Sonoff 4CH with ESPEasy

[stofakiller]

Hi,

I have a 5-32v Sonoff/Itead 4ch, but i cant figure out how to flash it. I have flash many types of Sonoff's, i have Sonoff POW, normal 1ch Sonoffs and bulbs... I have triede both thrue my Arduino to flash it and also tried to erase it with ESP_Basic_Flasher... I always get cant open the port. Anyone triede or have any suggestions?

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[manjh]

Are you sure this is a Sonoff 4CH? It looks totally different from the two units I have. I see no buttons, for example.
Also, my Sonoff has a mains connection from which it feeds. Looks like this one expects an external power supply!

[Shardan]

Definitely that is not a genuine Itead 4ch.

Anyways an interesting module.
Do you have a link or schematics?
I'm not able to identifythe cpu module, it might contain an esp, not sure.
It might contain a signal cpu too.

[manjh]

Definitely that is not a genuine Itead 4ch.

Anyways an interesting module.
Do you have a link or schematics?
I'm not able to identifythe cpu module, it might contain an esp, not sure.
It might contain a signal cpu too.

A picture of the external casing might help, plus an accurate type/model number.

[stofakiller]

I bought true banggoodhttps://www.banggood.com/USB-5V-Or-DC-7 ... 84201407E9

That was back in may, i can see now that they have changed the product name to Geekcreit. It still uses Sonoff's app. But i would like to control it my self with mqtt

[papperone]

maybe just the WiFi module is from itead --> https://www.itead.cc/psb-04.html

[stofakiller]

I found the solution here: viewtopic.php?t=2721#p13583

I'm trying to flash it later today

[stofakiller]

It's a different chip, psf-b85 https://www.itead.cc/wiki/File:Pins_map_PSF-B85.png

So i'll try flashing it, all the pins i need is on one sideof the pcb...

[stofakiller]

I did'nt, i think the image is from the pcb side, and i think i was right, i just found this image

[stofakiller]

It worked

Its a 8266 chip and works perfect as a Sonoff 4ch PRO module

[grovkillen]

Ah, cool! I will order one to test Thanks.

(AliExpress link: http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/eYfIy76)

[Shardan]

I did'nt, i think the image is from the pcb side, and i think i was right, i just found this image

Which device is that? It's not the 4ch switch showed above, isn't it?

[grovkillen]

Which device is that? It's not the 4ch switch showed above, isn't it?

It's the "Successful Case" explained here:
https://www.itead.cc/psb-04.html

A ton of itead based OEM modules are found here: http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/vJMNjuj

[stofakiller]

I did'nt, i think the image is from the pcb side, and i think i was right, i just found this image

Which device is that? It's not the 4ch switch showed above, isn't it?

No, it's this one, frome my earlier post here viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2616&p=19423#p19212

And i flashed it with Tasmota firmware https://github.com/arendst/Sonoff-Tasmota

[Shardan]

Which device is that? It's not the 4ch switch showed above, isn't it?

It's the "Successful Case" explained here:
https://www.itead.cc/psb-04.html

A ton of itead based OEM modules are found here: http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/vJMNjuj

Due to the PCB layout shown in the itead link this circuit uses a serial MCU to drive relays and key inputs.
You can see the 20-pin square chip in the upper right corner and you can follow the "relay" pcb lines.
There are a lot of "NC" connectors - NC usually says "not connected" but obviously they are.

So this is questionable with ESPEasy.
If it uses the serial MCU it might run into same problems as the Sonoff dual.
If some of the "NC" pins are connected to usual GPIO and used by the circuit it might work.

PS: PSF-B85 and PSB-04 seem to be different ...

PSB-04 uses a serial MCU as mentioned above and uses an ESP-8266.
Datasheet: https://www.itead.cc/wiki/PSB_Series_Sm ... tch_Module

PSF-B85 seems to be a ESP-8285 based equivalent to an ESP-12 module,
1MB built in Memory and other pinout and no additional MCU
Datasheet: https://www.itead.cc/wiki/File:Psf_03.jpg

So those 4ch with a PSF-B85 should work easily with ESPEasy, might be necessary to use a ESP-8285 compiled binary.

[Dylantje]

It worked

Its a 8266 chip and works perfect as a Sonoff 4ch PRO module

Please a step by step?
Or link where i do the same thing....

My 4channel is online only i cannot use the channels...

[grovkillen]

Which device is that? It's not the 4ch switch showed above, isn't it?

