407
@erwinsanders407 Жыл бұрын
Hi Would also making a video of how to flash it and show how you made the buttons availble in homeassistant? Thanks for the video
@erwinsanders407
@erwinsanders407 Жыл бұрын
Or can you share your config?
@DarkV0rtex
@DarkV0rtex Жыл бұрын
Should offer like a vistaprint service, where you can get your own customised and printed. That would be neat
@linuxdaemon
@linuxdaemon Жыл бұрын
Now we can really have those light switch raves Strong Bad was talking about with party mode
@DIYtechie
@DIYtechie Жыл бұрын
Not exactly subtle or classy IMO, but to each their own. 😊 And points for sharing what is currently possible with local control 👍🏻
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome Жыл бұрын
The party mode is definitely not classy 😂 Thanks!
@Airbag888
@Airbag888 Жыл бұрын
I got 15 TXs around my house. Used to the small push target now and it's also illuminated which is nice. This would be a definite improvement but don't feel like splurging once more at this stage. Maybe just for the kids rooms for the mic/speaker functionality. You made no mention of the gesture possibilities which is what I'd actually love to have especially to do things like dimming and/or scenes I should add that while I got both Sonoff and Shelly products, I've had to replace all my 20 shelly 2.5's while all the sonoffs have worked flawlessly. Quite sad as Shelly is a bit better for DIY. Also would love if Sonoff had the pins on the GPIO and not just holes 😅
@streetwiztech5505
@streetwiztech5505 Жыл бұрын
I can see Leec purchasing these for every room in his house :-) great video as always.. and looks like a nice product, good job sonoff
@josiahspackman8754
@josiahspackman8754 Жыл бұрын
Works with ESPHome, including the full LED control? Heck yes take my money 🤩
@perjernstrom5178
@perjernstrom5178 Жыл бұрын
Are the touch switches on/off only? Would be cool if you could somehow use slide up/slide down for each gang to give dimmer controls to HA.
@Gojiranotron
@Gojiranotron Жыл бұрын
Anything on neutral / no neutral? If they are neutral only then these will only find niche uses in the UK & Ireland.
@alexhaws2377
@alexhaws2377 Жыл бұрын
No mention of it needing a 35mm backbox or, especially for UK folk, that it requires a neutral wire!
@ralmslb
@ralmslb 6 ай бұрын
I've been looking for something like this but with a more physical touch. After using both Shelly Wall Switches and NS Panels, I would like to go back to big physical buttons. However, I would love to keep 2 features: the LEDs on the sides (more to have some visual feedback and specially to have them dimmed at night, to make it easier to find the switches) and the touch capability on swipes only, to use to regulate stuff like light intensity.
@EdgeRowing
@EdgeRowing Жыл бұрын
Please do a follow up ESP flash and setup video! I presume this is the same as with the Switchman M5? ie they can decouple the relay too?
@EsotericArctos
@EsotericArctos Жыл бұрын
I can understand maybe using the LED's as indicators, like alarm indicators, or "It's time to take the bins out" but I think most of the time I would have them off. It's a light switch. It doesn't need to be dancing around LED's on the wall.
@pippofranco32
@pippofranco32 Жыл бұрын
Hi! Great video, very well made! Can you leave us the code you used in ESPHome or at least the pinout you discovered? :]
@NunoLeitaoTheEpiq
@NunoLeitaoTheEpiq Жыл бұрын
yes this! u show the lolly but don't give it to us poor children?
@marksimpkins5242
@marksimpkins5242 11 ай бұрын
Hi could you please tell me if you ever made a video for the flashing of the sonoff TX ultimate switch, with the flashed ESP home assistant integration would love to be able to control the RGB lights to control certain scenes or automation's which i cant currently do through the we-link app. If you have please can you advise me of the process to make this happen and put it in really simply terms as i am a total beginner to the home assistant world. Many thanks Mark.
@JoeAiello789
@JoeAiello789 Жыл бұрын
Ok, I can use this to show the upcoming 12 hours of weather! Currently, I have a light that changes color (it's Purple for Snow!!)), but this would be great by the door so I know if I'll need an umbrella.
@flonou
@flonou 3 ай бұрын
I have made a custom esphome integration with entity events for my TX Ultimate to meet my needs Double touch on any switch will invert the relays (in case my HA server is down, I can still control the lights) and trigger two small vibrations and a yellow light below the touched switch Simple touch will on/off the corresponding hue light bulbs (but not through relay) with a small vibration and a low brightness blue light below the touched switch Long press will trigger scenes with a longer vibration and a green light below the switch Swipe left will turn off all the lights in the kitchen & living room (with a short pulsing light on the left side of the TX Ultimate) Swipe right will turn on all the lights in the kitchen & living room (with a short pulsing light on the right side of the TX Ultimate) I would have loved to have a continuous detection of the touched positions (it only send position on press/release), as well as multi touch with positions (it only says multi touch, it doesn't says wchich positions are touched) and a vertical axis position (we only have horizontal)
@NigelJefferson
@NigelJefferson Жыл бұрын
Do you have any plans to make a video on how you flashed esphome?
