New video: Gladys Assistant at your place #2, Gwen and her Tasmota home automation setup!

Hello everyone,

After the first episode two weeks ago (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXanY-SP_5w), I am happy to release the second episode of this series!

This time, I am with @GBoulvin who introduces us to his setup, mainly in Tasmota.

He presents his equipment, his dashboard, and his scenes.

You will see, there are interesting scenarios! :wink:

The video is available on YouTube here:

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Thank you @GBoulvin for taking the time to answer my questions, I had a great time discussing home automation with you :folded_hands:

It was a real pleasure to welcome you :wink:

Whose turn is it? Mr. Scenes? :smiley: (let’s finally find out why he inherited that nickname :innocent:)

Normally @guim31 will be ready in two weeks :slight_smile: It will become a biweekly Tuesday evening show! :grin:

Too much pressure!! :grin:

If I survived, it will be fine too :slight_smile: @pierre-gilles has a gift :smiley:

@pierre-gilles brought back « Les dossiers de l’écran »!!! :rofl: (it’s a time that those under 20 can’t know :notes::woozy_face:)

@GBoulvin Great installation!
I didn’t know much about the Wemos modules with Tasmota, so this could be useful for me at home.

Thanks :wink:
You can safely install Tasmota on a Wemos D1 Mini (I personally use fakes).
For flashing, a microUSB cable is sufficient. The ‹ Tasmotizer › app is particularly easy to use :slight_smile:

In fact, I discovered Tasmota last week. I bought a SONOFF WiFi double relay and it bothered me to use Chinese servers with Ewelink to manage a relay, so I flashed it to have Tasmota. But I had stopped there.
But being able to integrate this OS on small, inexpensive modules opens the door to many possibilities.

@GBoulvin For your information, there is a comment on YouTube under the video that asks you a question :slight_smile:

I’m posting a copy of the response here as it may be useful to others…

That’s a lot of answers to give :slight_smile:
The ultrasonic modules are JSN-SR04T. They are natively supported by Tasmota, but I made a more complete assembly/program to have both sensors and a percentage conversion via Arduino and ESP-01.
For the Chacon remote control, you just need to connect an rf433 sensor to a module (ex: Wemos D1 mini) flashed with the ‹ sensors › version of Tasmota. It is then directly visible on the device’s web page (and soon directly in Gladys I hope :wink: ). The rf433 sensor used is an Arduino kit fs1000a, but I think the reception issue I have comes from a poorly adapted antenna.
Powering the Wemos is rather simple! A microUSB cable connected to a phone charger or any other free USB port (modem, TV, set-top box…)
For the RFID controller, I made a tutorial on the Gladys forum that I invite you to check out. For the mail, a simple mechanical switch is used…

Here is a small photo of the switch used for the mail:

It is fixed perpendicular to the opening of the mail slot, just below so that the mail presses on it as it falls…

If you need a tutorial for something in particular, no problem, just ask :wink:

A small reference on the World Wide Web (Amazon, domadoo ..)?

I order everything on Ali…

The switches

The DHT11 and DHT22 sensors

The RFID kit

The RF433 kit

But I recommend this one

Edit:

And the waterproof ultrasonic sensors:wink:

So how is the information sent to Gladys, do you have a cable up to your mailbox (I assume not), this interests me because at my place the mailman can come as early as 9:00 AM or as late as 3:00 PM and the motion detector is not suitable.

I have a power outlet in the mailbox (tapped from the gate’s power supply) to which I was able to connect my Tasmota module (and a WiFi amplifier)!

Otherwise, an external battery allows it to last for a few days/weeks depending on its capacity…
There is also a deepsleep mode but I don’t have any information to give you about that…

Why is that?

On my end, the Xiaomi sensor didn’t do much, but the IKEA one surprises me! Very sensitive, even a small letter is detected.

In fact, I haven’t tried it, but the box is on a stake and is swaying in the wind.

As long as it doesn’t take on water, I don’t think it’s too problematic :sweat_smile: