Really a great tutorial ! Finally a detailed and complete explanation of the "secrets" of the Tasmota switchmode & switchtopic commands. Thank You very much.

This video helps me a lot to solve one of my recent problems. Thanks for your videos DrZzs. I really appreciate them all. ;)

Great tutotial! This is what we need. I like to see the projects, but most details are not covered. For ex. I really enjoyed your garage door tutorial, but I dint understand the Switch modes. This happen in a lot of other tutorials. They don't explain how stuffs work. Thanks a lot. Great work! Keep posting more about this.

Yet again a truly helpful vid from the Doctor. Thanks!

Thanks man, you are awesome. You saved my proyect! I was able to integrate an external PIR sensor with sonoff SV

man, every time i have to solve some puzzle with my sonoffs i just google it and get the solution for exact my problem (by DrZzs of course). Thank you mister!

At last I now understand!!! Great work and thanks for another great video.

Very informative, cheers. Features that I wasn't aware of that will definitely be useful once I actually install some sonoffs.

Thanks for the video. I originally programmed my sonoffs and wemos devices in C++ to handle specific functions. I decided to look at Tasmota this time around but it seems unnecessarily complicated and esoteric. The documentation is difficult to understand and the switchmode and switchstate properties are difficult to relate to typical applications so this video helps a lot.

you explain nicely you making it sound easy thanks for taken the time

Super helpful, thanks!

Great video! thanks from Poland!

Great timing after my post to you. Great video thanks

your are awesome, Thank you very much for your informative videos

Thanks, quite helpful video!

Thanks Doc! Great video

Great explanation, thanks. I predict a stream of "Help me, I've reset my sonoff to factory defaults & now it won't connect!" ... keep up the good work.

Thanks for this I have a sonoff T1 on the way and was planning on setting up the "hold" command to additonally turn of the smart bulbs in my bedroom lamps. This video just eliminated me having to research what switch mode I need to use for that

This is a man I could very happily enjoy a beer with

Great video! It occurs to me that switch mode 7 would be a feat thing for a garage door opener. I had been using another so off device for that purpose which was set to be a momentary contact device by default but now any sonoff basic with tasmota should work fine.

Thanks for all the videos. can i ask if it is possible to use switchmode on sonoff dual to achieve relay 1 on and off as normal when triggered, when relay 2 is triggered relay 1 to be triggered with it on or off

Great video. Do those capacitive buttons work with doing a hold? Nice high tech LED diffuser you got there to not blind the camera!

Nice ! whats the best SwitchMode for connecting a PIR Sensor ?

Great video as usual! Can you pls link the awesome switch you use in the 1st part?

Hi DrZzs, Can I use that Hold funtion to stop the Ghost switching? Setting the hold time to 0.2seg for example. That will avoid all the hardware of the low pass filter

Great video as usual! Just wonder how your config will change when you replace the switch with a pir, with a HC-SR501? I am confused on the switch1 to 4 and the switch1n ones.

Can you help me (AGAIN) please? I flashed the D1 mini and will hard wire it to a Budweiser goal light via the speaker wires of the goal light to ground and GPIO 14, I think I understand the switchmodes, but first want to make sure I have the right module type, I am gonna shoot the moon and go with "generic" right?

Nice work!

Great Video as always. Two questions. #1 Is there a video identifying and explaining the various of Sonoff Basic? They do not appear to use model numbers, but my switches (perhaps R2) have black wires replacing the heavy "solder channels" on the board and do NOT have GPIO14 identified. I have not seen my model in any of your videos. #2 I am using a lighted momentary contact switch (in my case between ground and "Key") but I can not find a pin providing 3V that tracks the relay status. There is always 3V between ground and "Key".

New to Tasmota. What is the significance of the switch number (1-9) when selecting the GPIO14 function? I am working with an SV at the moment and I was having trouble decoupling the reed switch from the relay when using Switch1 and using switchmode1 1 and switchtopic1 1 . Maybe user error but it seems like moving GPIO14 to Switch 2 corrected that problem. Thanks!

Great clarification. Been battling with switchmode for a while now. Do you have some video/blog that covers switchmode together with rules? I have a 2 gang switch (one connected to a light, the other to a fan). The switches run Tasmota and are push buttons not rocker switches and I'd like to use switchmode 5 or 6 to utilise the HOLD function as well. The idea is this: When the light (switch1) is on for more than x mins, turn on the fan (switch2) for y mins before turning it off again. Can't get this to work. If I look at the pseudo code it should do something like this: On trigger (i.e. switch1#state=on) start a timer1 x mins If the timer1 has expired AND switch#state=on turn on switch2 for y mins (timer2) Once timer2 has expired turn off switch2

Very cool this video !!! I would like to pass as you pressed this button next to sonoff sv?