@Bigglare
@Bigglare Жыл бұрын
Great nightlights.
@tedev
@tedev Жыл бұрын
if we can use these for speech notifications and bluetooth proxies..... wow.... hopefully we will see a great support for this in home assistant.
@p00dleman
@p00dleman Жыл бұрын
Are you able to set short, long, and double press actions in Home Assistant?
@mikebroom1866
@mikebroom1866 Жыл бұрын
A stream deck style switch with a bunch of buttons with oled screens would be cool too.
@xZeroOffical
@xZeroOffical 9 ай бұрын
Another workaround for making the unused buttons work with other Sonoff devices is to use eWelink scenes to trigger certain device. Unfortunately relay is still activated this way.
@richardheard8154
@richardheard8154 7 ай бұрын
Would be great if sonoff made 2 way light switches. Then I could use these around the house more..
@idanh18
@idanh18 Жыл бұрын
I think you missed a really important feature for this product. It has gestures recognition. You can swipe to activate scenes and use multi-fingure touch to control the light.
@nawafbana8100
@nawafbana8100 Жыл бұрын
New generation for smart switches, nice video again, thank you 😊
@junkins
@junkins Жыл бұрын
Cool video. Nice dance moves you have there! 🕺
@julianelpro5513
@julianelpro5513 Жыл бұрын
I would like to see an American version. Do you know if they plan to release that? great video btw
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure sorry, hopefully!
@joshuaobelenusable
@joshuaobelenusable Жыл бұрын
Check out Kauf's RGB wall switch, decora format, with 1 button, and 2 RGB sections. Very customizable and same way to decouple the relay if needed.
@garysteo3398
@garysteo3398 Жыл бұрын
Do the Kauf switches work with home assistant
@BenVanTreese
@BenVanTreese Жыл бұрын
@@garysteo3398 The kauf stuff is all esphome / tasmota IIRC, so yeah.
@thisfeatureisbad
@thisfeatureisbad Жыл бұрын
Wait, so the switch has already ESPHome available? I'll wait until they get available in my country and buy one right away! 🥰
@michaelkelly988
@michaelkelly988 Жыл бұрын
Great for an attic light switch. Then you don’t have to open the hatch to check the light.
@robbieels6628
@robbieels6628 4 ай бұрын
Can you make a tutorial on how to flash ESPHome on this switch?
@dankelley9361
@dankelley9361 Жыл бұрын
Pretty cool, did you say these work natively with SmartThings & also with the wiring in the US? Thanks.
@SamPhoenix_
@SamPhoenix_ Жыл бұрын
I think Sonoff have missed a trick by not doing physical switches in this style. They could have swappable face plates to fit the design of a room and have the functions of the sonoff mini without the faff. Most people use sonoff minis/shellies bc they want a physical switch. I dont understand why no one seems to have made a physical switch smart switch. It seems so obvious.
@tablatronix
@tablatronix Жыл бұрын
YESS, I just modded all my tasmota switches to add rgb for whole house indicators, US versions?
@edgecrush3r
@edgecrush3r Жыл бұрын
I would actually love to integrate this for notifications. But the back seems to big 😢 hope the rgb is easy to integrate.
@emanuelsilvapt
@emanuelsilvapt Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video; I am a big fan os the switch man but I didn’t replace all my house with it because I didn’t find a way to code esphome correctly and make leds sync. Do you have yaml for 1 2 and 3 channels m5’s? Thanks
@maxgraf1461
@maxgraf1461 7 ай бұрын
Yes, switchman with RGB.. And support fot Homey pro..
@NunyaBiz7
@NunyaBiz7 Ай бұрын
Would that even fit any of the UK back boxes?
@NielsChristianrgaard
@NielsChristianrgaard Жыл бұрын
Hi Lewis - do they look like they'd be OK to slap a sticker (print-yourself sticker) on, or would that look bad (bevelled edge/corner), or perhaps interfere with the touch sensors?
@feelgeorge
@feelgeorge Жыл бұрын
Silly question, can this switch be used with a dimmable bulb? I have a dimmable ceiling lights. I am looking for a dimmable wall switch. Thanks for your replies.
@MiamiCereal
@MiamiCereal 10 ай бұрын
so im confused. i thought these controled the power to the lights a-la the switches it replaces. so can i just set it to control smart devices!?
@swimmerboy
@swimmerboy Жыл бұрын
Make it with physical toggles and zigbee
@TheHellis
@TheHellis Жыл бұрын
The back portion that is i side the wall looks huge. Can that fit inside a standard hole?
@rickymcdonald4069
@rickymcdonald4069 Жыл бұрын
The thing hes holding is a standard pattress box (back box) for a plasterboard wall. I doubt it is included with the switch, he just has it attached so he isnt being electrocuted by exposed wires.
