CloudFree Smart Plug 2 Pre-Flashed with Tasmota vs Sonoff S31. Is there a difference??
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Күн бұрынIn this video, I take a look at the CloudFree Smart Plug 2 that comes pre-flashed with Tasmota. I add it to Home Assistant using TasmoAdmin. I also briefly compare it with the Sonoff S31 plug.
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00:00 Intro
00:34 Unboxing
02:00 Configure Wifi Network
03:49 Add device via TasmoAdmin
05:24 Upgrade Firmware
06:35 Configure MQTT Settings
08:04 Verify MQTT Traffic
09:05 Fix Device Name
11:20 Power Measurements
11:53 Update Frequency Setting
13:34 Turn on the Plug!!
14:18 Entity Value Updates
14:58 Graph the Values
15:54 Compare the S31 and CloudFree Plugs
18:20 Final Thoughts
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@SyberPrepper Жыл бұрын
Excellent and thorough video. I'm getting started with Proxmox and Home Assistant (again) and this really helps. I just got an S31 Lite and installed Ewelink on my phone and got a sick feeling in my stomach when I did. So, I'll be flashing Tasmota next. Showing the troubleshooting steps is a huge benefit for a HA/MQTT/Tasmota beginner like me. Also love the Graphana dashboard. Maybe in time...
@jamegrabham9992 2 жыл бұрын
Super video Chris...thanks so much for going thru so much detail with MQTT...Great work...:)
@mostlychris 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@kylebeck6674 3 жыл бұрын
Good find! Just FYI, u do not have to solder to get Tasmota on the S31. U can use "mini grabbers" with Dupont female/male connectors.
@mostlychris 3 жыл бұрын
Got em! I heard from a number of people about those little things so I picked up a set and flashed another plug using them. Simple and easy!
@jimdavis3749 2 жыл бұрын
Great vid Chris, ordered 2 and setup as per your instructions. Thanks
@mostlychris 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! What are your plans for those?
@jimdavis3749 2 жыл бұрын
@@mostlychris Primarily for energy monitoring, intending (after much review) to get the iotawatt power monitoring package installed and have total energy consumption for the home. Currently, for now, using for holiday light control and garage fan.
@mostlychris 2 жыл бұрын
Nice. I just finished a video on the Emporia VUE. It'll be out this weekend (out now for members).
@AwesomeOpenSource 3 жыл бұрын
Very cool.
@mostlychris 3 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@Musicman-50 Жыл бұрын
FYI. As of 09/17/22 the Sonoff S31 is selling on Amazon for $13.79 for a two pack. That's $7 each. Careful not too confuse with the S31-lite w/o energy monitoring. Also there is a new version Sonoff S40 that's even cheaper with energy monitoring. However it uses a different chipset and as of this posting I'm not aware of a way to flash it just yet. And like others said Don't Solder just use some simple Hook/Clamps and it's super simple to flash with Tasmota.
@MarkGhali 3 жыл бұрын
Great Video! Cloudfeee is a great shop!
@mostlychris 3 жыл бұрын
Yes they are!
@Kev7274 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent.This is a time saver.
@mostlychris 3 жыл бұрын
Indeed. Almost plug and play.
@Kev7274 3 жыл бұрын
@@mostlychris Having an issue with Tasmota install. It seems to install correctly,but then the Tasmota integration just shows the 3 dots. No device,entity,etc. Ideas?
@mostlychris 3 жыл бұрын
@@Kev7274 Did you get the MQTT stuff running?
@Kev7274 3 жыл бұрын
@@mostlychris Yeah,I already use MQTT,so it was set up already.
@mostlychris 3 жыл бұрын
@@Kev7274 Have you used something like MQTT explorer or watched the topic in the integration to make sure it's getting to HA?
@derekfarealz 3 жыл бұрын
maybe do a video on calibrating its power monitor?
@mostlychris 2 жыл бұрын
Comment to clean up the not responded to list. YT keeps this comment in my un-replied list unless I type some words :)
@Rottweilerz Жыл бұрын
I bought two of these and they both died independently of each other within a year. I reached out to the CloudFree through their website and discord and they haven't responded after multiple times. Would highly recommend using an S31 and flashing yourself.
