Installing Tasmota Devices into Hubitat Elevation
So now you are ready to add your first Tasmota device.
To start go to Apps and scroll down to Tasmota Device Manager if it is not visible.
Click on Tasmota Device Manager to start it. It will look like this.
For this example, we will install a single device, so click on Manually Install Device
- Leave Device Type and Device Configuration at their default values.
- Enter the IP address of the device.
- Enter the Device Label you wish to use.
- If your Tasmota device has a password enter it here. Your screen should look something like this:
- Now click Next to create the device and you will get a confirmation screen as shown below. The device will probably flash or click as it is reset and configured, this is normal.
Go to Devices and scroll through your device list until you find the recently created one. Mine is shown below.
The Universal Parent Driver pertains to device and network settings and looks something like this when it is opened.
The Child Driver pertains to control of a device capability, such as a bulb or switch. For a color bulb it will look something like this.
Try out your new device by turning it on/off and adjusting its other properties. If you used the Hubitat version of Tasmota you should be able to adjust the device via its Tasmota webpage and see the change happen immediately in Hubitat.
If you don’t know the IP address of a Tasmota Device you can use AutoDetect to find it as long as you have Hue Bridge Emulation enabled on the Tasmota device. If you are using the Hubitat version of Tasmota this option will be enabled by default if you executed the "reset 5" command after flashing the firmware. If you are using the standard version of Tasmota this option will be disabled by default.
To start, go to Apps and scroll down to Tasmota Device Manager if it is not visible.
Click on Tasmota Device Manager to start it.
Select Discover Devices (Using SSDP)
Tasmota Device Manager will now send SSDP requests to the network and wait for devices to respond.
As devices are discovered they are added to the Available Device list as shown below.
When the device you were looking for is present in the list click Next. In this example, Autodiscover found five devices. To install a device, simply select it from the list as shown below.
In most cases you won’t need to change either the Device Type or the Device Configuration. In a later section we will cover using alternatives to the generic device driver. Now enter a Device Label and click Next. (If your Tasmota device has a password you will need to enter that.) Within a few seconds the following screen will notify you that the process has been completed.
Now you can click on Add Next Device to process another device in the Autodiscover list. Or you can click on Done to go to the Tasmota Device Manager main screen.
If we go to the Device List and do a browser refresh it will show the newly created device with two child devices. In this case it is a dual outlet power strip.
Note that the 4 other discovered devices remain in the Autodiscover list. If you wish to come back and process another of the discovered devices simply click on Discover Devices (using SSDP) again and you will be presented with a list of the remaining discovered devices.
You can now repeat the process of naming and creating your Tasmota devices.
As you add devices you will notice that the list of Configured Devices at the bottom of the screen will grow and look something like that shown below. This provides a very useful summary of the status of all installed Tasmota devices. Note that the Config and Tasmota Config columns are hyperlinks that will take you to the driver and the Tasmota configuration page respectively.
Note: You can quickly rename or delete a device by clicking on the device name, such as “Basement Acenx 1” to get the screen shown below.
