Getting Started with your ESPHome / Tasmota smart plug
Getting Started with your ESPHome or Tasmota smart plug
This guide will take you through getting started with your ESPHome or Tasmota based smart plug.
What you'll need
You'll need to have the following handy before you start:
- Your smart plug (either Tasmota or ESPHome). Not got one yet, get one here.
- A laptop or smartphone
- Your Wi-Fi network password
Step 1
Plug in your smart plug, the blue light on the power button should start flashing.
Step 2
2.1 Wi-Fi setup
On your smartphone or laptop navigate to the Wi-Fi connection setting page:
2.2 Connecting to the plug
Select the network that starts with Smart Hut Plug
2.3 Connecting the plug to your WiFi
You should be presented with a setup web page (Skip to 2.3.1 for Tasmota and 2.3.2 for ESPHome) | Note: if you are not automatically shown the setup page you'll need to open your web browser and navigate to 192.168.7.1
2.3.1 Tasmota
Select Config
Select configure Wi-Fi
and enter your Wi-Fi network details. You can scan for local networks first and then enter your Network name in SSID and your WiFi password
You'll then be disconnected from the temporary Wi-Fi network and the power light on the plug should turn off
2.3.2 ESPHome
Select your Wi-Fi network and enter your Wi-Fi network details. You'll then be disconnected from the temporary Wi-Fi network and the power light on the plug should turn off
Step 3
After a short wait your plug should be connected to your home Wi-Fi network (if not go back to step 2) and you'll be able to connect to it using it's IP address
3.1 Finding your plug's IP address
- Using your router
- Your plug should now appear connected to your router and you can normally find it's IP address by using your routers connected devices page. This is normally accessed by navigating to the IP address 192.168.0.1
- Using an iPhone App
- You can also use an app like Scanny to scan your network. This will list all the connected devices and show you their IP addresses.
- Using an Android App
- You can also use an app like [Add android App] to scan your network. This will list all the connected devices and show you their IP addresses.
You can now control your smart plug via the interact at it's IP address. You can also now configure other software like Home Assistant, OpenHAB or MQTT to connect and use your plug.
3.2 Further setup and integration
- If you have a ESPHome plug this should be automatically detected in Home Assistant, we have another guide here that will take you through setting your plug up in Home Assistant. (And a guide here on getting started with Home Assistant if you're new to home automation)
- If you have a Tasmota plug then you most likely want to set it up using either the Home Assistant Tasmota connection which should auto detect the plug or via MQTT which we have another guide for here.
