WIFI Switches

[Jeffrey Lomicka]

I have two different kinds of WiFi switches on my XTension network. In 
both cases, rather than figure out how to make a plug-in, I created a 
pseudo and have On/Off scripts that run "do shell script".  (More 
specifically, I created an Attachment Script for each kind that has a 
little bit of logic to construct the command line, so I could have 
multiple units without code duplication, and call that from the unit.)

One of them is the TP-Link, for which I found the Linux script for the 
HS100 and HS200 from George Georgovassilis worked with no modification 
on the Mac.  Picked it up at https://github.com/ggeorgovassilis/linuxscripts

The other is the no-longer-obtainable original Orvibo S20, whose 
protocol was published, for which my brother write a C program to 
control. The newer Orvibo are not compatible. I could make this 
available to anyone who wants it, but if you don't already have one of 
these switches, then you are unlikely to ever have one. (The S20 has 
clever way it is given the WiFi password.  It listens on each SSID for a 
sequence of packets of specific lengths.  The set-up program creates the 
packet sequence, and the lengths are decoded into the network password. 
In other words, they found a way to send an unencrypted message on an 
encrypted network by encoding the information in packet lengths, and use 
that to send the decryption password to the device.  This cleverness is 
all duplicated in my brother's command line program.)

         - Jeff

On 4/13/18 5:38 PM, Bob Ober wrote:
> I asked because they are cheap. I have no info other than what is on 
> Amazon.
>
> Are there any other sub-20.00 dollar compatible switches out there 
> that work?
>
>
> Bob O
>
>
> On 4/13/18 12:05 PM, James Sentman wrote:
>> i can’t actually find a manufacturer site for those. Are they the 
>> same as the TP-Link ones? Those have a known protocol and I could 
>> write a plugin for them. These I’m not sure of as I can’t find any 
>> specific information about them. Are you aware of a website for this 
>> company that says anything else about them? If there is a cloud API 
>> or a local connection API? If you can find that send me a link and 
>> i’ll look into it.
>>
>> -James
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 12, 2018, at 3:57 PM, Bob Ober <bob.o at oberhouse.us 
>>> <mailto:bob.o at oberhouse.us>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Smart Plug Smart Outlet Works With Alexa Google Home IFTTT,Wifi Smart
>>> Socket No Hub Remote Control Your Devices From Anywhere VSTM Mini
>>> Outlet ETL Listed
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0799FTTBN/ref=sspa_dk_detail_4?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B0799FTTBN&pd_rd_wg=XD6KE&pd_rd_r=78C5604CSFNEH5N6QWSV&pd_rd_w=gBpQU 
>>>
>>>
>>
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