It's the "Successful Case" explained here:
https://www.itead.cc/psb-04.html

A ton of itead based OEM modules are found here: http://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/vJMNjuj

Due to the PCB layout shown in the itead link this circuit uses a serial MCU to drive relays and key inputs.
You can see the 20-pin square chip in the upper right corner and you can follow the "relay" pcb lines.
There are a lot of "NC" connectors - NC usually says "not connected" but obviously they are.

So this is questionable with ESPEasy.
If it uses the serial MCU it might run into same problems as the Sonoff dual.
If some of the "NC" pins are connected to usual GPIO and used by the circuit it might work.

PS: PSF-B85 and PSB-04 seem to be different ...

PSB-04 uses a serial MCU as mentioned above and uses an ESP-8266.
Datasheet: https://www.itead.cc/wiki/PSB_Series_Sm ... tch_Module

PSF-B85 seems to be a ESP-8285 based equivalent to an ESP-12 module,
1MB built in Memory and other pinout and no additional MCU
Datasheet: https://www.itead.cc/wiki/File:Psf_03.jpg

So those 4ch with a PSF-B85 should work easily with ESPEasy, might be necessary to use a ESP-8285 compiled binary.

Thanks for looking into it Shard.

[grovkillen]

Screen dump of AliExpress picture. Seems to be genuine ESP.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yo9wk6ibx1ia3 ... 0.png?dl=0

[grovkillen]

Hi,

I have a 5-32v Sonoff/Itead 4ch, but i cant figure out how to flash it. I have flash many types of Sonoff's, i have Sonoff POW, normal 1ch Sonoffs and bulbs... I have triede both thrue my Arduino to flash it and also tried to erase it with ESP_Basic_Flasher... I always get cant open the port. Anyone triede or have any suggestions?
sonoff-4ch.jpg

You found how to flash it but haven't reported back about it. Me and a friend flashed this unit plus the smaller one, with on relay, today. Will try to write an official wiki page for it soon.

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[grovkillen]

Hi,

I have a 5-32v Sonoff/Itead 4ch, but i cant figure out how to flash it. I have flash many types of Sonoff's, i have Sonoff POW, normal 1ch Sonoffs and bulbs... I have triede both thrue my Arduino to flash it and also tried to erase it with ESP_Basic_Flasher... I always get cant open the port. Anyone triede or have any suggestions?
sonoff-4ch.jpg

This unit is now "officially" supported by ESP Easy: https://www.letscontrolit.com/wiki/inde ... ff_DIY_4ch

[manjh]

Any chance of formal support for the Sonoff Pow? Looks like a very handy little device to help understand power consumption...

[grovkillen]

Any chance of formal support for the Sonoff Pow? Looks like a very handy little device to help understand power consumption...

Since Tasmota is supporting that device it should be possible to write a plugin for ESP Easy as well. If you do some research on the subject and bring all your findings and suggest a enhancement on GitHub someone might pick up the idea.

[Shardan]

Any chance of formal support for the Sonoff Pow? Looks like a very handy little device to help understand power consumption...

There's already a long thread about sonoff pow in the forum.
http://www.letscontrolit.com/forum/view ... POW#p20950

[manjh]

Any chance of formal support for the Sonoff Pow? Looks like a very handy little device to help understand power consumption...

There's already a long thread about sonoff pow in the forum.
http://www.letscontrolit.com/forum/view ... POW#p20950

I noticed, and managed to read half way through it.
At some point the discussion drifted off towards liability and how people will try to electrocute themself.
I was hoping to find a firm "yes" or "no" answer to the support question, or (if that can't be given) perhaps a careful "maybe in the near future"...

[manjh]

Any chance of formal support for the Sonoff Pow? Looks like a very handy little device to help understand power consumption...

Since Tasmota is supporting that device it should be possible to write a plugin for ESP Easy as well. If you do some research on the subject and bring all your findings and suggest a enhancement on GitHub someone might pick up the idea.

Ah, yes...
Unfortunately I am more of a tester than a developer these days... I'm sure I would eventually even be able to write a plugin, but the learning curve would be a bit steep!

[grovkillen]

Any chance of formal support for the Sonoff Pow? Looks like a very handy little device to help understand power consumption...

Since Tasmota is supporting that device it should be possible to write a plugin for ESP Easy as well. If you do some research on the subject and bring all your findings and suggest a enhancement on GitHub someone might pick up the idea.

Ah, yes...
Unfortunately I am more of a tester than a developer these days... I'm sure I would eventually even be able to write a plugin, but the learning curve would be a bit steep!

But you can always do something, like finding places where to find more information etc. Links are valuable assets.

[papperone]

Any chance of formal support for the Sonoff Pow? Looks like a very handy little device to help understand power consumption...

