EZPlug+ – Open Source WiFi Plug w/Power Monitoring – Works w/OctoPrint & Home Assistant
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Powered by Tasmota Open Source Firmware – Pre-flashed
Works with OctoPrint to control your printer
NO soldering. NO complicated firmware flashing. Works with Home Assistant and MQTT too out of the box!
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What is this little white box?
This little box is a Wifi outlet that gives you control over your printer power (or any other 110V device power if you want). The difference between ours and others is that we're running Open Source firmware (Tasmota) on these. That means no sketchy apps to install on your phone or accounts to sign up for to get it setup. Unlike other plugs that require complicated flashing and/or soldering to liberate from the "cloud", these come pre-flashed with Tasmota on them.
These plugs are 100% locally controlled so you can rest easy knowing that only you have access to it. These work with the Octoprint Tasmota plugin and home automation platforms like Home Assistant. All our source code is available so you can be sure what is on your network. We believe that this is your device so we have NO remote access or control over them.
When you combine this plug with your Octoprint installation it gives you powerful control of the printer right from your Octoprint web interface AND extra safety in the event of an issue with the printer. You can have this plug shut off your printer if there is an issue with the heaters or if the printer goes into an unresponsive state. Both versions of the plugs support on/off commands and the EZPlug+ bakes in power monitoring for you data nerds out there.
Firmware Updates
The EZPlug firmware can be found on our EZHome releases page here: Releases · th3dstudio/EZHome
Using the EZPlug with Standard Tasmota - ADVANCED USERS ONLY
Our plug is compatible with regular Tasmota when set up with the correct template. The EZPlug+ will need to be calibrated per the Tasmota guides.
You are welcome to use standard Tasmota with your EZPlug but this is not covered under technical support. Only when using the EZPlug with our firmware is covered under the support coverage. This is because we pre-setup and calibrate values for the plugs to make sure things work correctly out of the box, when using standard Tasmota all these custom settings are lost. Converting to the standard Tasmota firmware is for advanced users who have experience with Tasmota.
Powering the Raspberry Pi Note
To use this plug with OctoPrint you must be powering your Rasbperry Pi from a power source that is NOT your printer power supply. We have AC adapters here for Pi4 Boards in our store here: Raspberry Pi 4 - 3 Amp Power Adapter with Switch - USB C
Product Documentation
Get access to all the EZPlug product information in our Help Center here: EZPlug Help Center Resources
Technical Info
- Powered by Tasmota Open Source Firmware
- Tasmota Templates located here on the EZPlug GitHub
- NO sketchy apps to download to use this. Just connect to the wifi on the plug, enter your wifi information, and its connected
- 100% LOCAL control. NO "cloud" to worry about
- Works with OctoPrint to control your printer
- NO soldering required
- NO complicated firmware flashing
- Works with Home Assistant and MQTT
- Home Assistant Discovery is pre-setup on our firmware
- MQTT support enabled out of the box
- Uses 2.4ghz Wifi to connect, 5ghz networks are not supported
- Power Monitoring included on the EZPlug+
- 110V US Plug up to 10A load
- These are only available in US plug types ONLY as pictured.
- Complies with UL-60730-1 and CAN/CSA-E60730-1 Safety Standards, Certified through Intertek by the Hardware OEM.
Internal Photos
NOTE: EZPlug casing is sealed and does not open. Trying to open the casing will void your warranty and damage the EZPlug. Photos are to show what the internals look like
Warranty Information
6 Months Warranty - Our warranty covers any and all defects with the product. If your product fails or has problems within the warranty period you can contact our support team by using the Contact Us link. Technical support is limited to the scope of the product itself and not your entire machine.
Damage/Failure due to improper installation, improper usage, failure resulting from an issue with the machine the product is installed on, 3rd party products connected to our product, and/or modification of the product are not covered under warranty.
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bribuc –
what is the difference between the EZPlug, and EZPlug+
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Tim Hoogland –
Both plugs have control over the printer power (Turning it on/off). The EZPlug+ is the same as the EZPlug but it also has power monitoring features if you care to monitor your printer power usage.
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RAP66 –
Can you cover some of the things needed for home automation for these plugs?
-Rich
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Tim Hoogland –
Our preferred home automation platform is the open source project called “Home Assistant”. You can run it on something as light weight as a Raspberry pi (we recommend the Pi 4 2GB ram or higher). They have a getting started guide here: https://www.home-assistant.io/getting-started/
Some awesome home automation channels to check out are DrZzs and DigiBlur.
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Andrew Simpson –
how would I integrate this with smartthings? MQTT?
