A new official integration using the V3 app has now been released for EWeLink Devices. Please let us know if you are using this official integration and how it is working for you. Please list the brand and model number of the device that you are reviewing.
I am particularly curious about these because, unlike many other inexpensive Wi-Fi switches, these do have two way status updates in their IFTTT channel.
So if anyone can verify that these are providing two way status updates to smartthings, that would be very good to know.
The easiest way to test it is to set up an automation so that when the eWeLink compatible switch is turned on, something else turns on. Then test it both from the smartthings app and just by using The device manually. If it works from the app and not manually, it lacks two way status update.
The other thing is that, @Automated_House brings up below, ewelink is actually just the app. There are more than 80 brands of device manufacturers that use eWeLink as their app. So it may be that some switches provide two way status while others do not. So please do provide your brand and model number of the device that you are reporting on.
eWeLink is a free smart home APP that can manage and control over hundred smart devices of 80 brands.
Itâs sort of like IFTTT, but an app.
They make their app available to many different brands so those brands donât have to create their own home automation app. They charge those brands a fee.
Sonoff is one of the brands that uses their app, but they are not the same company.
eWeLink is an open cooperative smart home platform. It can be integrated with smart devices of different brands without any difficulty. So far, eWeLink has supported most of the popular foreign home automation devices, including Apple HomeKit, Google Nest, Amazon Echo, and it is fully compatible with some domestic home automation platforms such as Haier U+, HUAWEI Openlife. Moreover, it allows users to log in with third-party ( Facebook, QQ, WeChat) accounts.
interesting. So people that buy the cheap Sonoff devices could probably use this integration to get them into SmartThings without the complicated flashing process?
Yes, although they always could if they used IFTTT with the EWelink app. Thatâs one reason for setting up these review threads of the new official integrations, itâs not always clear what benefits the official integrations give you over an existing IFTTT channel until people actually start using it.
Just as one example, the new official TP Link Integration doesnât expose the energy reporting features that the more complex unofficial community-created integration does.
Also the new integrations typically only work with the V3 app, not the V2 classic app. But again, we canât tell until people post the hands-on reviews.
I installed the SonOff iFan03 today (eventually) - eWeLink is terrible. I have to reset my password every-time i want to login. In IFTTT i tried to link my eWeLink account and it said my account doesnât exist. it seems the email field is case sensitive, then i got logged in . iFan03 would not pair on the Android 30 mins of annoying loud beeping, i think my dog has left home. Had to get it to pair on iOS but only when i set us location âwhile usingâ the app. Now its shows up in eWeLink but doesnât show up in IFTTT, it only offers âx Channel Plugsâ and Dimmers, not iFan03. It works with Alexa but does not appear in SmartThings. Not so good if Alexa is the only thing that can control this. I tried to add eWeLink into ST but it just wants to re-pair it doesnt authenticate with eWeLink to get a list of devices.
I did a bit of digging, itâs true there are now âeWeLinkâ (and indeed âSonoffâ) options in the add device screens, but they are only there for the few Zigbee devices: a contact sensor, a motion sensor and an on/off âswitchâ (the Sonoff BASICZBR3). I do have one of the latter and it works fine.
There are no device handlers for connecting to any of the wifi devices or eWeLink. Also annoyingly the IFTTT channel only supports their on/off plugs and wall switches, it does not support other devices such as the RF bridge unfortunately, so there is no way at present to integrate them directly with Smarttthings. Not sure if these devices are available via Alexa routines? (I dont use Alexa).
Just read this thread and thought to give my input as I have been using eWeLink->IFTTT->Smartthings and Smartthings->IFTTT->eWeLink for quite some time.
I have set status change tasks in IFTTT for all the eWeLink devices to be âintegratedâ to Smartthings with virtual devices representing respective actual devices , for two-way status update.
What I found is that Smartthings->eWeLink status is consistently updated, almost always but the reverse, though works, is not consistent.
Thus, when a virtual switch is turned on in Smartthings, its corresponding switch is turned on and status shown so (almost 100% of times), and vice versa (80% of times approx).
At this point, it is up to each device manufacturer whether they choose to develop a SmartThings integration or not. ST is now offering an open API, but each manufacturer is responsible for creating and maintaining the integration. So you should direct your request to Sonoff.
I thought you said ewelink is a platform and not a device maker. If thatâs the case what exactly is this ewelink integration if itâs up to manufacturers?
ewelink could implement a cloud-to-cloud integration with Smartthings through the Developer Workspace at a platform level. Or, the device manufacturers could include in the firmware a device-level integration (i.e. directly to SmartThings). I am really not sure what role ewelink plays, maybe they also develop the device firmware.
