

Trying to install tasmota-scripting.bin from the unofficial releases failed, and first required installing the tasmota-minimal.bin to get the smallest install and then installing the compressed version of the unofficial release, (only the. Fortunately, once you have Tasmota installed, switching the software is easy and only requires a web browser, selecting “Firmware Upgrade” from the web interface. However, scripting is not available in the basic Tasmota software, so it needed a different version. Looking at the Tasmota template details for the Gosund SW2 Dimmer, this switch requires extra scripting to function properly. When I installed the dimmer the dimming functionality didn’t work from the switch.

It’s nice when things just work!īut, of course, things didn’t just work. Once I had connections, the process was super simple to install new software, exactly like the SW1. However, the connection points are pretty big and well-labeled, so soldering wires to them is pretty easy. Unfortunately, the serial connections are in the middle of the board, so the process I used with test hook clips would not work like they did on the SW1. Reading about this switch, one person claimed it could not be hacked with that cable connected – this is not true, and I bricked one of these detaching the cable… not recommended. Unlike the SW1, the SW2 dimmer switch has two circuitboards in it, connected by a small cable. Like the SW1, the SW2 requires a Torx T5 screwdriver to open it. Gosund Smart Dimmer Switch (SW2), wires soldered to the circuitboard to enable a serial connection.
