Switch not responding properly

[andreasloe]

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION

I am using a Wemos for a garage opener. Three "tools" are attached:

• a reed sensor (detecting whether the garage is open, implemented as SWITCH),
• a relay (simulating the push of a button at the opener, implemented as RELAY) and
• a temperature sensor (implemented AM2301).

The reed sensor does not display proper values (whether the garage is open or closed) in Tasmota.

REQUESTED INFORMATION

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• Device used (e.g., Sonoff Basic): Lolin Wemos D1
• Tasmota binary firmware version number used: 13.3.0
  • Pre-compiled
  • Self-compiled
• Flashing tools used: https://tasmota.github.io/install/
• Provide the output of command: Backlog Template; Module; GPIO 255:

stat/tasmota_8E6455/RESULT = {"GPIO0":{"0":"None"},"GPIO1":{"0":"None"},"GPIO2":{"0":"None"},"GPIO3":{"0":"None"},"GPIO4":{"1216":"AM2301"},"GPIO5":{"161":"Switch2"},"GPIO9":{"0":"None"},"GPIO10":{"0":"None"},"GPIO12":{"0":"None"},"GPIO13":{"0":"None"},"GPIO14":{"224":"Relay1"},"GPIO15":{"0":"None"},"GPIO16":{"0":"None"},"GPIO17":{"0":"None"}}

• If using rules, provide the output of this command: Backlog Rule1; Rule2; Rule3:

stat/tasmota_8E6455/RESULT = {"Rule1":{"State":"OFF","Once":"OFF","StopOnError":"OFF","Length":0,"Free":511,"Rules":""}}
stat/tasmota_8E6455/RESULT = {"Rule2":{"State":"OFF","Once":"OFF","StopOnError":"OFF","Length":0,"Free":511,"Rules":""}}
stat/tasmota_8E6455/RESULT = {"Rule3":{"State":"OFF","Once":"OFF","StopOnError":"OFF","Length":0,"Free":511,"Rules":""}}

• Provide the output of this command: Status 0:

stat/tasmota_8E6455/STATUS = {"Status":{"Module":18,"DeviceName":"Garage","FriendlyName":["Garage"],"Topic":"tasmota_8E6455","ButtonTopic":"0","Power":0,"PowerOnState":0,"LedState":1,"LedMask":"FFFF","SaveData":1,"SaveState":0,"SwitchTopic":"0","SwitchMode":[13,15,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0],"ButtonRetain":0,"SwitchRetain":0,"SensorRetain":0,"PowerRetain":0,"InfoRetain":0,"StateRetain":0,"StatusRetain":0}}
stat/tasmota_8E6455/STATUS1 = {"StatusPRM":{"Baudrate":115200,"SerialConfig":"8N1","GroupTopic":"tasmotas","OtaUrl":"http://ota.tasmota.com/tasmota/release/tasmota-DE.bin.gz","RestartReason":"Software/System restart","Uptime":"0T03:00:42","StartupUTC":"2023-12-18T08:35:57","Sleep":50,"CfgHolder":4617,"BootCount":16,"BCResetTime":"2023-12-17T20:48:50","SaveCount":55,"SaveAddress":"F5000"}}
stat/tasmota_8E6455/STATUS2 = {"StatusFWR":{"Version":"13.3.0(tasmota)","BuildDateTime":"2023.12.12 14:33:12","Boot":31,"Core":"2_7_4_9","SDK":"2.2.2-dev(38a443e)","CpuFrequency":80,"Hardware":"ESP8266EX","CR":"373/699"}}
stat/tasmota_8E6455/STATUS3 = {"StatusLOG":{"SerialLog":2,"WebLog":2,"MqttLog":0,"SysLog":0,"LogHost":"","LogPort":514,"SSId":["WLAN-120954",""],"TelePeriod":300,"Resolution":"558180C0","SetOption":["0400800A","4606C80001000600003C5A0A192800000000","000000C0","00006000","00004000","00000000"]}}
stat/tasmota_8E6455/STATUS4 = {"StatusMEM":{"ProgramSize":638,"Free":364,"Heap":20,"ProgramFlashSize":4096,"FlashSize":4096,"FlashChipId":"1640EF","FlashFrequency":40,"FlashMode":"DOUT","Features":["0407","8F9AC787","04368001","000000CF","010013C0","C000F981","00004004","00001000","54000020","00000080","00000000"],"Drivers":"1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,16,18,19,20,21,22,24,26,27,29,30,35,37,45,62,68","Sensors":"1,2,3,4,5,6","I2CDriver":"7"}}
stat/tasmota_8E6455/STATUS5 = {"StatusNET":{"Hostname":"tasmota-8E6455-1109","IPAddress":"192.168.2.151","Gateway":"192.168.2.1","Subnetmask":"255.255.255.0","DNSServer1":"192.168.2.1","DNSServer2":"0.0.0.0","Mac":"84:F3:EB:8E:64:55","Webserver":2,"HTTP_API":1,"WifiConfig":4,"WifiPower":17.0}}
stat/tasmota_8E6455/STATUS6 = {"StatusMQT":{"MqttHost":"raspfhem.fritz.box","MqttPort":1883,"MqttClientMask":"DVES_%06X","MqttClient":"DVES_8E6455","MqttUser":"DVES_USER","MqttCount":1,"MAX_PACKET_SIZE":1200,"KEEPALIVE":30,"SOCKET_TIMEOUT":4}}
stat/tasmota_8E6455/STATUS7 = {"StatusTIM":{"UTC":"2023-12-18T11:36:39","Local":"2023-12-18T12:36:39","StartDST":"2023-03-26T02:00:00","EndDST":"2023-10-29T03:00:00","Timezone":"+01:00","Sunrise":"08:39","Sunset":"16:53"}}
stat/tasmota_8E6455/STATUS10 = {"StatusSNS":{"Time":"2023-12-18T12:36:39","Tor":"ON","AM2301":{"Temperature":13.1,"Humidity":92.9,"DewPoint":12.0},"TempUnit":"C"}}
stat/tasmota_8E6455/STATUS11 = {"StatusSTS":{"Time":"2023-12-18T12:36:39","Uptime":"0T03:00:42","UptimeSec":10842,"Heap":19,"SleepMode":"Dynamic","Sleep":50,"LoadAvg":19,"MqttCount":1,"POWER1":"OFF","Wifi":{"AP":1,"SSId":"WLAN-120954","BSSId":"1E:E8:29:AA:44:A0","Channel":11,"Mode":"11n","RSSI":22,"Signal":-89,"LinkCount":1,"Downtime":"0T00:00:12"}}}

