Hello people! It is great to find such a community of Smart Home Automation enthusiasts in Malaysia.

Let me introduce the setup I have at home:

1) 3 storey link house
2) 5x Alexa Echo Dots
3) 5x Broadlink RM Mini 3 in all rooms for IR-based appliance controls
4) 1x Broadlink RM Pro+ in dining area at the ground floor
5) 1x Broadlink TC2 3-gang wall switch, integrated to (4)
6) Raspberry Pi with HA installed + Haaska Alexa Skill for the discovery of broadlink remote devices exposed by all the RM Mini 3s and RM Pro+

I have managed to get Alexa to trigger the TC2 switches nicely through HA without depending on the Broadlink servers which is cool. However, in my next iteration of the smart home automation project I need to replace several spots of light switches which are 2-way in nature. FYI, my definition of 2-way means the same light being controlled by 2 different switches. The diagram below illustrates this:



I've been Google'ing for a while and I could not find 2-way TC2 switches. I then dropped the Broadlink Malaysia a message to check if they have a solution for 2-way switches. I received the following:



Apparently, this wireless eTouch switch is able to pair with another wired eTouch switch (imagine the wired eTouch switch is one of my existing TC2 switch that does not support 2-way). I however, had confirmed that these do not work with the TC2.

I would like to seek for the advice and opinions of all the sifus here. What is a typical solution for 2-way switches?

Which PIR sensor are you using?

I am exploring the same solution.

Question to you:

1) Can you share with me the links to the AQARA Wall Switch (without neutral)? I am able to locate the battery powered wireless switch, but am cautious of the wall switch as I read there are neutral vs non-neutral ones.

2) I read product pages like this - https://shopee.com.my/Xiaomi-Aqara-Light-Co...3668.1391757674

It says "fire wire". Does this mean with or without neutral?

3) I noticed that AQARA wall switch is up to 2-gang maximum only. Any proposed solution for 3-gang, 2-way?

Bro, thank you for your comprehensive explanation!

Your use case for the sonoff basic is actually practical, i.e. by-passing on the wall switch and install sonoff basic on the plaster ceiling itself, before the actual LED downlight(s).

And thanks for clarifying the definition of fire wire

I've been having issues with one of my Broadlink TC2 switches.
It is a 3 gang switch and occasionally it turns off 2 of the 3 gangs at random times, when the gangs were in the state of "on".

Is it an issue of installation, or is it a defect?

Very tempted to trash it and go for Aqara switches instead. My biggest issue with Aqara is that they don't have 3 gangs!

Has anyone tried to DIY flashing of Tasmota firmware onto Sonoff basic switches? If so, may I ask that you share which guide you followed, and where did you source for the tools (Arduino FTDI - USB board), etc for the task?

Thanks.

Apologies for asking again. Will search for the post. Thank you for your prompt response.

Cheers!

Most economical solution is get a Broadlink RM mini 3. Get it to learn the IR commands to turn on/off your fan, and control via the broadlink app, or alexa/home assistant.

Hope this helps.

Has anyone tried controlling their Autogate (DC Motor) with RM Pro? I tried to get RM Pro to learn the signals, but I noticed once learnt, the command can only be used once and subsequently it doesn't trigger the auto-gate anymore. I'm suspecting that there's an algorithm built into subsequent signals, which carries some random number that's only known between the sender (remote), and the receiver (gate control box).

Am I the only one?

This can be done.

My setup is Home Assistant running on Raspberry Pi, with the following:

1) Xiaomi Gateway
2) Aqara wall switches (no neutral)
3) Aqara wireless wall switch (battery powered), to replace the 2-way switches along my staircases, hallways, etc.
4) Xiaomi motion sensors - which detects movements, captured by Home Assistant, and triggers (2) - wall switches. I am also able to trigger RM Pro -> Broadlink TC2 switches ... with home assistant you can cross manufacturers

Depends on what you want to achieve.

Thanks for your speedy response. Looks like I've hit a road block then

In my case, it isn't really because it is for fun. Like a clear use case yesterday night, I left my gate open, and my auto gate remotes are in both of my cars. I live in a 3-storey house, and I do not have a remote to the gate where I sleep on the 3rd floor hence it triggered me if I could leverage on the RM Pro to control the gate since I have Alexa integration and Home Assistant web access already for it - instead of getting another remote and place it on the 3rd floor.

Looks like I need to go for the additional remote then, after reading all these comments here. Cheers.

I am quite cautious of this, as accidental closing can badly dent the car. Maybe really smart rules around this one, i.e. after 12am, etc.

But then I read the postings on having a sonoff attached to the autogate board, etc ... I chicken out already. I'm an IT guy, dare not go so deep on electronics

I suppose adding all up points me to getting the third remote for my auto gate and forget about automation for now.