Is the SONOFF NSPanel any good? | Home Assistant | Page 1

undone bear Dec 23, 2024, 8:50 AM

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I'm looking for a relatively cheap little control panel that I can drive from HA to show some information in my house and also to be able to turn on/off soome things. SONOFF generally seems to work well with HA. Is this device any good? I mean this device:
https://sonoff.tech/product/central-control-panel/nspanel/

Thanks

SONOFF Official

Leo Zhang

NSPanel - SONOFF Official

SONOFF NSPanel Smart Scene Wall Switch Seamlessly control your home appliances—from lights to temperature through HMI panel, smart APP, dual-channel switch and voice control! Seamlessly control your home appliances—from lights to temperature through HMI panel, smart APP, dual-channel switch and voice control!

twilit sedge Dec 23, 2024, 8:54 AM

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They are apparently working on being able to display home assistant dashboards directly on screen (without having to flash android into it which I've seen some people do) - so I'm waiting for that before purchasing

undone bear Dec 23, 2024, 8:55 AM

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Ok, so currently they don't work out of the box then. Good to know

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Are there alternatives?

twilit sedge Dec 23, 2024, 8:58 AM

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Yeah currently you have to make your own nspanel dashboard and have that talk to home assistant to trigger stuff, workable but not the most elegant option

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Think there are a few around but none looked that exciting

undone bear Dec 23, 2024, 8:59 AM

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Ok thanks for the info

faint lark Dec 23, 2024, 10:13 AM

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the original NSpanel with physical buttons as pictured above work really well if re-flashed using ESPHome and using blackymas blueprint. Very reliable and stable, but does require flashing with a usb to uart adapter. https://github.com/Blackymas/NSPanel_HA_Blueprint. The Pro version is the one mentioned above that can/will have the ability to to display dashboards direct.

undone bear Dec 23, 2024, 10:20 AM

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Hmm. I was reading that before but I don't see any mention anywhere of it requiring flashing?

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ah nm, it does

modest adder Dec 23, 2024, 1:13 PM

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I just did the regular NSpanel, the one with physical buttons as pictured above, used Blackymas guide and blueprint, it was relatively seamless, you do need to physically flash it the first time. After that you are good to go OTA w/esphome. And it looks great. Lots of options, info displays etc.

crimson oak Dec 23, 2024, 2:14 PM

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how about the shelly wwall display?

undone bear Dec 23, 2024, 2:16 PM

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Hmm. That looks nice too but that's a lot more expensive

crimson oak Dec 23, 2024, 2:19 PM

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I dont know where you are from

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but for me its only double the price of the most basic small nspanel

undone bear Dec 23, 2024, 2:19 PM

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Belgium

crimson oak Dec 23, 2024, 2:19 PM

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and setting it up looks really simple

crimson oak Dec 23, 2024, 2:19 PM

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undone bear Belgium

well me 2

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https://www.galaxus.be/nl/s1/product/shelly-wall-display-smart-home-hub-37781137?tduid=59412c4a2ff9424b2c9d3e957a48ea58&utm_source=930196_Vergelijk.be&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=channel-sales

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117 is the cheapets ive found for it

undone bear Dec 23, 2024, 2:20 PM

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I'll think about it. Thanks for the recommendation in any case

crimson oak Dec 23, 2024, 2:20 PM

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np

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lmk if you find some other ones

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because i would love to get a bigger screen

#Is the SONOFF NSPanel any good?