Sonoff Basic Expansion Mod - Buttons, PIR Motion Sensors, Tasmota Rules and more!

[@alcidesmarcano]

One of the most complete tutorials on sonoff basic I saw!!! Your videos are AWESOME!!! Thank you so much for having the time to make this... Keep doing this videos Travis!!! We have one new MASTER on the community... Thank you again Travis...

[@digiblurDIY]

Thank you very much! Glad you like it. Feel free to share it around to other places/people that might be interested in the content. I wanted to add more Tasmota stuff but it was already a long video. I'll definitely be doing some more soon.

[@koaasst]

getting the sonoffs talking to each other, i like it! i wish i was retired so i could play with home auto more. dangit, back to the grind. i did flash a few sonoffs tonight, gonna try to see if some old thermistors i pulled out of an old AC unit will give me some data.

[@digiblurDIY]

It's through MQTT of course but there is another way they I'm setting up at a friends house with two switches to send commands over WiFi only as he doesn't have any automation or MQTT broker and we just need something simple. Check out the WebSend command, it's great.

[@matthewfgriffin]

So I've been tinkering with this setup quite a bit lately. I think I've come up with a way to get the LED's to light up at will. Instead of using the HTTM switches which I'd been messing with I used a TTP223 which I had piles of sitting around. Then I put a round sticker on the back of the faceplate and painted the entire faceplate with black spray paint. After doing this I removed the sticker so I had a nice round transparent area on the front of the faceplate. Then I put an approximately 2mm thick blob of hot glue over the transparent area and pressed the TTP223 over the top of the blob. At the same time, off to the side I also stuck a red LED into the hot glue. I desoldered the LED from the SONOFF and ran a wire to my new LED and hooked the switch up to GPIO 14. From here you can run LEDSTATE to control the LED how you'd like. It looks pretty from the front I should be able to have the LED behave however I'd like!

[@digiblurDIY]

Nice! I was thinking some thing kinda of like this on a Sonoff dual when I first did one of these. Your method of the install seems much better though!

[@bencooper2467]

Great video, going to alter some of my sonoff to utilize the rules, looking forward to next video.

[@MrPSummerfield]

Nice one, now I can use the other GPIO's for projects. Very useful, thanks for explaining.

[@stevenladich428]

Great vids. I’m new to HA and your vids have really helped me understand theory of op. Thank you!

[@markr782]

Great Video Travis. This help me to add an AM312 mini pir sensor to a S20 switch. Everything worked great but I had to remove the "retain: false" from my HA configuration file. I assume this pertains to a newer version of HA. Just thought I would mention it in case you wanted to update. Keep up the great work and I will keep watching. I almost have a grasp of the Tasmota rules.

[@digiblurDIY]

Awesome. Thanks for the update as that is true. Just edited it.

[@yomegaman1]

Rules RULE! - I finally got your Rule1 working between a Sonoff Basic and my MQTT connected Office Lights - the hardest part for me was getting things set properly in the Arduino IDE (settings in my_user_config.h and user_config_override.h) Maybe a future video would help other less-technical guys like me. - I hope to use Rules to control a sonoff iFan02 Ceiling Fan from a wall switch. If Rules won't do it, I've got Node-Red in reserve. Really enjoying your Node-Red series!

[@digiblurDIY]

Check out the PlatformIO stream for easy compiling of things I did. I use some rules in the 2nd part i2c video to control my iFan02.

[@brynwilliams9535]

This is awesome! thank you so much for posting this :)

[@UMERLEO]

Thanks alot. This was great help. I have been meaning to connect a PIR sensor to my living room lights (sonoff TH16 x2). finally they are working and i can get it in Hassio.

[@877cms]

Hi from across the pond! Thanks for the video, I was really confused by the rules. Now I have a single touch switch controlling the relay output, and a PIR sending MQTT messages back to my server. I'm using the newer "Sonoff RF R2 POWER V1.0".

[@juergenschubert3247]

Great video. Can you also think of a rule using the PIR so on motion do a ON of the local switch, like I have connected a lamp, so it will turn on the lamp and when no motion is detected it should switch of after 3 minutes or 2 Minutes.

