Re: [mh] Installing Tasmota firmware on Sonoff OTA devices

If someone was interested in trying this which sonoff devices can be 
flashed with the tasmota firmware?


On 12/14/20 7:01 PM, Jeff Siddall via misterhouse-users wrote:
>
> Installing Tasmota on Sonoff 3.5.0+ (OTA) devices is slightly fiddly, 
> but one nice thing about these "DIY" devices is that they requires no 
> special apps to setup.  I installed mine using a browser on my phone 
> and curl on my MH machine.  I also used apache to serve the firmware, 
> but I think I could have just pointed them to the Tasmota OTA server 
> if I wanted.
>
> Here is the basic procedure:
>
> Plug in/turn on the device.  When it boots, enter AP setup mode by 
> holding the device button for 5+ seconds until the blue light begins 
> to flash with a new pattern.  Release the button and begin holding the 
> device button again for 5+ seconds until the blue light begins to 
> flash approx. twice per second.  Then use a WiFi device, such as a 
> smart phone, to connect to the Sonoff AP with SSID: ITEAD-xxxxxxx and 
> password: 12345678
>
> Use your WiFi device browser to visit: http://10.10.7.1/ and set the 
> correct WiFi AP parameters.  The device will reboot and be reachable 
> from the WiFi AP.  Use this command to confirm the device is in DIY mode:
>
> curl -X POST |-H "Content-Type: application/json" |||-d 
> '{||||||"deviceid":"", ||"data":{}}' 
> http://<Sonoff_IP_address>:8081/zeroconf/info
> ||
>
> If a response is received with no errors in the reply, then proceed to 
> update the firmware with the setup-sonoff-mini.sh script posted 
> below.  Note that the device will require internet access to perform 
> the unlock.
>
> Below is a simple bash script to take care of most of the typing.  Be 
> sure to replace http://<server_ip>/<firmware_path>/tasmota-lite.bin 
> with the right URL for your firmware server.  Also update the 
> sha256sum if you are not using release 9.1.0.
>
> #!/bin/bash
>
> # setup-sonoff.sh - Script to automate upgrading Sonoff DIY devices to 
> Tasmota firmware
> # Copyright (C) 2020 Jeff Siddall
> # Last modified: 2020-12-14
>
> # Exit if any of the spawned commands has failed (exits non-zero)
> set -e
>
> # Check for the right arguments
> if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
>    echo "Usage: setup-sonoff-mini.sh <ip_address>"
>    echo "   where <ip_address> is the IP address of the device to upgrade"
>    exit 1
> fi
>
> # Print the current device info
> echo "Current configuration:"
> curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"deviceid":"", 
> "data":{}}' http://$1:8081/zeroconf/info
> echo
> echo "Enabling unlock (note: device requires internet access):"
> curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"deviceid":"", 
> "data":{}}' http://$1:8081/zeroconf/ota_unlock
> echo
> echo "Starting firmware upgrade:"
> curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"deviceid":"", 
> "data":{"downloadUrl":"http://<server_ip>/<firmware_path>/tasmota-lite.bin", 
> "sha256sum":"b8a16f18a018bd6233170ce28a625508c38770d9d8ef195c7afa50f914c4ac9c"}}' 
> http://$1:8081/zeroconf/ota_flash
> echo
> echo "The upgrade will take several minutes, after which time the 
> device will reboot"
>
>
>
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