Domoticz

kondrez wrote:So today I was trying to flash and connect the h801 to domoticz. Eventually i made it all work and now I can use it as a milight in domoticz. but I noticed that there is no place here where it gets explained. there are several threads on this forum and other forums with tips and some instructions but for someone like me who doesnt does this kind of stuff all the time it was quiet difficult and I bet there are more people interested. So here is how I did it step by step.

First what you need :
An arduino uno (you could use other programmer but i did it with this one)
the h801
6 header pins
some cables

after you have intalled the arduino software you need to install the esp option. in this link everything gets explained.
http://www.esp8266.nu/index.php/Tutoria ... are_Upload

After that you need to download the latest firmware image wich can be downloaded here:
http://www.esp8266.nu/index.php/Main_Page#Stable

in the first link there is a section called Download ESP Easy Firmware. Wich explains where to put the esp easy libraries.
For the h801 to work like a milight bridge there is a plugin wich you need to download and add to the esp easy folder.
This folder can be found in the source folder wich is in the main folder of the firmware that you download.
The plugin can be found at github espeasy playground
https://github.com/ESP8266nu/ESPEasyPluginPlayground
It's the one named p105_rgbw.ino. After you added this then you can start to solder the header pins to the h801.
When you have soldered the six pins you can connect them to your arduino. the TX pin of the h801 should go to the RX pin of your arduino, and the RX pin of the h801 should go to the TX pin of the arduino. Ground pin to ground and 3.3v to the 3.3v or you can connect the power supply to the h801.
There is a connector that says j3 these two pins need to be shorted before you plug the power supply it's to enter the programming mode.
After that you can compile and upload the firmware.
Once you do that the H801 acts as a acces point you can connect with the password configesp. After that put 192.168.4.1 in a browser to configure the ssid and passwoord. After that it should get an ip adress within your network. When you enter this ip adress you enter the browse gui. Here you go to devices and choose edit. Here you can choose the plugin rgbw milight udp port 8899 red pin 15 green pin 13 blue pin 12 white pin 14 and submit. after this if you just add a applamp/milight bridge in domoticz with the ip of the h801 and port 8899. you can control the h801 as group 1.

Hope this helps some people and save them some time.

bernardstef wrote:Hi everyone, check those links, there is a firmware made for those devices:

http://www.cnx-software.com/2017/03/03/ ... -firmware/

https://bitbucket.org/xoseperez/espurna

I can't wait to receive my H801 and test this out

piotr wrote: ↑Wednesday 03 May 2017 11:23 Can the H801 be used to control a series of 2W MR11 leds ? (instead of ledstrip)

actualy with above script you don't need to use the milight plugin
it will just dim using the build in pwm dimmer function.

cookerrr wrote: ↑Wednesday 07 November 2018 2:38 so I've been messing the hte h801 for a couple of days. With espurna installed on the device, it works well. I like that it provides smooth transitions for the lighting when you make changes. Only bad thing is no domoticz plugin. So I tried tasmota with the plugin someone wrote in this thread. This also works, not quite as snappy with changes as it uses mqtt, but it does work pretty well. also a plus that it works directly with domoticz, though i lose smooth transitions. Does espeasy provide smooth transitions with that milight plugin? I can't get it to compile cause i keep getting errors. If it doesn't do smooth transitions I'll just stick with one of the other options. let me know, thanks!

StasDemydiuk wrote: ↑Friday 25 May 2018 16:25 Hi

I've created python plugin for domoticz which allows to control H801 with Tasmota firmware via MQTT
https://github.com/stas-demydiuk/domoti ... ota-plugin

Feedback is appreciated

Gert wrote: ↑Saturday 29 December 2018 18:06

StasDemydiuk wrote: ↑Friday 25 May 2018 16:25 Hi

I've created python plugin for domoticz which allows to control H801 with Tasmota firmware via MQTT
https://github.com/stas-demydiuk/domoti ... ota-plugin

Feedback is appreciated

Hi Stas, I'm using your plugin as 5x dimmer, but I'm noticing some strange behaviour.
Domoticz V4.10303 on RPi, set channel 1& 2 to (eg) 50%.
Switch off channel 1 (or 2) - the channel switches off and the other channel slightly reduces %.
Switch back on - both channels slightly reduce %.
Sfter a few times switching on and off, all channels are reduced to 0....
Any suggestions?
Thanks for your efforts!