I have an ESP8266 D1 mini controling 4xrelays for lights in different rooms, it is also integrated with alexa and works like a dream. However I'm looking to add physical push bottons to enable normal on/off functionaliy, aswell as updating alexa of any state change done by the push buttons. Is there any option to enble this using the D1 mini? I look forward to any feedback.

This video was helpful. I have another question on the Sonoff SV with Tas. I'm trying to use it to raise and lower a projector screen. the board built in the screen has 3 wires, a up, down, and common. the screen board only needs a short input to start the raise or lower, so a 1 second pulse would be fine. Can I use the GPIOs and ground for this?

Thanks, good info. I have a problem, i have 2 buttons but it only gives me POWER = ON or OFF no matter which button I press. What am I doing wrong or is their a fancy switch mode/option I missed. I tried setting GPIOs as BUTTON1 & 2, as SWITCH1 & 2. I can't get it to tell me which input changed. Any ideas?

Hi there. How can I program the HOLD funtion with MQTT as rule in Openhab to switch devices on or off please?

Hello, thanks for all your videos. I was wondering if you can help... I have a 3 gang sonoff and want to program ot sononly 1 gang can be turned on at a time. I will use this to make a fan controller in which gangs 1 and 2 passes through a capacitor for speeds low and medium. Obviously 2 gangs turned on at the same time will cause short circuit..... Could you help??!!

Great topic. What is the best way have having a momentary output? For 0.5 seconds say

Thank you so much !!!!! you are awesome .. 😀😀

Awesome, I m using Nodemcu module & flashed it with 4Ch DIY Sonoff . 3 channels wall switch ( Rocker Type) working ok. But when the 4th switch is switched ON all previously switched channels goes OFF including the Channel 4 . The module does not come to normal operation until wall switch 4 connected to specific GPIO is revert to pull up level. Sir Can you please help me solve this . Thanks

Is there a mode that will send either the momentary or hold command depending on how long you hold the button? This would allow having dual functions, such as normal press to toggle one light, and hold press to switch off all the lights.

Is there a switch mode that is best to do a series of toggles on switch. ie- turn switch on, then have scene toggle the switch on/off, on/off, on/off to set a function. Switch mode 7 with a scene?

love the light up buttons, can you give the link? Great video, well done.

How to program a specific time for the relay to be turned off after pressing the pushbutton? (20 minutes for example)

Greetings from Norway. Really love you videos and have already learned a lot as a complete beginner in HA world - Philips Hue doesn't count ;) A couple months back you have made a great video '$5 DIY "Smart" Garage Door Opener using Sonoff SV' where you had to modify Sonoff SV to use it, but this new video got me thinking: 1. with the SwitchMode 3 that emulates PUSHBUTTON (NO) - similar to the physical PB on the wall, 2. considering that my unit motor is powered by 24V DC (from transformer) and not 230V AC is it still necessary to remove resistors and use Sonoff in isolated mode? In addition garage door opener PCB has extra connection that can deliver 24V AC (not typo) if this may be of any use. Anyway I'm a bit confused on how to proceed with my Tasmotized Sonoff SV implementation. Any help will be really appreciated.

Hi Dr. Can I configure my shelly1 tasmota with a 'detached 'switch mode like the stock firmware? I am struggling to find this command. Thanks a lot

These quick videos are great, keeping out our content. Side note, are you a real doctor? 😎

Good video, just what the doctor ordered ;) I have a related question though: Is it possible to solve this: I connect a toggle switch to the sonoff, so the switch is either on or off, but instead of following this state I would want to toggle the relay the the state changed? For example: the relay is off and the switch is off, I flip the switch to on and the relay turns on. I then send a mqtt message to turn the relay of. So now the switch is on and the relay is off. When I then flip the switch to off I would want the relay to turn on again. So the relay does not follow the switch, but reacts to changes in its state if that makes sense.

Hello, could you explain me how to configure sonoff touch T1 or TX to work in pushbutton with dimmer mode. I try to set it up but it doesn't work like it does in your video. I can't set SwitchMode 7. I only expect 230V on the output if I touch the button, and when I hold it, 230V will be there for as long as I hold it. I don't need to send MQTT topics to HA. Can i configure it somehow? Greetings. Slawek Z.

Excelente carnal

basic question but does the tasmota consol save the command/settings we send?

