Sonoff lan mode

[bochove]

the functionality to use a different server was broken, yet a lan mode was later created. Is it possible to make use of this lan mode with Homey?

[robertklep]

I asked around for this a while back (here), but it doesn't look like anyone has tried to reserve-engineer it yet. Also can't find anything about it on other home automation platforms (like HA).

I'll try and see somewhere in the upcoming days if I can reflash one of my devices back to the official firmware to see if I can easily determine how the protocol works.

[bochove]

Is this solution of help to you?
https://github.com/beveradb/sonoff-lan-mode-homeassistant

[robertklep]

That's useful, but possibly too difficult to explain how to get your devices into (permanent) LAN-mode.

I'll consider adding support when I do a rewrite of the app (which may be soon, or never, can't say right now).

[bochove]

For many that may be the case, to me it would be rather simple

[bochove]

On this page it says:
When WiFi network restores, LAN mode won’t be disabled and you should be able to control the device.

I'd want these devices to be blocked from internet for privacy, but perhaps it's not required.
It would off-course be required to set static IP addresses in the router for these devices.
And not all routers support that.

edit:
Or I could make use of another app capable of sending Websocket requests, like this. But that won't get the current status of course.

[bochove]

Would this be of help? It works for me, perhaps others might find it useful as well.