SONOFF NSPanel Pro Smart Home Control Panel, Zigbee 3.0 Gateway with Home Security, with Power Consumption Statistics, Thermostat, Call Intercom, etc. All-in-One Control Center Hub White

Took a punt on the NSPanel Pro after seeing a Sonoff video on TikTok that showed the new web view available in the latest firmware.It works really well with Home Assistant now, without any messing about with Android dev mode etc. After updating the firmware and connecting to the WiFi, it found my Home Assistant server immediately. After logging in it has worked brilliantly ever since.Will be buying several more when the price is right!

Nice police are kit for the tech.Gig could do with being a bit cheaper , especially the extra

Sonoff have always supported the maker community and home assistant, so when I found out that they'd locked us out of ADB over TCPIP in v1.2 I was quite disappointed, it could still be accessed via USB by taking the device apart, which is ok, but it would be beter if it was enabled by default, or from the devices' about screen.In version 1.4, they seemed to disable the ability to enable ADB via USB also, making it really tricky to use this device in the smart home- their core customers. Not a cool move Sonoff.I guess they heard everyone moaning on the forums, because in v1.5.6, they added ADB over TCPIP again, enabled via the eWeLink app.The version I received was 1.4.0. This version cannot be placed into ADB mode without disassembly. The way to do it is to update the firmware to 1.5.6 via the 'settings' screen in the NSPanelPro.Once this has been done, install the eWeLink app ON YOUR PHONE. In the app: Add->Device. Scan the barcode that's displayed on the NSPanelPro after completing the panel setup wizard.In the eWeLink App, select your device -> go to settings -> tab 'Device ID' 8 times until it shows a popup warning. Accept the warning. ADB mode is now enabled. Click USB debugging, turn it on.You can now uninstall the eWeLink app from your phone as it will never connect to the device again. Your device is now marked as rooted, this (at the moment) is not reversible.Now search google for "blakaddr nspanel pro". There are 3 guides:"nspanel-pro-sideload""android-panel-webview""nspanel-pro-secrets"Follow all 3 guides. Once this is done, the panel can run your apk of choice.I installed "GitHub - seaky / nspanel_pro_tools_apk" which handles wake up from wave and auto screen brightness, and boots into your chosen app, which for me is "GitHub - TheTimeWalker / wallpanel-android" and a HA dashboard added via URL.You can use the HA companion app instead if required.Go and create a dashboard in home assistant, I'd recommend the mushroom plugin as it looks amazing on these devices.The device is over-priced at 85 quid (on offer and with a 10pc off voucher), hopefully they'll drop to around 50-60 which is what I think this should cost. The white version is available on amazon at 76 quid, including a 15pc voucher that amazon are running at the moment. Not too bad, but still 20 quid over what I think these are worth.I don't know why the black and white versions cost different amounts - I have both. Except the colour, they are the same.Sonoff - Please add a easy method to enable ADB mode on the NSPanelPro via the panel's about screen. Tapping something 8 times here would be the best method. This is the standard way to do it, it's the way it is on all android phones. I have no idea why you have disabled this. If the smart home community can get this device to easily work as a wall panel dashboard, you'll sell loads more devices !!

If you want to flash these with different software, make sure you don't update the software first as the memory is so tight it didn't allow me to install the software I wanted and had to do a bodge work around to get it to work with home assistant

Amazing little wall mounted device! Can't comment on Sonoff's ecosystem BUT if you know what you're doing and you're looking to side-load this with the Home Assistant app then it really is perfect. Even my girlfriend loved it and asked if I could install a second one in her dressing room - we now have three in the house!Easy to install, touch screen is great and my Home Assistant dashboards work perfectly. Will buy more when I'm allowed!

They imply this is easy to use and setup . You need a degree in computer science to even get working . I gave up as everything needs to be side loaded to get to work . To difficult to use they need to update there software to make user friendly makes a good clock but that’s about it . I couldn’t even pair older Sonos devices and not compatible with ring cameras

Brought this hub to add Matter and zigbee connectivity to my smart home. Out of the box the hub isn't matter capable it comes with firmware 1.5.6 and has to be upgraded to firmware 2.1.0 which took a few resets of the hub for it to push a firm upgrade to me. But once done I was able to add matter devices to it and view those matter devices along with this panel in the ewelink app and could then set routines similar to I.F.T.T.T between my old ewelink devices and my new matter device even though the matter device is from a different manufacturer to sonoff/ewelink. I also added a sonoff zigbee door sensor which took a couple of rests of the door sensor to add the panel which was then also displayed in my ewelink app. If you want you can also voice call the panel from the ewelink app which works well whether my phone is on WiFi or mobile signal, I have t done much else with it yet but may consider the sonoff ihost at a later date to add local control to my smart home.