For anyone trying this at home make sure you aren't using mains voltage with an exposed sonoff while working with it so closely. You should still be able to provide 3.3v over the vcc and gnd pins that the button is connected to while testing. I think the minimum input voltage is 90v for that input side so I would assume this is connected to mains. Going off of recommendations on the Super House KZfaq channel when he covered Sonoff devices. You know your way around Sonoffs Dr. Zzz, mainly warning people who just arrived.

Hi, Nice Video, I have run the command switchmode1 2 on the sonoff touch1 and confirmed its status with the SwitchMode1 command ok.However the LED and relay still work in tandem. Is there another setting needed?

Helpful, thanks. Official page has some pretty bad examples, none on how do change on individual switches

Hello, how to have the state of the buttons in the state. Thank you

At 0:38, you show a list of Options, Switchmodes, Sensor settings, etc on the left screen. I have looked all over Arendst's git pages and I can't find that list. Can you provide a hint, or a URL? Thanks

Ty for your inspiring video's. I have a no voltage relay sonoff sv with tasmota that i am going to solder in parallel to a momentary switch, and I need it to be on a pulsetime of 30 since my pelletheater needs a 3 sec push of the button to turn on. How do I setup the sonoff that after a push of the button the state remains on? Now it just toggled to off again after the 3 seconds. It is all kind of new to me, and I got this far. 8)

Completely new in this and after received my first Sonoff I realized the model R2 has no GPIO 14, Ive seen it can be found in pin 9 of the chip, although is really difficult to solder in such a small location. After Tasmota's flash, can the toggle button in the board (Pairing button/manual switch) be used as a push button still? if so, can Home Assistant recognize the state of the sonoff after it changes using this included push button? My plan is to solder wires to this button and extend it to an external push button. I know I am a bit late to the game but I will appreaciate if you can respond, I'm planning to follow your entire setup/tutorial for my own home automation.

Hi, your videos are really informative. I'm planning to tasmotize my few sonoff 4ch pro r2. I would love to make it in sync with my hardware switch. Can I do it using switchtopic? If so do you know the GPIO locations and ports which I can use for 4 relays on my 4ch Pro r2. Thanks in advance

Great Video. I'm from Africa, Nigeria and always look forward to your videos. How do I restore states of lights and switches when I restart Home assistant. I hate the fact that all the light and switch states goes back to off even after using "Recorder:"

Thanks for the video, this was really helpful. I'm facing a challenge and would appreciate if anyone can help. I flashed my Sonoff basic with Tasmota and completed the setup including WiFi credentials. I then connected the switch to a light (the only wire connections were live and neutral wires at both ends to respective connections). I then changed GPIO14 to Switch1 (9) and set the switchmode to 0. I was able to control the light from the configuration/web interface. But I expected that switching on or off from the physical switch and switching on or off from the web interface will keep on toggling the light. However, when I switch the light off using the physical switch, the sonoff (probably) gets turned off and I can no longer see it connected to the WiFi. I then set switchmode to 1 but I'm facing the same problem. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

how can i toggle the relay on a switch flip and also send a command mqtt message

Thank you. Is it possible to do this with a Snonoff T1. Using the "default" button?

trying to get this working with a esp8266 and a little button i have. switchmode1 5 switchtopic 1 so32 15, just like you did in the video, on of works fine and sents the mqtt commands, no matter what i do there is no hold

Great tutorial. I have a problem here can you help plz How do I set Default Powen ON state Sonoff Tasmoto? When Power reset’s or I switch off & Switch ON the physical switch I want the sonoff to TURN ON & stay as a default state. But for me, the sonoff Turn’s ON for few seconds & switches OFF automatically, When Power reset’s or I switch off & Switch ON the physical switch

Hi great job !!!!! Could you send me a link to buy the touch switch? Thanks. I'm trying to find it at Amazon, but I can't

Another great video. I have a suggestion for a new minizzeries. I am very confused about addressing. I notice that you always put the full ip address whenever an address is required. In many of the videos and documentation hassio.local:8123 for example is used. Occasionally that works for me, but rarely. I always establish a static ip address for the Pi, but sometimes another MAC address shows up for hassio. How can that be? Also, what about using Ethernet vs wifi? I am missing something that must be important. Must be some others that are confused. Thanks for all you do. I have learned so much.

Hey man great videos. I have a request, please make a video of a smart door that closes automatically when you turn the ac in the room. Thanks

Have switchmode 6 and 7 been removed? Can't activate it in tasmota and I can't find it on the wiki either

I want to connect a servo motor to the sonoff to control my blinds do you know a way to do this? Does tasmota allow you to add a timer to tell it when to stop giving power? Is this even possible. Am I asking to many questions? I definitely don't know the answer.