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Tim Hoogland –
The Plug has MQTT support in the firmware already. So if you are able to set up an MQTT server to talk to Smartthings it should be possible, we don’t have that documented as we don’t own any Smarthings hubs. We use Home Assistant for Home automation things around here and use MQTT to talk from Home Assistant to the plugs.
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TH3D Employee LookItsRain (verified owner) –
I received a beta unit of the standard ezplug for testing. I had the plug working and connected with octoprint using the tasmota plug-in in 5 minutes without the instructions even being written for the unit. It works and requires no opening and flashing of the plug, and does not send any info out across the internet.
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Mark Galyan (verified owner) –
Have been using both versions for a while now. Love that everything can be handled locally without the need for the cloud. The power monitoring version works great too, nice way to track usage. Got it working easily with Octoprint Tasmota plugin, and now I never have to mess with turning my printer on and off anymore. Love it!
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Will (verified owner) –
I received the standard and plus versions as part of the beta team. They are very simple units, with a big capacity.. Setup took all of 2 minutes to get it on my wifi, and about another 2-3 minutes setting up the Tasmota OctoPrint plugin. Software is based off Tasmota, and can easily be upgraded to vanilla tasmota using the provided template. The power monitoring is awesome, and I love that you don’t have to calibrate the unit like other plugs out there. Tim and the Th3D team have knocked it out of the park with this product, yet again.
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nadav.mavor (verified owner) –
I was part of the public beta team
and using it for a while now in HA the setup was 5 Min and the upgrade to Tasmota was 5 more Min no issues so far i test it under high load (1500W Heater and washer machine) no issues at all
power reporting was on point
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jda2158 (verified owner) –
I’d had many problems with the integration of other products with Home Assistant. This was related to over the air updates that apparently interfered with initialization when Home Assistant reboots with firewall enabled (similar to TP-Link HS-100 HS105). However, with the EZPlug there’s no app to download and no possibility of phoning home to download updates without permission. Using the EZPlug to control two lamps at sunrise/sunset with no problems so far. Requires Home Assistant and MQTT with port 1883 open on server.
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mpoffo (verified owner) –
Is there any way to connect/control them with Alexa as well? I don’t have home assistant set up yet but thinking of it.
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Tim Hoogland –
One of our customers said that if you go into the plug Web interface and then go to Configuration > Configure Other and turn on the “Hue Emulation” then the Amazon Echo can discover it on the network. We haven’t tested this ourselves but you can give it a shot.
You will need to update to the firmware build for the plugs that have the Emulation feature in them. You can download it from the github release here: https://github.com/th3dstudio/EZPlug/releases/tag/102020
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mpoffo (verified owner) –
I bought several of these for my 3D Printers and the set-up was relatively quick and easy. Recommend following Tim’s video and you should be good to go. I like that I have extra added protection in case there is an issue with the printer. Extra peace of mind.
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j.plessner (verified owner) –
Got the EZPlug+ to power my Ender 3 with. Works fantastically. Easy to set up. Love the fact that the plug has a button on the side so you can still manually turn it on and print without going through octoprint if you wish.
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Ken (verified owner) –
Great for octoprint and super easy to set up. Set up video is easy to follow and made setup a breeze. Added so much functionality to octoprint. My favorite is the off with gcode, I have it in my end gcode and set the delay for 5 minutes. That gives the hotend the right amount of time to cool off and then the printer turns off. I also got this to work with fluidd but the integration isn’t as nice as octoprint.
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nnw522 (verified owner) –
I purchased the EZPlug over 6 months ago. I don’t even have to think about, this product simply works. every time I send a job to the printer, it turns on. After a print finishes, it shuts down 10 minutes after. With the Tasmota Plugin in Octoprint, I can set automatic power up/down, add a second independent layer of thermal run away protection, and still directly log in to the EZPlug and toggle power from there as well. Octoprint also has a color coded graph that displays the power consumption, amperage, wattage, and cost per kilo watt over time. Setup was a breeze, I just connected to the plugs own wifi. Put in my wifi”s info and that was it.
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gparach (verified owner) –
I purchased this smart plug to control my Ender 5 printer using OctoPrint, but quickly found out it was useful for my other home automation needs. Since I have a Hubitat home automation hub, I installed the Tasmota driver using the Hubitat Package Manager and then configured the smart plug manually. Now I can control the plug using my Hubitat routines. Next I ticked the device in the Amazon Echo Skill app in Hubitat. Now I can control the smart plug using Alexa too.
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mcurrier79 (verified owner) –
This is a must addon for your printer(s).
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