@Ronin-xa
@Ronin-xa Жыл бұрын
Are they compatible with Philips hue light ? I have asked Sonoff and they said no ! Thanks
@elwinbeekman8531
@elwinbeekman8531 Жыл бұрын
you such a funny guy, I laughed on 2:16
@Ronin-xa
@Ronin-xa 11 ай бұрын
Is it compatible with hue light ? Can I use it as a dimmer ? Thanks
@tomi3788
@tomi3788 Жыл бұрын
Please share your work with esp32 :P
@Chris21721
@Chris21721 Жыл бұрын
How did you get this in Home Assistant? I installed the eWelink plugin and it says it is unsupported. Also if you managed to flash it with ESPHome please create another video on how you did it. Without your help we would be living in a dumb home.
@GamersToTheMax2
@GamersToTheMax2 Жыл бұрын
I just wish it didn’t need a neutral wire
@13x410
@13x410 Жыл бұрын
Awesome Video as always!
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! 🙏🏻
@Thamli
@Thamli Жыл бұрын
Vinyl stickers or paintable ones
@michaels5167
@michaels5167 Жыл бұрын
Where is the version for us across the pond?
@patrikulus
@patrikulus Жыл бұрын
Does the haptic vibration work with ESPHome too?
@royperkins694
@royperkins694 Жыл бұрын
Seriously if you get something sent you're not sure about send it to me, I'll happily volunteer to take on for the team 🤔🤣
@szafranski81
@szafranski81 Жыл бұрын
Just got one for testing. Can you share your esphome testing config?
@richbanton6672
@richbanton6672 Жыл бұрын
You might have said but probably missed it, 1) do they need a neutral & 2) are the dimmable, e.g press drag up or down to change brightness?
@worldofpayne
@worldofpayne Жыл бұрын
Requires neutral. Shit for UK then
@frankieelkfolk2643
@frankieelkfolk2643 Жыл бұрын
There is no mention of dimming on the Sonoff website, so I guess there is no dimming function unfortunately. I was really tempted by these until I realised there was no dimming.
@MitsumaYT
@MitsumaYT Жыл бұрын
The more I see of these fun smart switches, the more sad I get that I have dumb 12V relay based light switches in my place. I actually use IKEA single buttons above those as my real light switches with HA because there is no proper way to do the smart stuff thing on those 12V relay switches.
@wardozr
@wardozr Жыл бұрын
Is it safe to use switches like these from sonoff or aqara?
@xtremeideaz
@xtremeideaz Жыл бұрын
Tech Tutorial Tuesday!!! What happened to it?
@DaHaiZhu
@DaHaiZhu Жыл бұрын
Tasmota?
@pabeta
@pabeta Жыл бұрын
As an adult… meh. For my 6year old with addressable lights for “time to wake up” etc, this seems great once flashed over.
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome Жыл бұрын
Having solid colours I think is cool for notifications or ambient light but yeah the party mode isn't required 😂 good to just be able to turn it completely off too! And yeah I bet kids will love the RGB 😂
@DamagedDingo
@DamagedDingo Жыл бұрын
Good for notifications. Like when the washing machine has finished or something.
@marcus3d
@marcus3d Жыл бұрын
Söö menii nyy impryyments! What dialect is this?
@DaHaiZhu
@DaHaiZhu Жыл бұрын
dBrand skins?
@tonytango6676
@tonytango6676 Жыл бұрын
So is this a Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, matter/thread or Zigbee device?
@user-xu2pi6vx7o
@user-xu2pi6vx7o Жыл бұрын
WiFi and Bluetooth.
@toddtitson6734
@toddtitson6734 Жыл бұрын
I have an idea of some other interesting things you can review! 👀
@DecanFrost
@DecanFrost Жыл бұрын
weird size, wont fit in eu
@ochjoo77
@ochjoo77 Жыл бұрын
I like!
@jovaraszigmantas
@jovaraszigmantas Жыл бұрын
Although I do love the DIY aspect of these switches, I am still not going to buy it because it is wifi or Bluetooth. I like to keep wifi for high bandwidth devices but for these just Zigbee does the trick.
@allegedlyundead4242
@allegedlyundead4242 Жыл бұрын
Gamer light switches, let's go
@EverythingSmartHome
@EverythingSmartHome Жыл бұрын
The crossover you didn't know you needed
@MrZiemwit
@MrZiemwit Жыл бұрын
wish sonoff use AAA bateries or 2x2032 not some idiotic 2450 or else
@vlycop7404
@vlycop7404 Жыл бұрын
i want clicky !
@mikebroom1866
@mikebroom1866 Жыл бұрын
lol - poot on a new cover.
@magictigi8125
@magictigi8125 Жыл бұрын
I love LED. But THIS is too much for me.
@chasebtb
@chasebtb Жыл бұрын
Is anyone really partying over besides their light switch? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gN2Kqs6cnNeWZX0.html
@TechySpeaking
@TechySpeaking Жыл бұрын
first
@fenceup07944931177
@fenceup07944931177 Жыл бұрын
A clear cover that you can put your own artwork in?
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