[@digiblurDIY]

I believe I did that here with the motion light plug - kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4DEY2qmeK2nj9E

[@scallant]

Excellent Job!!!

[@Banjoba]

Brilliant. Thanks for sharing this.

[@shipleythump]

So I soldered the terminals mentioned here, because it annoys me that the light toggles, as you mentioned. Problem is, mine stays out all the time, and only comes on while being touched. Have I done something wrong? Maybe I got a different brand or something? I was really looking forward to having that light stay on. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

[@digiblurDIY]

No, that's the same as mine, I show in the last part of the video as touch the buttons they only light up when touched. I do wish they would stay on all the time as well and were only off when touched. I did look into modifying the little processor on board as it does allow flashing but I didn't find much on it.

[@shipleythump]

When I was looking at the beginning of the video, it seemed like it was lit up. I guess I misunderstood. Well. I guess it's better than toggling incorrectly. And it will provide feedback, if I'm looking at the bright side of things. Thanks for the reply. Great Videos by the way. Just found your channel today, and after watching one of your videos, I instantly subscribed. I never even log into KZbin, but I did to subscribe to your channel. Thanks for the great content, and keep it up.

[@digiblurDIY]

Thanks for the comments! It does remind me I should email the manufacturer to see if they could make some like this as everyone seems to want them inverted from the way they are.

[@darrenratcliffe7503]

Stupid question but where did you get the fan and lamp stickers for the face plate?

[@digiblurDIY]

I made them in on a vinyl cutting machine. They are the MDI icons. Shoot me an email or hit me up on discord if you are in the US.

[@adtwomey]

Nice buddy I getting it now rules :-D can do lots of things

[@Olvavious]

Thank you for this tutorial.

[@digiblurDIY]

You are welcome!

[@brentd2072]

Thank you for another great video. I have a little project where I am putting motion sensors at the top and bottom of the stairs. I don't care which one is triggered but want it to turn on stairway lights. Can I put them both on the same GPIO pin or do they need to be separate?

[@digiblurDIY]

I would probably put them separately on different GPIO pins. Not sure if they are designed to take voltage from another source.

[@skane01]

Hi, great video. How do you ensure that your module is electrically safe? I was thinking of adding a PIR to my Sonoff S20 but can't see an opening to route the Dupont cables from the Sonoff GPIO pins to the external PIR unit. Thanks

[@digiblurDIY]

Most all the Sonoff devices without power monitoring are isolated. Check with your meter against the pin you want to use and the AC side.

[@CarlosAlgms]

Is it possible to do an expansion on any Tasmotized device? Like could I attach a PIR sensor to a MOES smart switch module? RX and TX are all free after I flash it right?

[@digiblurDIY]

Yep. I did it in several videos for adding sensors.

[@easwaran83]

great tutorial. Is it possible to use HC SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor or Us 100 Ultrasonic Sensor with Sonoff Basic as a switch? (Using GPIO14,vcc, GND) . This Ultrasonic sensor has 4 Pins Just wave the hand in front of the Ultrasonic sensor to Turn on/off Relay. Please let me know

[@digiblurDIY]

Looks like you need two GPIO pins which should still be doable. But depending on your sensor you might need 5 volts. github.com/arendst/Sonoff-Tasmota/wiki/Wemos-D1-Mini-and-HC-SR04-Ultrasonic-Sensor

[@timeofthenick]

Thank you the video. Out of curiosity, where did you get the faceplate stickers?

[@digiblurDIY]

I made them on a Cricut vinyl cutter. The icons are just material design icons as they have the files available for download.

[@timeofthenick]

@@digiblurDIY appreciate you getting back to me... Wondered since I've seen the good doctors method, but I wanted to ask

[@digiblurDIY]

Shoot me an email, channel name at Gmail.

[@Fraddy15]

Hello, can someone clarify my doubt about why he has an "N" at the end of each switch, relay etc?

[@digiblurDIY]

That's the neutral line (usually white wire) to allow the smart switch module to operate.

[@jeffboothe6402]

Great presentation style! Here's my question. In this video you're using GPIO's 1,3 & 14. With the new Sonoff Basic board layout shipping since 11/2018 (no GPIO 14), what pins would you use to duplicate the same outcome as in this video?

