DIY firmware upgrade to ITead S31 Smart Socket switch

[Tim]

Hi Pete,

Did you flash it with serial programmer or wifi?

[Pete]

I flashed the S31 Smart Socket switch with the serial programmer. Posted pictures above.

Have nine devices up now. 1 was WiFi flashed and 8 were serially flashed.

[Tim]

I have gave up for now with MQTT.
To best of my knowledge, i have followed instructions, on this forum, youtube, etc and i can not make it work. Plane simple, way over my head.
Instead, i have ordered 5 pack switches from HS website.

I will probably attempt again to make it work when i have " nothing else to do "

Is anybody interested to provide paid remote assistance ? I understand that nobodies time and effort is free and i respect that.
Instead pulling switches out of the walls, may as well make them functional. I'm serious. I will provide access to the hardware.

Best Regards,
Tim

[Pete]

Don't give up Tim.

What are you running Homeseer 3 or 4 on?

I recall you configured a few in wall WiFi switches (updated firmware on them) and now you are at configuring the S31A's.

Once they are configured to chat MQTT; rest is easy. What specfically are you having issues with?

PM me and I may be able to help you remotely.

[Michael McSharry]

Same here. Open up remote access to the IP of the device and I will configure it for you. email is mcsSolutions at centurytel dot net

I have several examples in the mcsMQTT manual. Below is one

[Michael McSharry]

[Tim]

Don't give up Tim.

What are you running Homeseer 3 or 4 on?

I recall you configured a few in wall WiFi switches (updated firmware on them) and now you are at configuring the S31A's.

Once they are configured to chat MQTT; rest is easy. What specfically are you having issues with?

PM me and I may be able to help you remotely.

Hi Pete,

Im not proud of myself thinking of giving up. Im capable of making my own boards, but programming is my weak side. Also i can recognize point of which i'm not making any progress and just wasting my time. I'm working really long hours and when i get home, last thing i want to do is getting frustrated with programming.

Worst thing would be if i have forgotten dot or comma somhewere.

I have 4 Costco Dimmers that im trying to integrate in the HS. They are installed and flashed with Tasmota firmware.
I tried to flash S31A wirelesly but didnt work. Now i'm waiting for serial programmer to arrive. ( Amazon)

Please see info below.

Current Date/Time:	27-Feb-2020 09:02:56 Mountain Standard Time
HomeSeer Version:	HS3 Standard Edition 3.0.0.548 (Windows)
HomeSeer:	Is Registered
Operating System:	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro - Work Station
OS Version:	10.0.18363 Service Pack: 0.0
System Uptime:	0 Days 14 Hours 47 Minutes 19 Seconds
User Name and Access Level:	default (Admin)
LAN IP Address:	192.168.1.101 (Samaritan)
Client IP Address:	(Samaritan)
External IP Address:	70.73.25.7 (S0106ac202e282ea3.cg.shawcable.net)
Network Adapter:	Adapter -> Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller IP: 192.168.1.101/24 MAC: 00:30:18:54:F1:0A
Network Adapter:	HomeSeer Adapter -> Loopback Address (localhost) IP: 127.0.0.1
Web Server Port:	80
Number of Devices:	102
Number of Events:	9
Event Last Ran:	Auto ON/OFF Lights : Auto OFF Entrance Hall Light, Ran at 27-Feb-2020 06:16:25
Number of unique event scripts used:	0
Connected Speaker Clients:	SAMARITAN (127.0.0.1)EFAULT
Plug-Ins Enabled:	Z-Wave:,MagicHome:,Alexa:,Ultra1Wire3:,EasyTrigger:,SDJ-VStat:,mcsMQTT:,MQTT:
Processor Type and Speed:	x64 Family 6 Model 69 Stepping 1 at 1.58 GHz
Modules/Threads:	168 Modules, 75 Threads
Available Threads:	399
System Processes/Load:	109 Processes, 9% Load
Free / Total Physical Memory:	1.62 GBytes / 3.41 GBytes (47% free)
Free / Total Virtual Memory:	1.57 GBytes / 4.54 GBytes (35% free)
HomeSeer Memory Used:	103 Mbytes
Plug-In Memory Used:	7 EXE Plug-Ins using 220 Mbytes

MESSAGE BOARD (copy/paste section below to message board posts)

