Shelly RGBW2 - Installation and Setup
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Quick video showing how I have installed the Shelly RGBW2 with an RGBW LED light strip. I also run through the setup process within the Shelly app as well as give a quick overview on how the RGBW2 appears within HomeKit via Homebridge.
Shelly RGBW2 - shelly.cloud/p...
RGBW LED light strip - www.amazon.co....
12V DC power supply - www.amazon.co....
The Shelly is not Apple HomeKit compatible. I use Homebridge running on a Raspberry Pi to integrate these devices into HomeKit. More information on Homebridge can be found here - homebridge.io/
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Thanks for the video. Btw. Never run the lights coiled up on the reel. They will overheat very quickly and might actually destroy themselves.
I’ve done it for testing purposes. It doesn’t overheat “very quickly”
I wonder what happened to this project. Did you manage to connect the LED above the kitchen counter?
I have a similar idea. With 1 relay to control several white strips.
With night scenarios active, can the relay be configured to turn on certain lines/ strips and others not ? I think the brightness of the ones I don't want to be lighted/ turned on should be 0.
Thanks for the comment.
I did yes, I now have LED strips above and below both units. In my setup, the LEDs for each unit run off a single Shelly RGBW2, so it's not possible to vary the brightness of the LEDs above and below each unit independently. You'd need to use separate RGBW2s for each strip to control the brightness independently.
Hi I bought the 12v power supply linked in your video. How do I connect that up please? And chance of a practical video showing how you did it please?
Yeah this is where I’m currently at too
My experience with setting up Shelly device has not been a good one. I’m running a TP-Link mesh network and Shelly has problems picking up on this even if I disable 5ghz. In the end I switched off my Mesh network, fired up and old net gear 2.4Ghz wireless hub and gave it the same name and password as my mesh network. I then configured the Shelly devices. Once I’d finished I shut down the net gear and fired up the TP-Link mesh network again and the Shelly devices were still accessible.
One other issue that I discovered is that when you run the device updates, they stop when the phone screen saver kicks in, so you have to keep tapping the phone screen until the updates have completed.
Nice video Ian!! What's the next Shelly video? Would you mind sharing link to the connectors used for your setup please (& shelly jumper setup)? I'm just jumping on the Shelly bandwagon in UK also 👍👍 Pir setup is next project 😁
Thanks Dave! Next on the list is a Shelly 2.5, then possible a Shelly 1L or a Shelly Dimmer 2.
The jumper settings are all default. I’m tempted to flash the Shelleys in the future, but I haven’t done that yet.
I’m not sure I understand your question about connectors, do you mean how I have wired them up to the lighting?
Good luck with the PIR project. 😀
@@ianburgess525thanks! re connectors I meant between the light strip and shelly, did the strip come with them? For the jumpers did you use 240v setting (default for UK)? Looks great, I'm an android user so can't integrate into homekit, but instead happily using Google home / samsung smart things.... hopefully do the PIR over this weekend (protocol wired inside to shelly 1- out the UK cold weather! 👍👍
Correct, the wiring between the light strip and the Shelly RGBW2 came with the light strip. The RGBW2 is powered by a 12V DC power supply. You select between 12V and 24V in the Shelly app. I’m running the Shelly 1PM on 240V AC.
@@ianburgess525 awesome, thanks for all the advice Ian, appreciated!! 👍👍
Hallo mein Freund, ich bin gerade auf dein Video gestossen, da ich mir vom shelly eine Lösung meines Problems erhoffe. Ich möchte mit einen 24v BWM RC230i einen Shelly RGBW2 steuern. Der BWM liefert aber keinen potentialfreien kontakt sondern 24V, wenn er eine Bewegung registriert hats. Wie und womit kann ich aus den 24V einen Schalter simulieren? Den potentialfreien Kontakt benötigt der Shelly GRBW2 zum anschalten. Frohe Weihnachtsgrüsse von Christoph
how fast does this controller turn on? for instance, i would connect the 24v transformer to a switch. so turning on the switch will the transformer on and that will then power on this controller. i wouldnt want the transformer be running 24/7
Nice video. What is the cable adapter between the power supply and the shelly?
Hey Ian great video thanks for sharing it's been very useful! I was wondering with the DC power supply you've linked above, I see it doesn't come with an earth just Live & Neutral so did you just connect the live & neutral to a 3 pin plug with a 13amp fuse in it and then into the adaptor without using an earth cable? I see your a few months into the video now too so wondered if you have any additional learnings? I heard you wanted to do the same above some other units so did you have to buy additional Shellys, power adaptors, etc to do that and would you have to pair them some how?
Hi Richard, thanks for the comment. Correct, as the DC power supply is double insulated it does not need an earth. I wired it to a plug with a 3A fuse, the DC power supply I'm using is 1A on the input side, so a 3A fuse is more appropriate than 13A.
Your comment is very well timed regarding the additional LED strips. I have everything on order and am planning to set things up this weekend. As I'm using fairly long runs of LED strips I'm going to need to use multiple DC power supplies, because of this I'm planning to use multiple Shellys too. I'm planning to use HomeKit to group the Shellys together so they turn on/off and change colours together. It's also looks to be possible to do the same thing in the Shelly app too, so HomeKit isn't a requirement.