• Set weblog to 4 and then, when you experience your issue, provide the output of the Console log:

12:31:31.233 MQT: tele/tasmota_8E6455/SENSOR = {"Time":"2023-12-18T12:31:31","Tor":"OFF","AM2301":{"Temperature":13.1,"Humidity":93.0,"DewPoint":12.0},"TempUnit":"C"}
12:31:31.282 MQT: tele/tasmota_8E6455/SENSOR = {"Time":"2023-12-18T12:31:31","Tor":"ON","AM2301":{"Temperature":13.1,"Humidity":93.0,"DewPoint":12.0},"TempUnit":"C"}
12:31:32.513 DHT: Pin4 cycles (80/80)  74 29 74 36 74 35 74 35 74 35 75 35 74 102 74 100 93 102 74 36 ..
12:31:32.515 DHT: Pin4 read 03A2008328
12:31:33.715 MQT: tele/tasmota_8E6455/SENSOR = {"Time":"2023-12-18T12:31:33","Tor":"OFF","AM2301":{"Temperature":13.1,"Humidity":93.0,"DewPoint":12.0},"TempUnit":"C"}
12:31:33.761 MQT: tele/tasmota_8E6455/SENSOR = {"Time":"2023-12-18T12:31:33","Tor":"ON","AM2301":{"Temperature":13.1,"Humidity":93.0,"DewPoint":12.0},"TempUnit":"C"}
12:31:34.257 WIF: Prüfe Verbindung…
12:31:36.523 DHT: Pin4 cycles (80/80)  75 29 74 35 74 35 74 35 75 35 74 35 74 102 74 100 94 101 75 35 ..
12:31:36.525 DHT: Pin4 read 03A2008328
12:31:37.227 MQT: tele/tasmota_8E6455/SENSOR = {"Time":"2023-12-18T12:31:37","Tor":"OFF","AM2301":{"Temperature":13.1,"Humidity":93.0,"DewPoint":12.0},"TempUnit":"C"}
12:31:37.324 MQT: tele/tasmota_8E6455/SENSOR = {"Time":"2023-12-18T12:31:37","Tor":"ON","AM2301":{"Temperature":13.1,"Humidity":93.0,"DewPoint":12.0},"TempUnit":"C"}
12:31:37.575 MQT: tele/tasmota_8E6455/SENSOR = {"Time":"2023-12-18T12:31:37","Tor":"OFF","AM2301":{"Temperature":13.1,"Humidity":93.0,"DewPoint":12.0},"TempUnit":"C"}
12:31:37.624 MQT: tele/tasmota_8E6455/SENSOR = {"Time":"2023-12-18T12:31:37","Tor":"ON","AM2301":{"Temperature":13.1,"Humidity":93.0,"DewPoint":12.0},"TempUnit":"C"}
12:31:40.004 MQT: tele/tasmota_8E6455/SENSOR = {"Time":"2023-12-18T12:31:39","Tor":"OFF","AM2301":{"Temperature":13.1,"Humidity":93.0,"DewPoint":12.0},"TempUnit":"C"}
12:31:40.050 MQT: tele/tasmota_8E6455/SENSOR = {"Time":"2023-12-18T12:31:40","Tor":"ON","AM2301":{"Temperature":13.1,"Humidity":93.0,"DewPoint":12.0},"TempUnit":"C"}
12:31:40.504 DHT: Pin4 cycles (80/80)  75 29 74 35 74 35 74 35 75 35 74 35 74 102 74 101 93 102 74 35 ..
12:31:40.507 DHT: Pin4 read 03A2008328```

### TO REPRODUCE
Enable Switch on D1 (as Switch2), attach reed contact and wait for door to close or open (a multimeter shows different resistance)

### EXPECTED BEHAVIOUR
If reed contact is closed the Switch should be ON resp. OFF when open.

[Noschvie]

Why is your switch "Switch2" and not "Switch 1" ?