What do you mean? I already wrote a plugin to support POW current/voltage reading feature.
The relay and led can be activated with standard plugin, what else you need?

[manjh]

Any chance of formal support for the Sonoff Pow? Looks like a very handy little device to help understand power consumption...

What do you mean? I already wrote a plugin to support POW current/voltage reading feature.
The relay and led can be activated with standard plugin, what else you need?

you just made my day!
This information is probably somewhere in the seond half of that long thread, which I have not read yet. I also checked the Wiki, found a number of Sonoff products that are supported but did not see any reference to the pow.
Can I assume the plugin is in Github?

[papperone]

Any chance of formal support for the Sonoff Pow? Looks like a very handy little device to help understand power consumption...

What do you mean? I already wrote a plugin to support POW current/voltage reading feature.
The relay and led can be activated with standard plugin, what else you need?

you just made my day!
This information is probably somewhere in the seond half of that long thread, which I have not read yet. I also checked the Wiki, found a number of Sonoff products that are supported but did not see any reference to the pow.
Can I assume the plugin is in Github?

Yes, it's in the playground still but fully functional...

[manjh]

What do you mean? I already wrote a plugin to support POW current/voltage reading feature.
The relay and led can be activated with standard plugin, what else you need?

you just made my day!
This information is probably somewhere in the seond half of that long thread, which I have not read yet. I also checked the Wiki, found a number of Sonoff products that are supported but did not see any reference to the pow.
Can I assume the plugin is in Github?

Yes, it's in the playground still but fully functional...

Great. Now I will have to figure out how to get it from that "playground", and compile....
For the time being, I am using the Sonoff with their app. Works great, but not integrated with other devicecs via Domoticz.

[nekely]

I have managed to operate the sonoff 4ch correctly, with ESP, what I do not get is that none of the physical buttons work.

[manjh]

I have managed to operate the sonoff 4ch correctly, with ESP, what I do not get is that none of the physical buttons work.

You need to create rules for that.
Example:

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On TurnOn1 do
  gpio, 12, 1
endon
On TurnOff1 do
  gpio, 12, 0
endon
On TurnOn2 do
  gpio, 5, 1
endon
On TurnOff2 do
  gpio, 5, 0
endon
On TurnOn3 do
  gpio, 4, 1
endon
On TurnOff3 do
  gpio, 4, 0
endon
On TurnOn4 do
  gpio, 15, 1
endon
On TurnOff4 do
  gpio, 15, 0
endon

on Toggle1 do
  if [relais1#state]=1
    Event TurnOff1
  else
    Event TurnOn1
  endif
endon
on Toggle2 do
  if [relais2#state]=1
    Event TurnOff2
  else
    Event TurnOn2
  endif
endon
on Toggle3 do
  if [relais3#state]=1
    Event TurnOff3
  else
    Event TurnOn3
  endif
endon
on Toggle4 do
  if [relais4#state]=1
    Event TurnOff4
  else
    Event TurnOn4
  endif
endon

on button1#state do
  Event Toggle1
endon
on button2#state do
  Event Toggle2
endon
on button3#state do
  Event Toggle3
endon
on button4#state do
  Event Toggle4
endon

[nekely]

sorry ..., I had not restarted the sonoff.
now it works, but only the first time it turns on and off, then I press the button and it does not do anything

[manjh]

sorry ..., I had not restarted the sonoff.
now it works, but only the first time it turns on and off, then I press the button and it does not do anything

can you show the rules and device settings?

[nekely]

this is the rule

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On Channel1#Switch do
    if [Channel1#Switch]=1
        event,Channel1_On
    else
        event,Channel1_Off
    endif
endon
On Channel2#Switch do
    if [Channel2#Switch]=1
        event,Channel2_On
    else
        event,Channel2_Off
    endif
endon
On Channel3#Switch do
    if [Channel3#Switch]=1
        event,Channel3_On
    else
        event,Channel3_Off
    endif
endon
On Channel4#Switch do
    if [Channel4#Switch]=1
        event,Channel4_On
    else
        event,Channel4_Off
    endif
endon


on Channel1_On do
    gpio,12,1
    inputswitchstate 0,1
endon
on Channel1_Off do
    gpio,12,0
    inputswitchstate 0,0
endon

on Channel2_On do
    gpio,5,1
    inputswitchstate 9,1
endon
on Channel2_Off do
    gpio,5,0
    inputswitchstate 9,0
endon

on Channel3_On do
    gpio,4,1
    inputswitchstate 10,1
endon
on Channel3_Off do
    gpio,4,0
    inputswitchstate 10,0
endon

on Channel4_On do
    gpio,15,1
    inputswitchstate 14,1
endon
on Channel4_Off do
    gpio,15,0
    inputswitchstate 14,0
endon

[TD-er]

What version of ESPeasy?
I recently (last week) fixed an issue with the switch plugin.

