brians Posted April 26, 2023 Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) Got this working last night. Had to flash ESPHome from my PC which was pretty simple. I removed the mainboard from NSPanel to easily flash and used a DSD Tech USB to TTL serial adapter with some Dupont wires. This is not a tutorial, just providing info about this here in case someone is interested. https://github.com/Blackymas/NSPanel_HA_Blueprint https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BNMRHYG5?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 Pic of the flashing process... And final result, testing some entities. Even supports RGB lights, will test later with my Philips Hue bulb. I just added a bunch of sensors on homescreen for different room temps, will remove later, not very clear what they are. Can also control climate eg. ecobee by pressing the large temperature. It does work extremely well... the blueprint changes update instant on the device in real time. Controls and state are very fast and responsive. I planned to replace some KeypadLincs but some concerns... - It does not have dimmer built-in, only has two relay buttons to control a local load. Two of my keypadlincs are connected to lights I want to dim. - Does not fit in a dual-gang box. Now this would not be issue if the existing devices are switches, you could just use it to control both loads. It is however possible to power the panel off 5V using back pins so can use a USB cable and low voltage PSU. Just unclip the relay and surface mount on a wall. I think I may try this approach. At $75 CAD ea. these are pretty good value for what they do! Edited April 26, 2023 by brians 3
brians Posted May 6, 2023 Author Posted May 6, 2023 I found a 2 gang converter plate so it looks a lot nicer now. I also installed one in front entrance, replacing another Insteon keypadlinc, in a 3 gang... Since the nspanel controls two of previous switches, I only needed to keep one additional switch. I cut a dual wall plate with blank to fit. I think it turned out nice. 2
asbril Posted May 7, 2023 Posted May 7, 2023 To make sure that I understand : Is the Blueprint enough to make this work ? I am not sure that I am comfortable with a 'flash' manoeuvre and opening the device. With my limited technical knowledge, that might be too risky.
brians Posted May 7, 2023 Author Posted May 7, 2023 4 hours ago, asbril said: To make sure that I understand : Is the Blueprint enough to make this work ? I am not sure that I am comfortable with a 'flash' manoeuvre and opening the device. With my limited technical knowledge, that might be too risky. You need to flash the firmware which requires taking apart. It is fairly simple to do. Once you do first time then it all makes sense. The blueprint allows easy configuration of it. Any future firmware updates are done OTA over wifi so never have to take apart again. Even if you change your wifi, it sets up a hotspot if cannot connect after a while so you can web in and reconfigure. 1
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