My earlier post seems to have disappeared from Help and Feedback, so I’ll try reposting it here.
I have a number of Sonoff devices, and they work great. But I have one S26 Type B that is acting up. I can press the button for five seconds and get the light to flash properly, but it absolutely refuses to be Bluetooth-discoverable in an iPhone implementation of eWeLink. All my other Sonoffs do great in that respect. Can I assume the thing is just busted/burned out? Or maybe I’m missing something?
The device ID is “Sonoff S26 Type B WiFi Smart Socket”. That’s the only info listed on the label.
Well holey moley. Quick Pairing (which I’ve never used before) did the job. Thank you for the suggestion! Now, can someone tell me the difference between Quick Pairing and Bluetooth Pairing?
The S26 manual never even mentions “Quick Pairing”, and instead, gives the following obtuse instruction.“For IOS, select the pairing method according to LED blinking way.” Duh, what??? The blinking way is never defined.
Let me add that there is a nice review of Sonoff pairing modes,from Sonoff -A Thorough Pairing Guide To SONOFF Smart Devices And EWeLink APP - SONOFF Official. This specifies that S26 needs “Quick Pairing”, but doesn’t say anything about S40s and, in fact, just says that “DUALR3” switches use bluetooth pairing. Not at all clear what S40 and DUALR3 have to do with each other.
Sonoffs are great, but there is a lot to be asked for in their instruction manuals.
Hi,
new to this forum and not sure even how to raise a new topic, some advice on that would be a start.
However I am having some problems with 2 Sonoff S26 type G wifi switches I have.
They were working fine for me but I just moved house and got a new router and have been trying to set them up on this new equipment.
I have the app that was working fine for me and I still see the 2 switches on the app and I cannot remove them, when I click on the switch it just says it is offline.
The big issue I have is I cannot get either of the 2 switches to go into pairing mode!
When i put power on i can switch the switches on and off using the button but when I hold it down for 5 or even 10 seconds nothing happens. This is the same if I start with the power light on or off and because it cannot get themto enter pairing mode I am stuck.
I did notice that when I hold the button down for >5 secs when I let it go it takes a few seconds for me to be able to power the device on or off from the button but I never get the red light to flash.