Flashing Tasmota on Sonoff Mini R2 (Over the Air, no soldering, FW3.4) - Goodbye TP-Link HS200!

[@IPIX360]

Please specify that this not working on Windows OS , to save time of others.

[@Colarocker]

there is a linux lying around in windows..

[@kevinstern2490]

I don't know if you still need it, but I also had your frustration with Windows. There is a HACS integration now where you don't even need flashing tasmota and it lets you set local only in it's settings. Sonoff LAN.

[@IPIX360]

@@kevinstern2490 , thanks! Can y provide me with a link / tutorial for more info?

[@mleppik]

This has been the best video for OTA programming. Thank you. My local dealer told me that they cannot do tasmota anymore. the script was perfect! This showed them wrong! I'm so very grateful to you!

[@bertholdross9817]

also works fine on miniR2 with firmware 3.6.0 on ubuntu server 22.04.4 LTS , thanks for that ! Makes life so easier...........great work !

[@guntiss]

Worked perfectly on MacOS! Thanks!

[@icarossavvides2641]

A good instructional video, good clear video of the steps required and just the right amount of narration. Maybe other posters should take note?👍

[@MrDIYca]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MrEwilliams2]

Thanks a ton for this! I was trying to go the way that Andreas Spiess showed a while back and didn't succeed. Made a custom pin header and everything to connect to the physical pins on the bottom. Your way was so much easier!

[@MrDIYca]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Busosandro]

Thanks a lot! That was very easy! Most of all with the bash script.

[@BrianLough]

Thanks for the video!

[@JAViewer]

Can I enter DIY mode on an already installed and physically inaccessible sonoff mini?

[@markmacherey4744]

I have 3 sonoff mini v2. 2 are on my network running with ewelink and the 3rd sitting on my desk. When I put the 3rd one in diy mode and got it on my network, the script found the other 2.. Not in diy mode and not the 3rd one. So I unplugged the 3rd one and plugged it back in then it found all 3? I thought it had to be in diy mode?

[@Shubham-cu7uy]

My Sonoff with Tasmota flashed is working without adding the configuration given on Tasmota website. Is there a benefit to adding that configuration?

[@MrDIYca]

These settings help you get the most out of the device, so they’re usually good to apply

[@christopherellis2273]

So, I don't use these, but I am flashing a bunch for a friend and he wasn't able to connect them to his Home Assistant. I had done some Basics for him in the past and they worked well. The Mini R2 though is only able to flash to the Sonoff Basic firmware. How do I flash it up to something that will be discovered by Home Assistant. It appears that the Sonoff Basic Tasmota firmware doesn't work with the Home Assitant integration. Thanks.

[@WKfpv]

I lost it completely when you got to the script part.

[@ohlu5198]

Worked fine on MacOS

[@erkme73]

Would this work with esphome?

[@AntKardano]

thank this is great just flashed two!

[@MrDIYca]

Glad it helped!

[@8m405]

what are the features in tasmota?

[@ipbsoft]

Can we do this for the Dual R3 version?

[@whisky06]

U just saved me so much time...thank you

[@MrDIYca]

Great to hear!

[@hillmakeitbetter]

I got all the way to "Please wait for your device to finish flashing." I waited over 15-20 minutes. I saw the light slowly blinking on off on off but did not find the access point. I waited another 10 minutes, then un/re-plugged it. Still no AP. I re-plugged power again and no AP. I then tried holding the button for 5 seconds and no change. Then 5 seconds again, an now red and blue lights are on. If I short-press the sonoff button, the relay clicks and the red light goes off. The blue light continues the same on off flash. Please advise.

[@MrDIYca]

Did you check if the firmware was >3.4? "fwVersion":"3.5.0"

[@hillmakeitbetter]

@@MrDIYca I had problems at first so I connected it to eWeLink app to verify firmware was up to date. 3.6 I think.

[@thomasdisper7168]

Hi Shawn, I have the same problem. Did you find a solution? Best regards, Thomas

[@hillmakeitbetter]

@@thomasdisper7168 Nope. I was advised to try flashing it with a Serial connection. I just haven't tried that yet.

[@thomasdisper7168]

@@hillmakeitbetter I found a solution that was working for me. Turn the sonoff on and off multiple times for a very short time. If you see a chance in the leds color, stop turning off. Than you can see the ssid tasmota-.... on your smartphone and you can connect to the device to finish the wifi configuration.

[@denvertech2749]

Has anyone found a way to re-flash Tasmota using Windows ??

[@fabioindelicato9085]

Just worked with Sonoff mini R2 firmware ver. 3.6.0

[@BUrbbable]

Mine do not broadcast the wifi ...

[@I_made_this_stuff]

Thanks for the helpful video!

[@MrDIYca]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tuinjie]

Great video thanks, i followed all the steps, my DIYmini R2 has version 3.6.0 and was unable to flash with tasmota, any ideas please

[@marcpouliot1]

Unfortunately they changed the processor. not an ESPXX ...impossible to flash tasmota

[@n.r.2258]

The R2 is providing power monitoring additional to the switches, when you use the eWeLink software …. is this functional under Tasmota also ?

[@MrDIYca]

I don't think the mini R2 provides power monitoring.

[@n.r.2258]

@@MrDIYca Definitely. Use the eWLink software and you will see.

[@MrDIYca]

I am looking at the product page (sonoff.tech/product/diy-smart-switch/minir2/) and nowhere it mentions power monitoring. Are you sure you have the minir2?

[@n.r.2258]

@@MrDIYca Sorry, I have to correct myself … you’re right, I mistake in the unit … it’s the Dual R3 that can also power, not the R2. Sorry for my misunderstanding.

[@krecik4603]

Hey! I've tried this script today but isn't works :( Correctly show hostname, correctly ip-address BUT display_info nothing shows and after that script is exiting :( any help? I've paired my sonoff mini r2 (soft 3.6.0) with wifi, I can use it on ewelink app but can't use script to flash image. Can't get information about my switcher using postman (after long long time request failing every time) :( I tried couple times resetting etc. any ideas?

[@tuinjie]

Hello I have the same problem you have ... did you manage to get it to work?

[@wwgg1139]

Is this procedure possible with the sonoff mini? (not Mini R2)

[@MrDIYca]

No idea. I didn't check.

[@whisky06]

Is there anyway to use this method on a sonoff ZigBee Bridge

[@MrDIYca]

I haven't tried.

[@AsankaAmarasinghe]

Thank you for the video. Do you know how the switch type can be set when tasmota is installed? Sonoff mini r2 by default can be controlled by either momentary switch, regular switch and some other switch type - the setting can be changed on ewelink app. if i change to tasmota, is there a way i can still change this? I'm asking this since I'm using both momentary and regular switches to control my mini r2's & wondering if I'd loose the functionality if i switch to tasmota.

[@MrDIYca]

you might want to check tasmota's discord discord.com/invite/Ks2Kzd4

[@Juanpimentel-diy]

Mrdiy thanks, did you use a windows machine ?

[@MrDIYca]

No, Mac

[@Juanpimentel-diy]

@@MrDIYca thanks. I just flashed 3 mini with sonoff diy tool. No curl just diy mode, set my wifi credentials and it showed on the sonoff tool then brushed the machine and inserted the light bin file. And magic happens

[@MRFRAGMIKE]

@@Juanpimentel-diy think this does not work with the r2 version!?

[@kaib9203]

Does not work on Windows.

[@pcb1962]

The script no longer works