[@digiblurDIY]

That's a tough one. The new model is indeed a better design. There is gpio2 on the bottom but it is a fragile pad and you can't hold it low at boot if I remember correctly. I probably would try to trace out the LED and see if I could snip that off and use it as an input pin. You would have to change to a generic template but that is easy.

[@jeffboothe6402]

@@digiblurDIY Thanks for the reply. I've seen someone use GPIO2 with a pull-up resistor on 3.3v (to prevent ghost switching). And the zip-tie is a creative touch. github.com/arendst/Sonoff-Tasmota/issues/4694#issuecomment-450404815 You are correct about can't hold low during boot.

[@RAC7012]

I see that you powered two capacitive switches and the PIR, off the sonoff basic. I tried to power two TTP223 capacitive touch switch buttons off of the 3.3v and ground on a Sonoff Basic (RF R2 Power V1.0). It doesn’t seem to power both of the capacitive touch buttons. Any idea why its not working or any suggestions what I might be doing wrong...

[@digiblurDIY]

Can you measure the voltage on the pin when both are hooked up?

[@smccrode]

Is there a way to make the led on the capacitive touch sensor stay lit all the time?

[@digiblurDIY]

Not that I know of without some major modifications. I looked into the little processor on board that is flashable but I couldn't find much on that process. I really wish they would do one that like that.

[@smccrode]

@@digiblurDIY Thanks. Yeah, same here. I tried messing with ButtonTopic in tasmota but couldn't find a way to change the state of the switch without changing relay state too.

[@nazzymac]

Hey, how do I make the motion sensor only trigger on during the night?

[@digiblurDIY]

You could turn the rule on/off with a sunset type rule. tasmota.github.io/docs/Rules/#make-sure-light-is-on-at-night

[@ITGUY-gh1rx]

Nice job! Thank you. I like the rules parts. I have not tried that yet. Is it possible to show how you mounted the touch sensors on the wall plate? Did you have to cut holes or does it work through the plastic?

[@digiblurDIY]

The very last part of the video as a snap of the buttons attached. Yes. Hot glue over the edges and around it just to stay on. There is no glue in between the button and the wall plate. They work pretty good through a variety of things. See below. I wish they had an option to stay lit all the time and go off when pushed. i.imgur.com/LVfHmnG.jpg

[@matthewfgriffin]

Loving your videos man. Helped me past a few small hiccups I was having. I'm just curious though, where did you get your stickers?

[@digiblurDIY]

I made them on the Cricut vinyl machine. Are you in the US? I could send some.

[@matthewfgriffin]

@@digiblurDIY I am in the US and that would be rad! PM me your email/paypal. I just haven't had any luck finding them to order anywhere otherwise I would have, lol

[@digiblurDIY]

Just add Gmail to the name of the channel and it will forward to me. Or I believe you can go to the about section of the channel page to obtain the same email.

[@anthonycalia1317]

Nice Job

[@JoseMlCuevas]

Hi, Excellent function, and helpful. good Job. But always exist new question when we begin use new thinks so How can I do SwitchRetain after use the rule? Because after Rule the command SwitchRetain does't Work.

[@digiblurDIY]

I haven't used switchretain before in my projects as I use the rules for switch states. Use a publish2 to push it as a retained message.

[@Spondy66]

Nice Work..might have been nice to see the wall plate etc working in the intended area but otherwise very informative. Heard from Dr. Zzz's that you may have flashed a Sonoff ifan002, any chance of a video to demonstrate? Looks a little tricky with the separate power supply and soldering on the backside. Would like to see it done before I fry one of mine! Keep up the good work.

[@digiblurDIY]

Unfortunately the wife happened to be painting the room that week so I was unable to grab video. I do plan on doing an iFan02 video to show the quirks but I won't have any flashing stuff as I did my two over OTA and don't have another unit that isn't flashed to go through that process.

[@Spondy66]

Ahh... thanks for the reply...Any idea where I can find info on how to OTA flashing of the iFan002? Dr. Zzzs video? If so how do you get the iFan002 into "flash mode"? OTA definitely sounds less risky than running on mains.

