SONOFF smart home has a new smart scene wall switch – NSPanel available to order on Kickstarter starting from October 11th.

The new smart switch is equipped with Wi-Fi circuitry, a temperature sensor, advanced HMI touch screen and much more. This control panel not only tracks the indoor and outdoor temperature, but work for your heating and cooling. What’s more, it performs similar functions as a smart switch as it allows you to control the temperature of your home throughout the day using a schedule, and interact with ZigBee devices through smart scene. The group feature is designed to make you easily activate a bunch of devices via a single tap on the panel.

The wall switch can be remotely controlled using eWeLink App, and keep itself activated or inactivated by working with Alexa, Google Home and Alice smart virtual assistant. Besides SONOFF, some models working with eWeLink, and Philips smart lighting can be smoothly connected NSPanel to give you a uniform management on different smart home ecosystems.

Next, let’s go on to cover the setup and feature adding for NSPanel and eWeLink App. We will have a look at:

How to pair NSPanel with eWeLink App?

How to activate a smart scene on NSPanel?

How to activate a group on NSPanel?

How to control a single SONOFF device on NSPanel?

How to pair NSPanel with eWeLink App?

Pair with eWeLink App via Bluetooth.

  1. Long press any button on NSPanel for 5s to enter the pairing mode. Launch eWeLink App. Tap the “+” icon at the bottom of App>>Quick Pairing>>Check “The indicator is blinking correctly”>>Next.

2. Wait App to discover NSPanel>>Tap “Connect”>>Select a WiFi, then enter the ”SSID” and “password” and Save.

3. Wait a few seconds until you find NSPanel device name>>Done. Now you have paired NSPanel and eWeLink successfully.

How to activate a smart scene on NSPanel?

  1. Create a smart scene on App. For instance, if the temperature reaches 26?, BASICR3 turns on automatically.
  2. Tap “Scene”. To create the “Condition”, tap Add>>Tap “+” icon on Add>>Select ”Tap to perform”>>Select “NSPanel”>>Temp>>Enter “26”>>Save. To create the “Action”, tap “+” icon on Add>> Select “Smart Device”>>Select “BASICR3”>>Tap “ON” and “Save”>> Proceed to “Save”.
    *You can set the two buttons as the condition to activate the smart scene

3. Access NSPanel on eWeLink>>Tap “…” at the upper-right corner>>Select “Widgets”>>Go to “…” at the upper-right corner>>Select “Add widgets”>>Select the created scene>>Save.

4. Now, you can activate the scene on NSPanel via a single tap.

How to activate a group on NSPanel?

Create a group on App. For instance, one tap to activate a group to turn on BASICR3, BASICR2 and RFR2.
1. Go to BASICR3 on eWeLink>> Tap “…” at the upper-right corner>>Create group>>Select BASICR3, BASICR32 and RFR2>>Save.

2. Access NSPanel on eWeLink>>Tap “…” at the upper-right corner>>Select “Widgets”>>Go to “…” at the upper-right corner>>Select “Add widgets”>>Select the created group>>Save.

3. Now, you can activate a group of devices on NSPanel via a single tap.

How to control a single SONOFF device on NSPanel?

  1. Pair it with eWeLink.
  2. Add it on NSPanel through Adding a “Widget”. Refer to the way of the Scene or Group adding. Then you can turn on or off the device on NSPanel via a single tap.

The Final Setup You Must Do on NSPanel

Now, if everything is already done, just scroll the screen to access the smart control of your home in the panel. You can scroll down the screen to adjust the screen brightness, keep it in the sleep mode of a specific time to save energy, and change the screen orientation according to the wall mounting (US type only). You can scroll left to switch into the control panel for the single device, grouped devices and smart scene from the main interface with the temperature, weather and date display.

NSPanel project is in process on Kickstarter, the earlier you get it, the more you save on your smart home.