Group buy : Shelly 2 IOT Relay

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chevrolux

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#2113492 24-Oct-2018 21:29

xbmcnut:

My two Shelly2's are awesome except I'm having an issue with them going off when the Home Assistant service starts which is annoying. Driving the wife crazy. I have them configured with MQTT on stock firmware and one of them wired into a 2-way circuit.

Could using the MQTT retain flag be an option to fix (assuming Shelly make it available to set)? Or is home assistant running the MQTT broker too?

Edit: oops Kiwijunglist beat me to it. But looks like I was way wrong haha! I thought the whole point of retain was for persistence?

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xbmcnut

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#2113493 24-Oct-2018 21:32

Yep, using retain on the Shelly's and nowhere else. Trying to debug with MQTT.fx. Installed new instance of broker in Docker this evening and at first it looked like problem solved but then both Shelly's switched off about 30 minutes ago.

RS820+, DS213J, CoreELEC on Odroid N2+, 3 x Echo Dot & 7 x Google Homes connected to Home Assistant on Beelink SEi12.

kiwijunglist

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#2113494 24-Oct-2018 21:47

If you use retain on the Shelly you need to use retain on home assistant as well. I strongly recommend disable retain on everything and kill all old retained messages

HTPC / Home automation (home assistant) enthusiast.

Yoban

444 posts

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#2122909 9-Nov-2018 18:39

Hi all,

Update from my end has been slow due to work commitments soon after the shelly arrived.

I have setup Home Assistant and Node-Red in docker containers running on my NAS - this was a first too and is a great solution. I created a test rig from bulb and some old extension cord and seem to have this working OK. I have used node-red to trigger the shelly when it detects sunset for an example.

Now to see how to wire up to a switch that controls some garden lights as "testing phase 2" - hopefully want cooked the unit or myself :-)

All in all, having this all hang off of my NAS with a cool rule engine has me pretty excited to make time to get my head around HA and look to install more shellys.

Will stick with factory firmware, although interesting that @kiwijunglist has been able to flash Shelly2. Need a bit more knowledge under the belt.

kiwijunglist

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#2122947 9-Nov-2018 20:10

Since the stock firmware now has mqtt option i think you should stick with stock firmware unless you need to do something more "out there" using tasmota.

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kiwijunglist

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#2132791 23-Nov-2018 16:12

I'm interested in getting a couple of Shelly 1 relays. Is anyone bringing any in?

They charge $65nzd + postage for 4x Shelly 1 on the Shelly cloud website. I think postage is killer though.

HTPC / Home automation (home assistant) enthusiast.

redhoodie

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Wannabe Geek

#2133525 24-Nov-2018 22:38

I’d be keen for one if someone placing another order.

xbmcnut

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#2133537 24-Nov-2018 23:49

I'd be up for 2.

RS820+, DS213J, CoreELEC on Odroid N2+, 3 x Echo Dot & 7 x Google Homes connected to Home Assistant on Beelink SEi12.

xbmcnut

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#2137347 30-Nov-2018 15:32

I just ran through the Shelly checkout process and the cost to send 4 x Shelly 1's to NZ via standard post is <$12 and ~$28 NZD via DHL so not too bad. Works out to be around $24 NZD/unit via DHL. Not really worth the effort of setting up a group buy for that?

FYI, the issue I had with Home Assistant turning the Shelly lights off when the Home Assistant service restarted was mysteriously resolved in the update to 0.82.1.

RS820+, DS213J, CoreELEC on Odroid N2+, 3 x Echo Dot & 7 x Google Homes connected to Home Assistant on Beelink SEi12.

blingjug

32 posts

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#2143504 11-Dec-2018 17:10

I'd be keen to go in on a group buy, looking at ordering a combination of the Shelly devices.

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