Configuring your hacked actuator

The actuator with the new firmware needs to be configured to work as expected. We will do this configuration first on the actuator side. After configuring the actuator side, we will do the Home Assistant configuration so Home Assistant can handle it. After this section, your actuator will be ready to be managed by Home Assistant.

Configuring the Tasmota firmware in your actuator

To configure your actuator, you will need to follow Figure 4.11.

Figure 4.11 – Sequence to install the AC wires to the Sonoff Basic R2

These steps will be required:

1. First, according to item 1 in Figure 4.11, you will need to make sure the connector lid on the input side is open. If it is not, unscrew the lid of the Sonoff Basic R2 actuator.
2. Second, according to item 2 in Figure 4.11, you will need to put wires in the actuator input. This is needed because we removed the DC power supply connected to the actuator and now...