[@digiblurDIY]

Yes, he did a somewhat recent video on how OTA was back. I had to hold down the button for 10 seconds or more and then I could see the AP mode on my WiFi scan, the manual talks about the long method or something.

[@Spondy66]

Thanks!

[@horaciomonaco8408]

Thank you for the tutorial. I'm having some issues by trying to connect a PIR and a DHT11 to a Tasmotized sonnof basic. When I connect the sensors individually they work fine but if I connect both only the DHT works. I'm running the last updated version of home assistant, the PIR id connected to GPIO3 and the DHT to GPIO1. I only added these lines to the binary_sensor.yaml: - platform: mqtt state_topic: cmnd/NewPir01/POWER2 name: R3 PIR device_class: motion Any lead? I out of options. Thank you in advance H.

[@digiblurDIY]

Have you tried using the Auto Discovery feature as it has improved by great lengths since this video? It is "Setoption19 1" in the console.

[@horaciomonaco8408]

@@digiblurDIY already done. actually the PIR works fine alone but it doesn't as soon as connect also the DHT

[@digiblurDIY]

Let me look a this more as I had coffee this go around and I may have done things differently now.

[@digiblurDIY]

If it is a sonoff basic you won't have a POWER2. Did you set the switch and switchmode for it then the rule to publish the PIR state?

[@horaciomonaco8408]

@@digiblurDIY Actually I erased everything and only applied these two rules: rule 1 on switch2#state do publish Prueba/PIR/state %value% endon and rule 2 on switch2#state=1 do backlog power1 on; ruletimer1 30 endon on rules#timer=1 do power1 off endon also I've generated a binary sensor like this: - platform: mqtt name: "PIR Motion" state_topic: "Prueba/PIR/state" qos: 1 payload_on: "1" payload_off: "0" payload_available: "Online" payload_not_available: "Offline" device_class: motion That lets me show the PIR into HA, and it works very well... but as soon as I connect the DHT11 the PIR system stopped working. By the way, I didn't introduce a single line of code for the DHT11, it worked automatically. I've tried to change the SerialLog from 2 to 0 but I've got any change

[@fritske88]

i am trying what you did there but with only 1 momentary push button but it doesn't really do much. i have gpio 14 set as: 91 button2n . and in terminal i do: backlog switchmode2 1 rule1 on button2#state=1 do publish cmnd/kitchenlight/POWER TOGGLE endon rule1 1 i also tried: 83 switch2n rule1 on switch2#state=1 do publish cmnd/kitchenlight/POWER TOGGLE endon as in your example but that doesn't do anything either.

[@digiblurDIY]

Try a rule like this to see the state of the button. Rule1 on Switch1#state do publish testing/state %value% endon If it doesn't do anything then something else is odd. Make sure switchtopic is set to 0.

[@fritske88]

@@digiblurDIY cool, thx. that worked when i set it to: 09 switch1. i now have: rule1 on Switch1#state do publish cmnd/kitchenlight/POWER TOGGLE endon but as soon as i realease the button the light goes out again. but i believe thats another setting that needs to be set somewhere, not sure wich one.

[@fritske88]

hmm found the problem. tasmota treats a push and release as a separate event. so it sends the mqtt command on push and on release.

[@digiblurDIY]

Yep. It can get confusing with the different switchmodes so I use that test topic a bit and watch the console. From what I found 0 is off, 1 is on, 2 toggle and 3 is hold.

[@fritske88]

@@digiblurDIY i tried all 3 and they just give the same result. gpio0 is also a pushbutton so it must be possible somehow. anyway had enough for today. i'll try some more stuff tommorow.

[@brackenbenavidez5550]

Great tutorial. It has a very clean look. I am curious how you mounted the touch buttons to the wall plate? Did you cut rectangles in the plate and glue them in?

[@digiblurDIY]

I placed them on the back of the faceplate and put hot glue on the sides and top of it. There is no glue between the faceplate and the capacitive button.

[@brackenbenavidez5550]

@@digiblurDIY Thanks for the info. I didn't think they would work through the face plate. I will give it a try.

