HOW TO - Setup the SIMPLEST Smart Home Scene Controller

In todays video we are running through the full setup and installation of the NSPanel_HA_Blueprint Project on the Sonoff NSPanel using ESPHome and Home Assistant. This is a rounded tutorial that should give you everything you need to get started with your NSPanel.

All of this is achievable without writing a single line of code or soldering!

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0:00​​​​ - Intro
0:19​​​ - Todays Video
1:02 - The NSPanel_HA_Blueprint Project
3:15 - What you need for the Project (HARDWARE NEEDED)
3:42 - The White NSPanel​
4:30 - Software Needed
5:23 - Preparing the Panel and USB for Flashing
8:15 - Preparing ESPHome
10:21 - Importing the Blueprint
13:02 - Flashing the NSPanel
15:00 - The NSPanel in Home Assistant
16:07 - Updating the TFT (Be Patient)
17:00 - My issues, gripes and new features
19:14 - Summary and Outro

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[MarkWattTech]

Checkout the Overview of all of the features here 👇🏻

[Anakinmanakin]

Bro you are amazing man. You actually saved me quite a bit of troubleshooting Just following along with this. Keep up the good work on the content definitely following.

[schmiddyk]

So helpful! Thank you very much. Saved tons of tears. Got the wrong ESP, a faulty Installation of HA and finally found you. Runs after days of trying and crying. Perfekc!

[johnbeardon]

Nice one Mark - I've not been playing close attention to the NS Panel because of having to do everything manually if you wanted to flash - this changes things!

[Rob_]

Phew ... that took me a long time to get it up&running.
If it wasn't for this video, I might have thrown the whole thing in the bin and I have been watching parts of this video over and over again to see if I missed something. What helped me a lot is to use a terminal program on the FTDI's COM port to have a look at the debug output from ESPHome. That way I found out that my panel did not connect to the wifi but it opened the ESP Access Point - connected my phone and typing in my wifi credentials fixed it and made the panel available in HomeAssistant. It took some time for me to realize that the weather service is not an option and not having used one, means the panel will never start. Nice to tell that all things that are not marked as "optional" have to be filled in 👍

[Rehanix]

Good work, thank you for this. I struggled here and there, but overall this video was very easy to follow. SUBSCRIBED!

[andrewbennett]

Thank you for this video, I have now got the screens working with HA after 2 years of mainly not trying after I failed with my initial attempt, probably due to not using the correct URL for the tft file. This video started me down the path of having another go which was successful with some guidance from one of the contributors to the project. Big thanks to Edward Firmo for responding to my plea for help at 11:40pm New Years Eve, 02:00am and 10:17am New Years Day. I guess we've both had an exciting New Year 🙂

[PaulsFishTank]

Looks like the update we have been waiting for

[a-a-ron]

This video is amazing! However, my experience was just a little different after flashing ESPHome to the device. After unplugging the nspanel from my HA server and connecting it to Mains power I could not get it to update the TFT display. What I had to do was go back into the Automation I created and re-select the panel under "Device" (the very first Drop-down and most important one). I saved the Automation, and then went back into the ESPHome Integration and clicked "Press" next to Update TFT Display and it worked this time and started to download correctly. It has been about 3 minutes as of this writing and it is 31% completed.

[dozog]

Looks crisp and amazing (looks better than what you had in that previous video)
And I love that I don't need to modify the yaml
, but the fact that I cannot choose to use the hardware buttons to locally toggle the relays is a bit of a disappointment.
I understand they are working on a version where you CAN do that.

[timcash]

Awesome Mark could you do a new version of Alexa actionable notifications since it changed please

[a-a-ron]

If any one else has an issue with the nspanel not initializing the Nextion Display after the ESPHome 2023.11.6 update, you might have to re-flash the panel. I tried reset, update tft display, I unplugged it for a while and plugged it back in, and nothing worked. I re-flashed the firmware completely and it works again. I didn't have to set anything back up as that was already done and it pulled everything in correctly. Hopefully this helps others if they run into the same issue.

[eddcole]

Hi there, great tutorial and all worked fine but when i use the blueprint i keep getting response error 500. Any ideas

[ranaway]

Does the sonoff stand come with a power cable? If not which one will be suitable and where can I buy?

[JefPober]

I had to use the ground pin above the one you're using (RY2 right). For some reason RY3 shorted.

[rolschu]

Can these NSPanels with the two buttons also be used for the new version which runs the HA companion?

[Delid]

Will this fit where there was a double switch cover to control 2 lights?

[bruceker]

Hi to All,
A very big thank you to everyone that made and contributed and assisted to make this NSPanel and Blueprint documentation, project and videos, whilst it took me a little bit of time to get my head around Home Assistant & the NSPANEL its the best move I have ever made as I was using Fibaro with a Home Centre 2 and it got to the stage where there were no updates and it was not doing the job.

I finally have everything in the house automated and I now have control over my JVC projector which I could never do with Fibaro, though I still have a bug turning it off which I am still trying to solve with HA

LG OLED TV
LG Soundbar
Samsung Soundbar
100 x LED lights
Fireplace fan
Dehumidifier
Smart Kettle
Sub Bass Amplifier
Integra Receiver
Apple TV's
Wii Console
Multiple Ceiling Fans
Flood Sensor
Daikin A/C's
Fibaro Motion Sensors
Google Nest Protect Smoke Detectors - Not working in HA yet
Unifi G4 Cameras
Unifi Dream Machine Pro
Wyze Cameras
Lockwood Lock
WiFi Power Points
Automated Shopping list

A special shout to Mark for his very entertaining and educational videos and to Blackymas for the excellent Blueprint

I could be not more happier with the NSPANEL and the Blueprint project, whilst I only have one so far it has inspired me to purchase more.

Looking forward to more updates

Kind regards
Bruce.

[voprsvl]

Hello, ask me a question, do the physical buttons continue to work as per the standard electrical connection?

[badkarma]

Is it able to make a scenario: if the humudity goes 70, open the dehumidifier?