I just tested this WIFI device plugin with both a local device controlled via Node-Red and also with a cloud device controlled by IFTTT Web Hooks.
I was able to create two virtual switch devices via the WIFI plugin, that then appeared in my Ezlo dynamic dashboard and I was then able to control the ON / OFF state of the real devices.
I expect this WIFI device plugin to become a very handy feature and it will make it easier for users to create virtual devices that send out HTTP commands to control real WIFI devices.
Previously on Vera hubs to do this, we had to either use a 3rd party plugin for virtual switches or manually create our own virtual devices on the controller and then use a 3rd party logic engine rule to send out the http commands based on that virtual devices trigger state etc.
The video guide offered in the first post is no longer there. I’m sure I could install this plugin but I’m not sure how to take advantage of it. I was hoping the video would help. There is also a mention of using this as a template which implies accessing the plugin files. I’m currently trying to get softhub and running and have no experience with docker. I assume I could use this plugin as a template on softhub but don’t know where to start.
Logged in to Mios. Added the IP integration to my private plugins. Tried to install and got an error notification. Is the download supposed to work? It downloads a tar.gz file but it’s empty.
No joy. Tried downloading again and again it is zero bytes. Deleted from my Private Plugins and then copied from the marketplace. Downloaded again and still empty.
Also tried with a different plugin - MQTT - same result - a zero byte download. I’m doing this on my Windows PC. I don’t have an Ezlo hub nor do I have Softhub running on this PC. Is that the problem?
Yep, I can go to marketplace and copy the IP Device Generator Plugin to my Ezlo. But, when I return to my Plugins and try to Manage Installation for IP Device Generator, I just get errors: “An error occurred while installing”.
Would someone be willing to create a tutorial for how to do this for a very simple WiFi light switch? Just an on/off controlled one (no dimming). It seems WiFi devices are far more price competitive than ZWave. I’d like to add a wifi one to my system just for an A vs B test with ZWave.
Surely its down to the user to read the user manual of their wifi device to discover the http commands that can be used to control it. That’s what I did for my Hikvision cams.
I don’t think Ezlo can be expected to have a database for every wifi device that can be controlled locally via http commands.
Perhaps they could create some templates though for some of the more well known and popular devices however.
And more experienced users can create templates and publish them for other users to use as I have in this example.