[@JoseMlCuevas]

Excellent Job and great knowledge about rules. Q. How can I do SwitchRetain with a Rule, because after using a rule "SwitchRetain 1" doesn't Work.?

[@digiblurDIY]

I haven't used switchretain or switchtopics after rules. You can do a retain message via publish2 instead of publish. Could you explain more?

[@harrym3115]

I tried your project, I'm having issue with Touch Switches. Both Touch switches trigger the Relay. I want One Touch Switch for relay and second Touch switch for Fan just like you did. But why both trigger relay?

[@digiblurDIY]

Because you don't have rules taking the switch states assigned.

[@harrym3115]

@@digiblurDIY As I mentioned I followed each step from your video. I tried again last night but same results.

[@digiblurDIY]

What rules are you using?

[@harrym3115]

​@@digiblurDIY Ok, here is my: Setup: I'm using two SonOff Basics (SonOff1 as MBToiletLight & SonOff2 as MBToiletFan in MQTT). SonOff One has: 1. Motion sensor (Switch3#) will turn off light after 2 minutes with No motion (I don't want it to turn ON light when motion). 2. Touch Switch (Switch1#) will be used to turn ON/OFF toilet light. 3. Another Touch Switch (Switch2#) will turn ON/OFF exhaust Fan in toilet. SonOff two is connected to toilet exhaust fan. Rules: rule1 on switch2#state=1 do publish cmnd/MBToiletFan/POWER TOGGLE endon -> rule1 on rule2 on switch3#state=1 do publish MBToiletLight/PIR/state ON endon on switch3#state=0 do publish MBToiletLight/PIR/state OFF endon -> rule2 on HA Automation: When MBToilet PIR publishes state OFF wait 2 minutes then turn MBToiletLight OFF. Issues: 1. When I tap Touch Switch 2 it does not publish Toggle but turns OFF MBToiletLight instead. On second time tap it does publish Toggle. 2. Even after PIR publishes State OFF automation does not turn OFF MBToiletLight (I know this issue is not related to rules but is more likely a automation or MQTT publish issue but if you could help me with this one as well I'll really appreciate). I hope my setup makes sense.

[@digiblurDIY]

Here's what I'd do first to check your switch states. Make a rule to test them. Like this Rule1 on switch1#state do publish mytest/switch1 %value% endon Then make others for switch2 and 3 as well. Then test your switches and watch the log, then you'll know the states it is sending out so you can capture them. Once you do that it decouples from the relay.

[@VAKUL-DC]

thank you. awesome video and make full use of the sonoff basic. explanation of the Rule is very good. thanks. I want to use this in a bath room can i swap the 2nd touch sensor with a DHT22 so it runs the exhaust fan. If its possible could you also show what rule(s) i need 1st for mqtt states of humidity and temp & 2nd rule for turn on a entity(ex-fan) when humidity goes up and turn off when its back to original value. I guess anotehr rule3 would be needed to run the ex fan for 20 min every time SW1 is activated.

[@digiblurDIY]

Yes, you could use one of those pins for the DHT22 as it only requires one data pin. I actually have something planned for this type of automation but it might be a week or two before I circle back to a video on more rules such as this. If you want you can send me something on reddit as /u/digiblur and I can help walk you through things.

[@VAKUL-DC]

oh so you are digiblur, you are the one that pointed me to this video on discord. thanks..i will ping you in discord. thank you

[@digiblurDIY]

Yep. You can find me there as well.

[@supperka2]

And How make it works with new version of sonoff basics? There isn't gpio 14.

[@digiblurDIY]

I do plan on a short update video on it. Do you need to connect 2 of the buttons?

[@supperka2]

@@digiblurDIY right now I don't plant do nothing but, it well be good make update video with new version, of course I can missing pir sensor for another bottom right? Can you show me how add Reed switcher and bottom pls?

[@digiblurDIY]

I actually will be showing the original design with a few changes.

