Hi there,
i’am searching vor an cheap alternative for my amazon dash button. Background to this: the dash button is used to switch on/off my philips hue lights.
Problem: Every battery change was exhausting because i had to run all the setup (this includes to deactivate/activate my MAC-filter to block the Dash Buttons “call home”-function).
Now - since yesterday - i can’t see my dash button in den amazon app no more … is amazon ignoring these dash buttons which don’t sent orders?
… Anyway … is there any similiar cheap switch to buy? It don’t have to be a switch which dial in direct in the wifi … a zigbee oder zwave device will do the same … just “cheap” and gladly “diy”
Since your only using this to turn lights ON/OFF, an ESP8266 with firmware like Esp Easy or Tasmota with a switch/button connected via the GPIO pins should work fine. Connect and communicate to OH via mqtt and use tags [ “Lighting” ] to work with all your Echo devices. You can buy an Esp8266 development board (has all the resistors, diodes, etc… installed w/ power connection via USB) on Amazon, two Esp’s for around $12. If you don’t mind the wait, order from China (aliExpress) for about half the price.
Filc’s have come down in price quite a bit. I know some who have integrated them through Tasker to OH on their Android phones. But I think it may be possible to use the new BT Binding to integrate them directly now.
Xiaomi makes one but I know know if you need a hub to use it or whether it will work with the BT binding or Tasker integration like Flic.