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Arduino & Other Home-made Gadgets (that work with VC!) => Non-Arduino home-made gadgetry => Topic started by: mexicanto on February 26, 2016, 10:15:05 AM

Title: WIFI Smart Outlets
Post by: mexicanto on February 26, 2016, 10:15:05 AM

I received this "kankun smart plugs"

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WiFi-Cell-Phone-Wireless-Remote-Control-Switch-Timer-Smart-Power-Socket-Plug-New-/391226154561?hash=item5b16e55e41:g:npEAAOSwgQ9Vzrct

you can find it on aliexpress to.

At $15 US dollars each, is a good price
with the help of this guide:

http://benlo.com/esp8266/KankunSmartPlug.html

I can control the switched with a SCRAPE on voxcommando

and with a raspberry pi and this guide:

http://benlo.com/esp8266/KankunSmartPlug.html

I can control the outlets with the amazon echo

so now, I can control an outlet with voxcommando, with amazon echo, with a cell phone, with a web browser on a pc. all this with 15 us dollars

My recommendation is to order more than one, because the shipping from china takes about 3 weeks. And
be sure to order the right form factor of your outlets ( I get the ones with the asian plug, so I have to order the adapters).

Title: Re: WIFI Smart Outlets
Post by: PegLegTV on February 26, 2016, 12:49:47 PM

Do these outlets rotate ports like the Belkin WeMo's do?

Title: Re: WIFI Smart Outlets
Post by: jitterjames on February 26, 2016, 03:31:16 PM

Looks like he's using a simple scrape of an http url so there are no ports involved. 

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http://192.168.10.253/cgi-bin/relay.cgi?onAssuming you can set these up with a static IP address I don't think you'd have any problems like with the Wemo.

Title: Re: WIFI Smart Outlets
Post by: PegLegTV on February 26, 2016, 03:41:47 PM

Thanks, I haven't had time to read all the documentation mexicanto shared yet, but I diffidently will now  ;D

Title: Re: WIFI Smart Outlets
Post by: mexicanto on February 27, 2016, 03:38:41 AM

Hi Peg,
James is totally right, you controlled with the scrape function
as far as i know, there is no port to configure (the default is 80)
and in some part of the instructions, they provide the way to assign an static ip
this devices is UPnP, i can control it over internet from other part of the town
Is exactly like wemo, but 30 dollars cheaper.
hope this can help you.