Dewenwils Heavy Duty 40A Outdoor Plug (HOWT01A & TM-050B)

Device Type: switch

Electrical Standard: us

Board: esp8266

Difficulty: Soldering required, 4/5

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Dewenwils Heavy Duty 40A Outdoor Plug (HOWT01A & TM-050B)

The device has 2 indicator LEDs, 1 power button, 1 reset button and 1 controllable double pole relay. The device is controlled by a ESP8266 that is from ECO-PLUGS, and the FCC filing can be found here. The device uses a Proprietary app that cannot be flashed to ESPHome OTA, the initial install must be USB to Serial. Once ESPHome is installed all future downloads can be OTA.

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GPIO Pinout

The GPIO pinout was learned from NorthernMan54 and Tasmota documentation.

The GPIOs being used are:

• Button: GPIO13
• Relay1: GPIO15
• Blue LED: GPIO02

Enter Flash Mode

In order to get the ESP chip into flash mode I did the following: Hold GPIO0 to ground, then apply power. My connections were soldered, so I left GPIO0 connected to ground for the duration of the flash. Once log showed a successful flash I removed the GPIO0, TX and RX pins and rebooted device.

Basic Configuration

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esphome:
  name: ecoplug
  friendly_name: EcoPlug

esp8266:
  board: esp01_1m

# Enable logging
logger:

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:
  encryption:
    key: !secret

ota:
  password: !secret

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password

  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "$proper_devicename Hotspot"
    password: !secret ap_password

binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    pin:
      number: GPIO13
    id: button
    on_press:
     - switch.toggle: relay1

  - platform: status
    name: Eco Plug

switch:
  - platform: gpio
    name: "Eco Plug 1"
    pin: GPIO15
    id: relay1
    icon: "mdi:power-socket-us"

output:
  - platform: gpio
    id: blue_led
    pin: GPIO02
    inverted: true

interval:
  - interval: 1s
    then:
     if:
       condition:
         wifi.connected:
       then:
         - output.turn_on: blue_led
       else:  #blinks if wi-fi isn't connected
         - output.turn_on: blue_led
         - delay: 500ms
         - output.turn_off: blue_led

captive_portal: