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  • [gentoo-user] "EZ mode" vs "AP mode"

    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 12 19:50:02 2022
    What kind of routers work with "EZ mode"

    Recently I was plying with a wifi light switch and couldn't get "EZ mode" to work with my Asus router.

    AP mode, worked but for this to work phone's Bluetooth and Personal Hotspot need to be turn ON (during configuration); and the switch manual did not mentioned it.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jan 13 12:50:01 2022
    Thelma:
    What kind of routers work with "EZ mode"

    Recently I was plying with a wifi light switch and couldn't get
    "EZ mode" to work with my Asus router.

    AP mode, worked but for this to work phone's Bluetooth and Personal
    Hotspot need to be turn ON (during configuration); and the switch
    manual did not mentioned it.

    I don't know what you're talking about, but this is what I found doing
    a simple search.

    https://support.cesmarthome.com/en/support/solutions/articles/44000568556-connecting-to-the-wi-fi-smart-dimmer-switch-how-to-put-device-in-pairing-mode-ez-and-ap-mode-

    https://dazzblingproducts.com/troubleshooting/

    Regards,
    /Karl Hammar

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  • From William Kenworthy@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jan 13 13:40:01 2022
    On 13/1/22 19:45, [email protected] wrote:
    Thelma:
    What kind of routers work with "EZ mode"

    Recently I was plying with a wifi light switch and couldn't get
    "EZ mode" to work with my Asus router.

    AP mode, worked but for this to work phone's Bluetooth and Personal
    Hotspot need to be turn ON (during configuration); and the switch
    manual did not mentioned it.
    I don't know what you're talking about, but this is what I found doing
    a simple search.

    https://support.cesmarthome.com/en/support/solutions/articles/44000568556-connecting-to-the-wi-fi-smart-dimmer-switch-how-to-put-device-in-pairing-mode-ez-and-ap-mode-

    https://dazzblingproducts.com/troubleshooting/

    Regards,
    /Karl Hammar


    EZ mode is  the smart dev acting as an accesspoint for the controlling
    phone app to connect - so it cant in that mode connect to anything
    else.  To reflash the firmware with something friendlier you can use EZ
    mode to flash esphome onto tuya devices using tuya-convert via a
    raspberry pi (needs to be a 32 bit OS ... I am using gentoo but is a lot
    easier with raspian).

    Tonight I decided to flash esphome onto some "brilliant smartplugs" but
    it isnt connecting - its a frustrating process :( but the apps usually
    work ok ... after multiple goes.

    BillK

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  • From Neil Bothwick@21:1/5 to William Kenworthy on Thu Jan 13 14:30:02 2022
    On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:38:48 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:

    Z mode is  the smart dev acting as an accesspoint for the controlling
    phone app to connect - so it cant in that mode connect to anything
    else.  To reflash the firmware with something friendlier you can use EZ mode to flash esphome onto tuya devices using tuya-convert via a
    raspberry pi (needs to be a 32 bit OS ... I am using gentoo but is a
    lot easier with raspian).

    Tonight I decided to flash esphome onto some "brilliant smartplugs" but
    it isnt connecting - its a frustrating process :( but the apps usually
    work ok ... after multiple goes.

    The tuya and similar devices used the esp8266 chipset, so you could flash
    them with tasmota/espurna/esphome. Now they are switching to different
    chipsets and none of the previous flashing methods will work.


    --
    Neil Bothwick

    If such a program has not crashed yet, it is waiting for a critical moment before it crashes.
    -- Murphy's Computer Laws n\xB06

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  • From William Kenworthy@21:1/5 to Neil Bothwick on Thu Jan 13 14:50:01 2022
    On 13/1/22 21:29, Neil Bothwick wrote:
    On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:38:48 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:

    Z mode is  the smart dev acting as an accesspoint for the controlling
    phone app to connect - so it cant in that mode connect to anything
    else.  To reflash the firmware with something friendlier you can use EZ
    mode to flash esphome onto tuya devices using tuya-convert via a
    raspberry pi (needs to be a 32 bit OS ... I am using gentoo but is a
    lot easier with raspian).

    Tonight I decided to flash esphome onto some "brilliant smartplugs" but
    it isnt connecting - its a frustrating process :( but the apps usually
    work ok ... after multiple goes.
    The tuya and similar devices used the esp8266 chipset, so you could flash them with tasmota/espurna/esphome. Now they are switching to different chipsets and none of the previous flashing methods will work.


    I am hoping this is not the case (supposedly these are still flashable)
    - Ive just discovered my current problem is my tuya-convert install is
    broken.

    BillK

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