[@brucerawiri7170]

Hi there. Great video and it seems to be exactly what I want to do. Only difference is I would like to use a push button and PIR sensor connected to sonoff, to control or turn on a Hue Light bulb? So if a hardwire mains power to to hue light via a standard light switch first. This way the hue light is connected to wifi and hue bridge. This also mean we can use home assistant to turn the hue on and off or dim via hue dimmers So now I would like to have the PIR on the same wall switch plate, so if we walk into the room, the PIR tells sonoff, (maybe via rules) to turn the hue light on, after no motion for 10min, turn off. 3rd part is having a push button on the same wall plate, to toggle the light via the sonoff on or off to bypass the PIR and 10min timer to stay on permantly, until I toggle again to go back to PIR control The final part is dimmed on after 10pm so guess this can be done via automation Sorry for long winded explanation. Hope it makes sense to you. Maybe a could send message direct or something Hope you can help. Still learning at HA hence my request for guidance Thanks for now Bruce

[@mrteausaable]

Why I got error check config on device_class: motion? How can I fix this? Great video by the way.

[@digiblurDIY]

Could you post more of the yaml entry? I suspect something else is tripping that up as that device class is working and documented. www.home-assistant.io/components/binary_sensor/

[@bacoazul]

Liked and suscribed, very good video, can you tell me how many GPIO pins on the sonoff basic can you hack?, i guess the LED and the Rele too, but im not sure

[@digiblurDIY]

Yes you could snag those if you are handy enough along with gpio4 on the chip itself. But at that point it might be better to get a device better suited for more GPIO pins?

[@bacoazul]

digiblurDIY, In fact, I was trying to do this same project with a d1 mini, but taking into account that I need the relay, well, the sonoff basic seems a better option

[@digiblurDIY]

They do have those d1 mini relay shields that stack on top but then of course you need to supply a power supply to the d1. All boils down to how much work things are.

[@imike964]

Where did you get that panel from?

[@digiblurDIY]

It's just a blank 3 gang panel with some vinyl stickers cut out

[@gersonfer]

Excellent tutorial as always. Do I have to recompile the binary or can I simply download sonoff-basic.bin?

[@digiblurDIY]

You can use regular binary files for this.

[@gersonfer]

Thanks a lot 👍🏽

[@WayneRigley]

still cant get my darn pir to work correctly

[@digiblurDIY]

What's wrong with it?

[@WayneRigley]

@@digiblurDIY on, off, on, off, on, off, on, off, on, off etc

[@digiblurDIY]

Do you have another PIR to try?

[@WayneRigley]

@@digiblurDIY nope, the one i was using i had to extend the wires to flush mount the dome, but broke the wires this morning trying to fix this setup, so ad to grab my last or I had out of the bag.. think it could be the issue? I've gone over all your videos on settings, but running as switch2 with all rules as 0 still on off on off

[@WayneRigley]

ended up creating a soft button and boolean for the tablet so I can at least use WLED in the kitchen. frustrating

[@OldCurmudgeon3DP]

Those green boards give me fits bridging.

[@rutgerdejong9616]

I think the rule should say; backlog switchmode1 1;switchmode2 1;switchmode3 1

[@herik63]

wondeful :) lacks only the illumination of the keys.

[@digiblurDIY]

Yes. I really wish the buttons were backwards where they stay lit while not triggered and went out when touched.

[@herik63]

Just done with mine: you have to use the mode "82 Switch1n" and the led is on when the relay is off and viceversa :)

[@digiblurDIY]

Are you using them in momentary mode as in the solder added? I believe mine are the 1n 2n etc for no pull up and I don't see them working light that. I will check this evening again.

[@herik63]

i made some tests at work, this morning have arrived some green ones, i tried to use and worked, but after a while not anymore, i will check at home with more time.

[@herik63]

I tried, was really like a "toggle" command, so is random the status of the light, what a pity :-(

[@StephenMannUSA]

WTF?? "This video requires payment to watch."

[@digiblurDIY]

I don't have any subscription stuff. I opened a new browser as incognito to not be signed into any accounts and was able to start watching.

[@StephenMannUSA]

@@digiblurDIY Apparently a You Tube bug- a few other you-tube videos are showing the same. BTW, Thanks for the video- I learned about rules in Tasmota through an earlier viewing.

[@digiblurDIY]

Thanks for responding back with the update.