Instructions | MQTT-ify the ECO Plug Outdoor

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Step 1

Open it up
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Step 2

attach the five wires as listed in the text and shown in the pictures
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Step 3

Tie GPIO 0 (blue wire) to GND then hookup the rest of the wires to a usb to 3.3v serial adapter.
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Step 4

Flash the firmware from the github with your prefered esp8266 flasher at 115200 baud.
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Step 5

Set the SNTP server address in the connect.lua and the 5 parameters in the top of the mqttmode.lua file. Save and upload the 3 files to the board over serial.
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Step 6

Once tested either remove the 5 wires OR heat shrink them so they don't short out to anything.
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Step 7

Enjoy not using some random app.

MQTT-ify the ECO Plug Outdoor