Current Date/Time: 27-Feb-2020 09:04:21
HomeSeer Version: HS3 Standard Edition 3.0.0.548
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro - Work Station
System Uptime: 0 Days 14 Hours 48 Minutes 45 Seconds
IP Address: 192.168.1.101
Number of Devices: 102
Number of Events: 9
Available Threads: 399
HSTouch Enabled: True
Event Threads: 0
Event Trigger Eval Queue: 0
Event Trigger Priority Eval Queue: 0
Device Exec Queue: 0
HSTouch Event Queue: 0
Email Send Queue: 0
Anti Virus Installed: Windows Defender
In Virtual Machine: No MFG: yanyu
Enabled Plug-Ins
3.0.0.1: Alexa
3.0.0.71: EasyTrigger
1.0.0.336: MagicHome
5.1.1.7: mcsMQTT
3.0.9.9: SDJ-VStat
3.0.7344.28480: Ultra1Wire3
3.0.1.252: Z-Wave

HELP DESK (copy/paste section below to help desk tickets & emails)

Current Date/Time: 27-Feb-2020 09:04:22
HomeSeer Version: HS3 Standard Edition 3.0.0.548
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro - Work Station
System Uptime: 0 Days 14 Hours 48 Minutes 46 Seconds
IP Address: 192.168.1.101
Number of Devices: 102
Number of Events: 9
Available Threads: 399
HSTouch Enabled: True
Event Threads: 0
Event Trigger Eval Queue: 0
Event Trigger Priority Eval Queue: 0
Device Exec Queue: 0
HSTouch Event Queue: 0
Email Send Queue: 0
Anti Virus Installed: Windows Defender
In Virtual Machine: No MFG: yanyuLicense: Registered
License: 105941
User Name and Access Level: default (Admin)
WAN IP Address: 70.73.25.7
Web Server Port: 80
Location: (Latitude) 51.05 (Longitude) -114.08 City/State-Canada-Alberta,Calgary,-114.08,51.05

Enabled Plug-Ins
3.0.0.1: Alexa
3.0.0.71: EasyTrigger
1.0.0.336: MagicHome
5.1.1.7: mcsMQTT
3.0.9.9: SDJ-VStat
3.0.7344.28480: Ultra1Wire3
3.0.1.252: Z-Wave

[Tim]

Thank everyone,

I will send you HS user name and password to log in and i'm assuming that you will need also access to dimmer web page to configure MQTT settings too?
I have paid version of Splashtop so you would have complete access to my PC that running HS3 and IP 192.168.1.17 to access dimmer config page.

Would that be ok?

[Pete]

@Tim,

PM me.

[Pete]

@Tim,

Nevermind on the PM...let Michael drive for time bean....

[Tim]

I have tried to PM Michael, but looks like that he have too many messages already.

[Michael McSharry]

email is mcsSolutions at centurytel dot net

[Pete]

Michael McSharry

I suggested to Tim to:

1 - create a new sudo user on the RPi (Mosquitto server)
2 - create a long password for sudo user

Open up the firewall to SSH port (22) to the IP of the RPi.

This creates a poor mans VPN connection (sort of).

Connect to the RPi via SSH and a reverse proxy.

Configure your internet browser to use a reverse proxy which will give you html access to the IP of the Tasmota device or Homeseer or any html device on Tim's network.

IE:

ssh -D 8888 mike@internetip

configure your browser internet connection to use
1 - manual proxy
2 - socks host : 127.0.0.1
3 - port: 8888

Then with your browser you can go to the IP of the tasmota device.

[Tim]

Michael McSharry

I suggested to Tim to:

1 - create a new sudo user on the RPi (Mosquitto server)
2 - create a long password for sudo user

Open up the firewall to SSH port (22) to the IP of the RPi.

This creates a poor mans VPN connection (sort of).

Connect to the RPi via SSH and a reverse proxy.

Configure your internet browser to use a reverse proxy which will give you html access to the IP of the Tasmota device or Homeseer or any html device on Tim's network.

IE:

ssh -D 8888 mike@internetip

configure your browser internet connection to use
1 - manual proxy
2 - socks host : 127.0.0.1
3 - port: 8888

Then with your browser you can go to the IP of the tasmota device.

Hi Pete,

I have Shaw Cable internet router and after that another that can give me 2 IP addresses. It that means that i have to do same procedure on both routers?

[Pete]

No.

The above mention of the RPi configuration would provide a stepping stone to your network and html access to any device on your network.

OR

If you do not want to tinker with your firewall and or RPi you can install Teamviewer on your main Homeseer box.