@wstrater 3 жыл бұрын
I am not a big fan of Tasmota Admin. Had it installed on my Raspberry Pi and the fan would cycle on and off constantly. Stopped Tasmota Admin and the fan stopped. It consumes a lot of processing power even when you are not using it. Used Grafana to check on temperature and CPU load and the differences between when Tasmota Admin was running and when it wasn’t was also dramatic. I gather it is also hard on your devices since I believe it is constant polling them through the web API.
@gmaclean1 3 жыл бұрын
Agree, Tasmo admin is terrible for a few reasons, including the app pinging the devices every 5 seconds. A lot of unnecessary traffic.
@mostlychris 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I need to look into that. I haven't noticed any negative effects on my local network but it would be something to check more on.
@Musicman-50 2 жыл бұрын
Tasmota Admin runs great on a Windows Computer, but it's a very large program. The downloaded Zip file was some 500MB. That said it's a great utility program. But definitely requires to much processing power to run on a Raspberry Pi.
@ramdisk00 2 жыл бұрын
Chris how did you setup your Mqtt broker and Mqtt explorer? is your Mqtt broker in HA the Mosquitto broker?
@mostlychris 2 жыл бұрын
I am using the MQTT add-on in Home Assistant. MQTT explorer is a standalone app on my Windows PC that connects to the broker.
@colfaxschuyler3675 2 жыл бұрын
Saved me from buying a Kill-a-watt. This has a long term useful purpose, but also will let me measure consumption. What kind of low end range and accuracy is there? I'm looking to measure LED assemblies that are down to a could watts.
@mostlychris 2 жыл бұрын
Not sure how accurate they are at that low resolution. I never really measured that but would be curious what the results are if anyone else has determined it.
@colfaxschuyler3675 2 жыл бұрын
@@mostlychris I picked up two S31s. I haven't flashed them, but playing around with known wattages, they look plenty accurate for my needs, and I'm pleased with the resolution.
@robertrose3068 2 жыл бұрын
So we can buy these plugs pre-flashed? Then install Home Assist, add these, then download an add-on for the ability to use with multi-tiered time of date rates?
@mostlychris 2 жыл бұрын
Cloudfree has pre-flashed plugs. Not sure what you mean by the rest.
@dab42bridges80 2 жыл бұрын
TasmoAdmin option doesn't appear to be available in the Home Assistant Supervisor any more.
@mostlychris 2 жыл бұрын
Do you have the Home Assistant Community Add-ons repo in your add-on store? I see it there.
@dab42bridges80 2 жыл бұрын
@@mostlychris "No repositories found matching your filter" when I search HACS
@mostlychris 2 жыл бұрын
@@dab42bridges80 It's not HACS. It's in the Home Assistant Community Add-ons portion of the Add-on Store. You have to mare sure you have the community add-ons repo added to your add-on store. addons.community/
@chrisw1462 2 жыл бұрын
Sadly, nine months later, there are no CloudFree plugs to be found. Even out of stock on their own site.
@mostlychris 2 жыл бұрын
That's the unfortunate state of things in the tech world right now.
@LackofFaithify 3 жыл бұрын
Why does everyone gripe about having too solder to flash the sonoff plugs? NO. YOU. DONT. Just buy some test hook clips with female jumpers to attach to the ft232 and then guess what? You dont ever have to solder anything you want to access via the usb adapter ever again. $10 or so and done.
@mostlychris 3 жыл бұрын
Someone pointed that out and I bought some. I don't mind soldering but not everyone has access to do that. The jumpers are a nice option and I'll do that on my next plug.
@Musicman-50 2 жыл бұрын
Yep totally Agree it's a waste of time trying to solder 4 wires to the board. You'll never need to use the wires again. Just simply use 4 tiny breadboard wires with pins on them (male to Female). Simply stick them in the 4 holes and use a small Clothespin to hold them on. Heck I just held the sonoff board with one hand and with the other hand I plugged in the USB TTL interface and pressed the flash button. Bingo 30 seconds later your are good to go with Tasmota loaded up.
@lcarter194 2 жыл бұрын
I found another KZfaqr use of attributes power and made a template in my trigger of an automation Home Assistant Templates - A Beginner's Guide Everything Smart Home alias: Dryer is off description: '' trigger: - platform: template value_template: |2- {% if state_attr('switch.sonoff_100147e1fa', 'power') < 3 %} true {% else %} false {% endif %} condition: [] action: - service: script.motion_in_drive_way_3 data: {} - service: script.dryer_light data: {} mode: single
@mostlychris 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent
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