Which switchmode and switchtopic chose for PIR sensor(14GPIO)?

I have Node MCU running Tasmota. I have a door sensor set up with GPIO14 works fine with topic door. Now how do I add another topic for sensor 2 on GPIO 5 or multiple door sensors. I can't figure out how to change the topic for a specific GPIO?

Hey bro really cool video so I was working on a project where I involved a water pump that would pump Water to a tank and so I used a Sonoff sv to set a timer to The pump so water doesn’t overfill and it takes exactly 5 minutes and 30 seconds to fill up the tank more then that and it can overfill but the thing is that the EWeLink app can only do whole minutes like i could only program 5 minutes and not the other 30 seconds could it be possible to change this with tasmota sorry for my bad English hope you can help me thanks 🙏 nice content btw

How to I use switchmode when I have a PIR or Radar sensor attached?

Curious do you have a link to that touch switch you used in the video?

I used SwitchMode 15, but my Mosquitto broker can't see MQTT message: 08:50:00.435 MQT: tele/tasmota_E53BEA/SENSOR = {"Time":"2021-07-05T08:50:00","Switch1":"ON","Switch2":"OFF"} Maybe someone know why?

I hate the live streams it stops DrZzs from making are vedios like this

What about switchtopic 2?

Hi just wondering if anyone has successfully hooked up a thermistor to tasmota I have looked far and wide to find wiring diagram and instructions for this I would love to monitor my pond temperature and mqtt it to my hassio on my pi3 I see ds18b20 mentioned but no instructions . Regards Dan.

My brain hurts now. :P It appears that I can't get this to work on the T1's. They seem to be different...or just me and my skill set. I am trying to set one of the switches to where there light on the button is off when the relay in closed, (device power on, but light on switch plate off), reversed from factory settings. That way when the fan is on at while sleeping at night the light isn't glowing the entire room and getting me a --WAF....:/ Help! ANY ideas??? LOL

Appears switch mode 5 and 6 may have changed in an update since this was posted as I can't get those modes working. Running firmware 6.1.1. Anyone able to confirm this or if it's just a me issue.

hi, awesome video!!! i need some help with changing Switch1 to the Switch2#State rule... something like this: rule1 ON Switch2 #State DO Swicth1% value% ENDON thx

Do you know how to do this with a sonoff touch?

Can I use a conventional light switch for a wife approval factor? Which switch mode for a sonoff basic?

Have you done anything with dash buttons?

I want to make my regular light switches in my house work with this sonoff. can you do a video on just that .. from flash to wall install.. I can't seem to flash my sonoff right I have tried a few different ones or can you sell me some.. OMG HELP.. LOL I'm not that bright.. thanks so much for posting.. YOU ROCK!!!

Thanks for the great video DrZzs it helped me out a lot. Although a small question: Hi Everybody, If anybody could help me it would be nice :smiley: im using 2x sonoff T1 Dual switches (flashed with tasmota) and i would like to connect them with each other using the GPIO pins and tried to connect the GPIO of the first T1 to the GPIO of the second T1 switch. (to create a two way switch or an hotel switch) from downstairs to upstairs without the use of any domotica system. at this moment it doesn't seem to work. when i short the wires on 1 sonoff T1 the switch on the GPIO works fine but then i connect the first T1 to the second T1 nothing happens. (RX + Ground wire) anyone has a suggestion ? any advise is welcome :smiley: thanks in advance

How do i turn off tasiota automatically after 25 min

I have bought "Moes WS-EUY3 3 Gang Switch" templates.blakadder.com/moes_WS-EUY3.html and whatever SwitchMode I use, it reacts the same. Also I cannot get SwitchTopic 1 to work. Does these commands work with specific switches? MOES buttons look like push buttons.....

Does anyone have this problem that once the raspberry pi is restarting the sonoffs change their states? I'm sure there's a pretty simple fix for that, thanks for the help in advance!

Can I make the switch read a signal instead of sending?

Did you know that they are shipping new Sonoff Basics with the pin holes soldered closed. Been struggling to Tazmotized them :-(

Can i achieve the same in ESPhome

Sorry (Not Rocker Type) 2 Position Switch, position one open contact, position two close contact, pulling down GPIO pin to low logic level.

Please make a video of how I link the Sonoff RF equipment with Hass.io to make an alarm.

I am having trouble erasing firmware on the sonoff

Couldn't understand anything really

Nothing against your looks, but a floating head is really distracting for me.

This is so out of sync. Very hard to watch. Also video quality is not good.

Great video again !! In HA when I toggle the switch it turns on but not off is this a HA issue? when I toggle in Sonweb :) it works