ESPHome on Shelly RGB Duo

Getting ESPHome onto Shelly RGBW GU-10 Bulbs

• Follow the Shelly instructions to connect the bulb to your network in the normal way.

• Open the IP address of the bulb in the browser shellyip.

• Check list at https://github.com/arendst/mgos-to-tasmota for link to software version

• For RGB Duo Bulbs it is http://shellyip/ota?url=http://ota.tasmota.com/tasmota/shelly/mg2tasmota-ShellyDuoRGBW.zip

  eg http://192.168.1.177/ota?url=http://ota.tasmota.com/tasmota/shelly/mg2tasmota-ShellyDuoRGBW.zip

• Type that address into the browser. it will return some JSON. Wait 5 minutes for it to finish the install and let it will reboot itself.

• Using your phone, connect to the devices captive portal called Tasmota-[random]. Connect the new device to the network (same as step 1).

• Connect to the device using the IP address from above.

• In ESPHome add a new ESP8266 device, give it a name, but skip installing it.

• Use the bare minimum code from here for the first install to make sure all the keys are correct, but change the name and friendly name to match what you want the final name to be.

• Create a new firmware for the bulb. Download it locally, and then GZIP it so it will upload successfully.

  gzip filename.bin
  

• Using the Tasmota web update install the new firmware.

• Add the new found device to Home Assistant when prompted.

• You can now update the YAML to add the rest of the config.

substitutions:
  name: shellyrgb-bedroom-01
  friendly_name: ShellyRGB Bedroom 01
  id: shellyrgb_bedroom_01
  project_name: "Bedroom.RGBW"
  project_version: "0.1"

esp8266:                            # change me
  board: esp01_1m                   # change me

packages:
  base: !include common/base.yaml
  #common: !include common/common.yaml
  shelly_rgb_duo: !include common/shellyrgb_bedroom.yaml

wifi:
  #manual_ip:
  #  static_ip: 192.168.1.84
  #  gateway: 192.168.1.1
  #  dns1: 192.168.1.3
  #  subnet: 255.255.255.0

common/shellyrgb_bedroom.yaml is:

  
light:
  - platform: cwww
    id: ${id}_cwww
    name: ${friendly_name}_cwww
    warm_white: warm_white
    cold_white: brightness
    cold_white_color_temperature: 6500 K
    warm_white_color_temperature: 2700 K
  
  - platform: rgb
    id: ${id}_rgb
    name: ${friendly_name}_rgb
    restore_mode: RESTORE_DEFAULT_ON
    red: pwm_r
    green: pwm_g
    blue: pwm_b
    effects:
      - random:
      
output:
  - platform: esp8266_pwm
    id: warm_white
    pin: GPIO4

  - platform: esp8266_pwm
    id: brightness
    pin: GPIO5    
  
  - platform: esp8266_pwm
    pin: GPIO13
    frequency: 1000 Hz
    id: pwm_r

  - platform: esp8266_pwm
    pin: GPIO12
    frequency: 1000 Hz
    id: pwm_g

  - platform: esp8266_pwm
    pin: GPIO14
    frequency: 1000 Hz
    id: pwm_b