[andreasloe]

Thanks for your help, Noschvie.

There are several ways to open the garage (with 433MHz as well). Therefore, RELAY1 pushes the button (another way to open, different from 433MHz) and SWITCH2 shows whether the door is open or not.

I need a TOGGLE for the relay and a reed contact for controlling the door.

[barbudor]

You shouldn't have 'holes' in the numbering
Each components should start at index 1 or Tasmota may behave erratically

Nothing prevent you to use Switch1 for your reed sensor. Just detached it from the relay using one of 3 methods documented
https://tasmota.github.io/docs/Buttons-and-Switches/#detach-switches-with

[andreasloe]

Oh - I was sure that having the same number (I.e., switch1 and relay1) would mean that any change in the status of the relay is also changing the status of the switch!

Thanks for that, as soon as I am back home I will check this!

[andreasloe]

Now I see why this solution does probably not work for me. I want the relay on-off for less then a second and used PulseTime. Therefore I have set
SwitchMode1 13
If I now want to decouple relay and switch I need
SwitchMode1 15
but both do not go together, am I right?

Also, if I look at the web GUI, what is then displayed there: Is is the status of the switch or do I change that by pushing the relay via the On/Off button for the relay? The issue seems more complicated then I thought.

[andreasloe]

But this would require the reed contact to be "Switch2" which, as I understand it right, causes a problem because there is no Switch1 (only Relay1).

[andreasloe]

What I have done now is I defined a (not wired) Switch1 at an unused GPIO. So I have two Switches

• Switch1 is without function (it is the On/Off button at the Web-GUI and a MQTT-command that drives relay1)
• and the Switch2 that is connected to the reed contact.

I hope this will work. (Is it necessary to detach this Switch1 from the relay1? Since it is not wired I do not see any reason to detach it.)

[barbudor]

, Oh - I was sure that having the same number (I.e., switch1 and relay1) would mean that any change in the status of the relay is also changing the status of the switch!

It's the otherway round: unless detach action on the switch change the state of the relay
But once it is detached, then the switch lives its own life

Switch1 is without function (it is the On/Off button at the Web-GUI and a MQTT-command that drives relay1)

Again, no, it's the otherway round
The button on the Web-GUI and the MQTT Power command are tighted to the Relay GPIO
Those will exist whether there is a switch or a button define
The web button state (ON/OFF) represent the stat of the Relay GPIO

I want the relay on-off for less then a second and used PulseTime. Therefore I have set SwitchMode1 13

There is no relation between Pulstime that is a feature of the Relay and SwitchMode 13 that is a configuration of a switch input.

There's nothing complicated, you are just mixing up things.

So you can have your dummy Switch1 input if you want. As far as there is a internal pull-up in the ESP the pin should be floatng and will not catch random electric interferences. Detach it if you want, as far as it is alerady useless, detaching it will make no arm.

But your are just over complicating things

[andreasloe]

Thanks for the help, unfortunately I still seem missing some things. You write

There is no relation between Pulstime that is a feature of the Relay and SwitchMode 13 that is a configuration of a switch input.

But from the Wiki I read

SwitchMode 13 = pushon mode (1 = on, switch off using PulseTime)

hence if a property of the Switch is used I need to define Pulsetime with the same or am I wrong? Hence, I cannot use another command
SwitchMode<x> 15
with the same <x<>?

[barbudor]

You can use PulseTime alone
Once you have set PulseTime on a relay, any power command whether it comes from the web button a MQTT command or a Button will trigger the ON state only for the PulseTime duration and the relay will automatically comes back OFF after the duration.

The decription just means that SwitchMode 13 is the appropriate SwitchMode to use on a switch in relation with PulseTime like if you want to have a timed light. SwitchMode 13 will only send a ON command so the OFF must come from somehting else. Could be PulseTime, could be web button, coud be MQTT.
If you have a pushbutton connected to a Switch input and configure it as SwitchMode 13, and as the same time set PulseTime to a given duration, pressing the button will send a ON command to the Relay that will turn ON for the duration configured and turn back OFF at the end of the PulseTime period.

It doesn't mean that having a Switch configured as SwitchMode 13 is mandatory to be able to use PulseTime. It's just a use case.

[andreasloe]

Also, I added some text into the wiki and I hope I described the issue correctly,
tasmota/docs@master...andreasloe:docs:patch-2