Kankun Smart Plug

[Knightro (@rnel)]

Has anyone successfully configured a Kankun Smart plug (http://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Smart-Wireless-Android-Smartphone/dp/B00MWR6ZY4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1447404134&sr=8-2&keywords=kankun) with SmartThings? Please help.

[Knightro (@rnel)]

Anyone, please. Is there a way that I can pair this to SmartThings?

[allen00se (Krys Allen)]

You are in luck, I just got three of these and made a device type for them. You will need to “hack” the outlets to make turn them into outlets you can control via HTTP commands, but it is very easy to do and there is good documentation. After that, you should be able to install my device type and control via ST.

[allen00se (Krys Allen)]

Here is the link to the info

$15 Wifi Plug (Kankun)

All, Been a ST user for a few weeks, and can finally contribute something to the community. I found these Wifi Outlets on Amazon Kankun Smart Plug. If you keep an eye out, the price continually changes… I bought mine for ~$15 each. Now, from the factory the only way to communicate with these devices is via their smartphone app, however, people smarter than me realized they run openWRT and wrote up some documentation on how to join them to your Wifi network and install a web page that allows for simple control via HTTP. Once I got them “hacked” I took the time to write a device type that allows them to work with ST. My device type code can be found here. Details on the “hack” can be found in the device type header. Keep in mind, this is the first time I have written a device type, so th…

[Knightro (@rnel)]

Thanks @allen00se. I will try that when I get home.

[Knightro (@rnel)]

It works. Thanks @allen00se

[Knightro (@rnel)]

I believe integration was just lost after the SmartThings updates. Please help.

[ravindrank]

Hi @Knightro I just tried this and it still works…I configured 3 devices and all work flawlessly.

Thank you @allen00se for your code on this… awesome!!

[Knightro (@rnel)]

Sorry for not updating immediately. Yes, it’s still working. It was just affected by the updating of SmartThings server then.

[Knightro (@rnel)]

Is there a way to default the configuration of the unit to off after a power outage. I arrived one time at home finding out that all my aircon connected to kankun were on. I just realized that there was a power outage. All of these plugs were turned off by SmartThings after arming.