That's what I initially thought, too.I believe it means the device must be connected to your home WiFi (or some other accessible WiFi) at some point in the setup sequence, and that is what it is telling you to select in your settings.
Apparently you want to use the Sonoff as a portable device, not connected to the wifi network.
One way to do this would be to turn on your phone's hot spot and connect the Sonoff directly to your phone rather than a different wifi network.
Should that be the case here is another option. Use a simple wireless relay card. You can find dozens of them on Amazon and inexpensive. One channel to four channel and more. I played around with a X001M1KEXF which came with two key fobs. Open areas I can get about 100 yards less with walls or losing line of sight. Anyway if you want to play with remote pyrotechnics one of these should work fine.
Ron
The sonoff switch is almost certainly just an ESP8266, and you can download new software to make it locally controllable (but as you don't have the original code, you can't restore it afterwards). The sonof software is designed for distant control via a server (presumably in China?), and requires setting an account up (for free) in order to use it.Yes. This is exactly the case.
I do have a couple of ESP8266 - ESP01S WiFi relay switches for this purpose.
The problem is: they start lagging in their switching on-off and sometimes become completely unresponsive (usually after 5 minutes of usage).
I was unable to find a solution for this really annoying issue and that's why I ended up buying this sonoff switch. I was thinking this would be easier to use and more reliable ...
I use Sonoff without an account. I can turn on/off and have time/temperature functions all locally.The sonof software is designed for distant control via a server (presumably in China?), and requires setting an account up (for free) in order to use it.
Yours is perhaps later than mine then?, mine had/has no local options.I use Sonoff without an account. I can turn on/off and have time/temperature functions all locally.
There are powerful functions that require and account.
When my internet is down the local functions work.
I say "China server" but actually there are many servers worldwide.
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The sonoff switch is almost certainly just an ESP8266, and you can download new software to make it locally controllable (but as you don't have the original code, you can't restore it afterwards). The sonof software is designed for distant control via a server (presumably in China?), and requires setting an account up (for free) in order to use it.
The problem is if you setup most smart phones as a mobile hot spot, as I posted earlier, they have their WiFi disabled so now how do you use the phone with a Sonoff device?Since you don't want to use it at "home", don't set it up with your home wifi network.
If your phone supports being a wifi Hotspot, do this.
1. Set up your phone's Hotspot. The pictures are from my Android phone.
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Be sure to choose the 2.4GHz band.
2. Open the Ewelink app, click the plus sign at the top to add a device, and click quick pairing.
Fill in the network name and password from step 1, make sure you phone Hotspot is enabled, and follow the instructions from here.
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After this is done, you will be able to use the Sonoff device any time your phone Hotspot is on and within range.
If your phone does not have the Hotspot feature, you're out of luck if you want to use the Sonoff away from whatever network it's configured for.
Pray tell me how you accomplished this impossible feat, o great sage.I use Sonoff without an account. I can turn on/off and have time/temperature functions all locally.
There are powerful functions that require and account.
When my internet is down the local functions work.
Since you don't want to use it at "home", don't set it up with your home wifi network.
If your phone supports being a wifi Hotspot, do this.
1. Set up your phone's Hotspot. The pictures are from my Android phone.
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Be sure to choose the 2.4GHz band.
2. Open the Ewelink app, click the plus sign at the top to add a device, and click quick pairing.
Fill in the network name and password from step 1, make sure you phone Hotspot is enabled, and follow the instructions from here.
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After this is done, you will be able to use the Sonoff device any time your phone Hotspot is on and within range.
If your phone does not have the Hotspot feature, you're out of luck if you want to use the Sonoff away from whatever network it's configured for.
I believe it means the device must be connected to your home WiFi (or some other accessible WiFi) at some point in the setup sequence, and that is what it is telling you to select in your settings.
I am already doing all of this.
The problem arises after I hit "NEXT". It demands to be shown a "WiFi access point" and won't add the device until I do that.
I'm stuck at this stage
As I have explained twice now, the phone Hotspot IS THE WIFI ACCESS POINT to allow you to operate away from your home wifi. Perhaps I don't understand your use case.
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