[OBSOLETE] SmartLife (H801) RGBW LED Strip Wifi Controller & Bulb

prayerfuldrop · January 18, 2018, 4:59pm

I believe they have changed again. The referenced post doesn’t match up. I see 9 connections on the side I am to solder a bunch of wires verses 8 referenced above… Thoughts?

cjcharles · January 18, 2018, 5:16pm

@prayerfuldrop I cant see your picture to compare with? Can you link to the post please.

prayerfuldrop · January 18, 2018, 5:26pm

cjcharles · January 18, 2018, 6:19pm

That matches the picture in my post actually - look at the one with the wires soldered on
The pin on the end is not connected and is normally a dudd - this was in the bullet points at the top .

[OBSOLETE] SmartLife (H801) RGBW LED Strip Wifi Controller & Bulb Community Created Device Types

@DatTech @Behold81 So Ive been having a play with the new Arilux controller and it seems there are quite a few differences that make this quite difficult to flash (but possible if you fancy a challenge). They have used an ESP8285 rather than ESP8266 so you need to use a different flash tool to make it work more reliably. They have got a weird pinout on the ESP 8285 M2 board so there is an extra pin on the antenna end (but you can ignore this). They have used backward conducting regulators so you can ONLY power the Arilux through a 12V power supply without removing chips from the PCB. You will need to use a good quality power supply as you will need to connect GND of the FTDI with GND of the power supply, if you have a cheaper, non-isolated one (with a capacitor dropper power supply) you…

prayerfuldrop · January 18, 2018, 7:36pm

What settings and also firmware did you use to flash? I keep getting an error that the eprom can’t accept the checksums.

techydwiz · January 19, 2018, 1:32am

@kevrowe - have you had any further luck? It appears that there was a hardware revision. Hopefully, @erocm1231 could assist with a new firmware.

MABeatty1978 · January 19, 2018, 12:55pm

I think I know the answer to this, but I’m going to ask anyway… My dad just called me and said that he just got a new router from his ISP and his lights aren’t working (obviously)… Am I going to have to reflash the H801 and run through the configuration again or is there a way I can get it on his new network?

Steveuk23 · January 19, 2018, 1:54pm

You can just reset the WiFi on it than run through the WiFi setup again.
You reset it by switching it on and off 5 times.
Not too quick with the on/off though as I’ve done it before and it didn’t seem to work if you do it quick.
You will know it’s done as the led will change a different colour , so then power off again wait a second and back on then it should be ok.

73roderick · January 19, 2018, 6:11pm

I have these lights with this power supply - I was trying to dim it using a z-wave lamp module dimmer, but it doesn’t work. Would using this controller between the power supply and light strip allow me to dim (without the z-wave lamp module obviously)? Or would I be better off getting something like this?

Behold81 · January 21, 2018, 8:42am

This might be a new FW issue on the Hub by my h801 is often seen as unavailable.

If I turn it on while unavailable it works perfectly. It seems really odd.

Thoughts?

Steveuk23 · January 21, 2018, 6:38pm

Make sure device health is turned off on your SmartThings app

Behold81 · January 22, 2018, 10:03am

Have done this. Forgot I turned it on. Thanks

JeremyW · January 25, 2018, 1:47pm

Hoping someone can help me with my setup. I have IP65 4-pin with 60 LEDs. I was able to successfully flash the H801 and i can control it from the web page. I’ve connected the strip to the H801 (my RGB wires seem to be mixed up. R=Blue, B=Green, G=Red, but it does work.

I have added the SmartApp and when i discover devices, it is found. I select the device, click done and then when i click Next, it takes me to a blank page. If I try to click Done, i get the error “Error saving unnamed page. Please contact SmartApp Developer”.

I’m sure I’m missing a step somewhere, but not sure what it is.

Suggestions?

Thanks!!!

Jeremy

prayerfuldrop · January 25, 2018, 2:31pm

Did you also add the Device Handler?

JeremyW · January 25, 2018, 2:43pm

I added all the device handler’s I saw. Is there one missing?

tibimakai · January 25, 2018, 4:56pm

There is a way, to make it to turn on each time, with a random color? Another cool feature would be, (Philips Hue has it now) to change colors (speed can be adjusted).

Steveuk23 · January 25, 2018, 8:44pm

yeah you’re missing a device handler you need the
SmartLife RGBW Controller also

github.com

erocm123/SmartThingsPublic/blob/master/devicetypes/erocm123/smartlife-rgbw-controller.src/smartlife-rgbw-controller.groovy

/**
 *  Copyright 2016 Eric Maycock
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 *  SmartLife RGBW Controller
 *
 *  Author: Eric Maycock (erocm123)
 *  Date: 2016-12-10
 */

import groovy.json.JsonSlurper

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as well as the RGBW virtual switch one you have.
As for the wires just swap them over and you should be ok

JeremyW · January 25, 2018, 9:10pm

Thanks Steve!!! That got it working! I had already figured out I could swap them. Since these are just RGB, is it still possible to run multiple strips off the same 801? I have some RGBW coming but have a couple of projects i can use these RGB strips for.

Steveuk23 · January 25, 2018, 9:31pm

yes you can run multiple but you won’t be able to control them separately.
Plus you need to make sure you have a suitable power supply because if you was to have say 2 x 5Mtr RGBWW strips all illuminated at the same time that would take a lot of amperage not sure on how to do the calculations you’d have to look at your LED strip ratings.

xraycat · January 26, 2018, 7:59pm

I can’t find a H801 for sale in Canada (Amazon.ca to be specific) so it looks like I’ll be buying from Aliexpress. If I’m waiting for the H801 to arrive I might as well buy the FTDI adapter from China as well.

I like the fact that this model has a toggle switch for the voltage output instead of a jumper. Is there anything obvious that sticks out that would make it a bad decision?

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