Sonoff Smart WiFi switch integration

[Scott2ya (Scott S.)]

@joelw135

I know these can be integrated by flashing firmware etc. I am not up to doing all this. One my hands aren’t as steady as they once were , so soldering is out. Plus I don’t own a Windows machine. So since these work with Alexa, and IFFFT, I have to come up with a way to get these to work in SmartThings. I was thinking that a simulated switch with IFFT might work.

Create Simulated switch? (Not sure if it needs to be momentary or regular)

Open SmartThings app builder in IFFT

Create (if) In SmartThings IFFT

Crate (This) with eWiz on IFFFT

Now the questions do I need a momentary os standard simulated switch?

Do I need a WebCoRE Piston

I was thinking of doing something very similar and it sounds like what you want would work too. Here’s my plan once I buy a few. I could either go with webcore or stringify. As what I want to do isn’t too complicated, I’ll go the stringify route.

1. Create a virtual on off switch
2. Add the virtual switch as a thing in Stringify.
3. Create a flow in Stringify. When my Arlo camera’s detect motion, trigger virtual switch/switches on then when the virtual switch is triggered on, IFTTT will then close the SONOFF(turning lights on) for x amount of time, then turn off virtual switch/switches which will then trigger another IFTTT rule to open the SONOFF turning my lights back off.

I will also create another virtual switch and tie it to another IFTTT rule to just turn on and off these lights without using my camera’s as a trigger.

This should satisfy my outside flood light I hope. I have 6 bases with 3 bulbs each controlled by relays, so I plan on putting these SONOFF’s on the other side of the relays, hopefully I wont need 6 of them, but we shall see, I am going to dig into it this weekend to see what I need to do.

edit: Follow these directions to create the virtual switch.

FAQ: Creating a virtual Groovy Device [OBSOLETE]

Need a FAQ for the simplest version of this: a virtual on/off switch. Maybe even two FAQs, one for why you would want one with use case examples and one step by step how to for creating one in ST. Thanks! 2023 Update Since groovy will be going away soon, so will groovy virtual switches. See the new FAQ for on the replacements: FAQ: Creating Virtual Devices Without the IDE