Thanks for sharing. Can one Shelly/Power Supply control 30m led stripe light ?
it's all about the power
• Power output (12V) - 144W - combined power, 45W - per
channel
• Power output (24V) - 288W - combined power, 90W - per
channel
well at least your video shows some of the config screen shots ... no one else seems to be doing that on CZcams ...
My Shelly experience is this ... the timer function is just not working ... I am running the RGBW2 in
"white mode" so that i can individually control the 4 ports to run 4 irrigation solenoids for irrigation separately ...
I am running shelly IOS app on my apple phone and the ports can be controlled with the "on / off " soft switch in the app ... but no luck with control via their "schedule " function .. flogging the scheduler for several hours to no satisfactory result ... the instruction manual is confusing at best and no actual examples on the shelly home page FAQ page shelly cloud website ... here is a direct copy from their user manual ... tell me if you find this anything but confusing ...
"
Timer - Тo manage the power supply automatically, you may
use:
• Auto OFF - After turning on, the power supply will automatically shutdown after a predefined time (in seconds). A value
of 0 will cancel the automatic shutdown.
• Auto ON - After turning off, the power supply will be automatically turned on after a predefined time (in seconds). A
value of 0 will cancel the automatic power-on.
Weekly Schedule - This function requires an Internet connection. To use Internet, a Shelly Device has to be connected to
a local WiFi network with working internet connection. Shelly
may turn on/off automatically at a predefined time. Multiple
schedules are possible.
Sunrise/Sunset - This function requires an Internet connection. Shelly receives actual information through the Internet
about the time of sunrise/sunset in your area. Shelly may turn
on or off automatically at sunrise/sunset, or at a specified
time before or after sunrise/sunset. Multiple schedules are
possible "
i have entered time values and defined the function to turn on or off into the weekly timer and saved ... the events show up in weekly schedule for monday thru friday but just not working ... i have power cycled the unit ... deleted and then re added the scheduled event ... looked for updates to firmware .. nothing but frustration ...
I have a help ticket in with Shelly ... hope they can help ... the whole reason i bought the unit was to be able to control devices thru a daily weekly hourly scheduler ... i will up date this comment if i get any help from shelly or figure out on my own ... thanks
Hey Ian, what is that cable you run from the 12v DC to the Shelly? I’m new to this and Googling for that piece is getting me nowhere so far. 1:24 is where I’m specifically looking.
Hi Joseph, in that scene specifically, I was using the power supply in the link below which has different connectors you can attach to it. While testing I used the push fit connectors and ran a piece of low voltage wire from the power supply to the Shelly. When I installed it properly I used the power supply in the description and reused some of the old kitchen low voltage lighting wire that was already in place.
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its been a couple years since you set this up. how is your strip holding up? Any dead leds?
Hey Ian, Do you think i could pair a Shelly RBGW2 with a Shelly 1L, so they switch on and off together? Im planning on fitting a 1L on my halls lights which are a standard light fitting, and im planning on fitting a Shelly RGBW2 with some LED strips running up my stairs. I'd like the LED's on the stairs to switch on with a flick the manual wall switch on the hall lights (which would have a Shelly 1L behind them). Thanks!
Hi Paul, I’ve just tested this on my setup, I don’t have a Shelly 1L yet, but I’m guessing the config will be the same as the Shelly 1PM.
In the Shelly app you can setup scenes, the scene can use the state change of one Shelly to turn on or off another Shelly device. I’ve tested this out with the Shelly RGBW2 and the Shelly 1PM and it worked perfectly. Either physically turning on/off the switch or changing the state via the app turned on/off both the light controlled by the switch and the LED strip.
Hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions.
@@ianburgess525 Thanks a lot for the info! I really appreciate it. Are the many "effects" under the setting? have you tested any out?
Hi Paul, there are a few different effect options for the RGBW2 (Meteor Shower, Gradual Change and Flash). I've briefly tried each option, but haven't really given them a proper go. I think they could be fun for a party.
good what kind home home bridge?
When I recorded this video, I was using Homebridge running on a Raspberry Pi to integrate Shelly devices with Apple HomeKit. More detail on Homebridge can be found here - homebridge.io.
Since recording this video, I have transitioned my smart home devices over to Home Assistant.
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Hi Ian just found this, would it be possible to post what the led and power supply that you have used please ?
Thanks
Oops didn’t see the list at the beginning sorry
Did you ever proceed with the under cabinet setup ?
Hi Robert. I did, yes. I’m in the process of making a follow up video showing the completed setup including details of how I am using a Shelly 2.5 to turn multiple Shelly RGBW2s on/off.
@@ianburgess525 looking forward to it, night time did you ever consider the more powerful power supply for more brightness or are you happy with it, sorry at a loss when working the specs out and just read the answers on amazon.
This RGBW ligth strip is 10W/m, so did you just multiply length by 10 to give you the Wattage of the power ?
Hi Robert. Sorry, I completely missed your reply.
Exactly, if the LED strip is 10W/m then you need to multiply the length of the strip you’ll be using by that amount.
When I added the under cabinet LEDs I swapped out the power supply for a 60W 12V power supply. I needed to do this as I wanted to run both LED strips off the same power supply. I’ve reused the original power supply on the other side of the kitchen on a smaller cabinet with shorter LED strips.
Good luck with your setup!