[nekely]

version 2_3_0

[grovkillen]

version 2_3_0

That is the core version. What ESP Easy version?

[manjh]

In the first piece of code, you're checking on the state of the switch. Should be the state of the gpio.

[nekely]

I just put the last update today, I'll try it

[nekely]

nothing, with the new update they do not work either

[nekely]

In the first piece of code, you're checking on the state of the switch. Should be the state of the gpio.

I'm sorry I did not see this message, I try it

[tplus]

Is there an IO-mapping for the Sonoff 4CH PRO available?

Thanks for help...

[nekely]

in the end I got it, thanks

at first pressing the button would turn on, but turning it off at the time it was turned on again.
After several tests I got it to work changing "normal switch" to "push button active low"

these are the rules that you create

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on Boton1#Switch do
if [Boton1#Switch]=1
gpio,12,0
else
gpio,12,1
endif
endon

on Boton2#Switch do
if [Boton2#Switch]=1
gpio,5,0
else
gpio,5,1
endif
endon

on Boton3#Switch do
if [Boton3#Switch]=1
gpio,4,0
else
gpio,4,1
endif
endon

on Boton4#Switch do
if [Boton4#Switch]=1
gpio,15,0
else
gpio,15,1
endif
endon

now all switch works fine, I just need to try it with my veraedge

[tplus]

I tried to find the GPIO IO-mapping for the 4CH Pro using HTTP commands. At GPIO-6 relay one got on but I could not switch it off again. Tried also to switch on GPIO 4 and 5. Then I could not connect to the GUI any more and now the 4CH Pro is in a boot-loop:

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INIT : Booting version: v2.0-20180120
INIT : Cold Boot
FS   : Mounting...
FS   : Mount successful, used 75802 bytes of 113201
INIT : Free RAM:26000
INIT : I2C
INIT : SPI not enabled
WIFI : AP Mode disabled
WIFI : AP Mode ssid will be ESP_water_0 with address 192.168.4.1
WIFI : Connecting XXXX attempt #1
WIFI : Connected! IP: 192.168.10.35 (ESP_water_0)

 ets Jan  8 2013,rst cause:4, boot mode:(3,0)

wdt reset
load 0x4010f000, len 1384, room 16 
tail 8
chksum 0x2d
csum 0x2d
v09826c6d
~ld
⸮U


INIT : Booting version: v2.0-20180120
INIT : Warm boot #1
FS   : Mounting...
FS   : Mount successful, used 75802 bytes of 113201
INIT : Free RAM:26000
INIT : I2C
INIT : SPI not enabled
WIFI : AP Mode disabled
WIFI : AP Mode ssid will be ESP_water_0 with address 192.168.4.1
WIFI : Connecting XXXX attempt #1
WIFI : Connected! IP: 192.168.10.35 (ESP_water_0)

 ets Jan  8 2013,rst cause:4, boot mode:(3,0)

wdt reset
load 0x4010f000, len 1384, room 16 
tail 8
chksum 0x2d
csum 0x2d
v09826c6d
~ld
⸮U

When I change the onboard "Work Mode Switch" from "Interlock" to "Self-locking/Inching" it's still in a loop but the boot mode changes to (3,2). Also the top 3 LED are on.

Installed software v2.0-20180123, no change.

What to do? Is there a "GPIO of death"?

Thanks for some help.

[nekely]

now all switch works fine, I just need to try it with my veraedge

Works fine with my veraedge, send de command and status correctly modifing some the rules to send htpp commands

[tplus]

Sonoff 4CH Pro:

GPIO mapping is the same. All K5 switches should be set to "on", the S6 switch to 1. Then it works like the standard one.

[radebebek]

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[radebebek]

Hello All,

I have this scheme wiring: http://prntscr.com/i0qrfb

I used homebridge plugin and iphone app HOME and I have problem about inform state.

Example:

1. State Lights on HOME app is OFF.
2. Turn on Lights with HOME app on R1 relay, snd Sonoff PRO switch reley and Lights is ON. On app HOME change state to ON.
3. When I pressing physical key "WALL SWITHC" Disconnect Electric Cricuit and turn off Light.
State continue ON on HomeAPP.

How to inform app that state is change?
Is there firmware has this possibility?
Rade