Shelly2 Wi-Fi double switch review

Got two of the Shelly2's last week and got around to a couple of overview videos today. I must say, very impressed. High quality and great GUI. Much better build than the Sonoff.

Hardware overview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peykCQm90-c
GUI overview and API control here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gok8YBQl97k
Killer feature! 2-way switching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVQYt5vw2k4

Shelly1 on Amazon https://amzn.to/2Qdexag
Shelly2 on Amazon https://amzn.to/2Io5aSf

From what I understand, more stock should be available mid Oct/18.

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Using ESPEasy with Home Assistant via MQTT

Preface: I've just started playing around with Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi and exploring the world of MQTT to control devices on the network. Learning curve is a bit steep but worth the effort as MQTT is very fast. The hardware and software tools I'm using are as follows: 2 x Sonoff relay units 2 x NodeMCU Boards ESPEasy firmware (must be version 121 or above as that contains the MQTT 'retain' flag option. Home Assistant software on Raspberry Pi2 MQTT Test Software: PC: MQTT.fx Android: MQTT Dashboard

My Notepad++ tricks when editing YAML files in Home Assistant

To comment out a whole section in one go: Highlight the text you want to comment out and use CTRL + Q. If you do this at the start of a line, it will only comment that line. CTRL + Q is toggle mode (comment on/off). CTRL + K will allow you to add multiple comments one after the other.

Installing ha-bridge on your Raspberry Pi

EDIT: Updated 14th June 2017 to reflect version 4.5.5. Default port is now 80 to keep Google Home happy and service now supports MQTT! Advice on backups also added 7th Feb. Version 4x also supports adding a Home Assistant instance which is great! Want to control your Vera, Harmony hub or Home Assistant entities with your Amazon echo or Google Home? ha-bridge is the best way to achieve that and installation is actually quite easy and takes less than 5 minutes. Here are the steps.

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