Help. how to add wifi switch?

[Eli_Haboosh (Sphere)]

i am missing something here.
I have several WiFi switches in my home (not sonoff) which uses ewelink app.
How do I link them to openhab?
I tried network binding, I can see the switches, added them as a thing but nothing happens.
google searches came uo with nothing. is it really possible?

Thanks

• Platform information:
  • Hardware: RP3
  • openHAB version: 2

[luckymallari (Lucky)]

If it has an exposed API, then look at the HTTP Binding

[binderth (Thomas Binder)]

see

Newbe - Im lost, how to bind wifi switch?

unfortunately, noone managed to reverse engineer the ewelink Wifi signals. So unfortunately the only way to Switch those non-Sonoff outlets is with the app - or you have to flash Sonoff-Tasmota I know, this won’t help you, but there is a way (and a binding) for TP-Link Wifi Switches PS: please post your questions only once in the forum.

PS: Please post your questions only once.

[Adrian_Liehner]

Hey you dont need to disasemble the switch. there ist a really easy method to add ewelink devices to openhab. just use IFTTT. Therefor you need to setup myopenhab and connect both openhab and ewelink to your IFTTT account. strong text

[binderth (Thomas Binder)]

@Adrian_Liehner

just use IFTTT.

I’d use IFTTT only in non-realtime tasks. The lagging in my experience can add up to seconds and even minutes. I don’t know ewelink devices, but can they be used to trigger URLs or are you bound to use preconfigured IFTTT triggers?

[Adrian_Liehner]

No, you are bound to the IFTTT triggers and I agree, it is not a good Idea to use IFTTT for that task but for most users with such a device it is currently the only way to go.