Changing default behaviour on the ESPHome Local Bytes UK Power Plug

BertQuodge

I’ve just bought a few ESPHome flashed Local Bytes power plugs. I need to configure the default relay state on boot differently on each device. I’ve found a note, in the getting started guide, that says to change the default behaviour I would need to edit the substitutions (thought the articles doesn’t ’t say what file to edit). I believe this change would apply to all of the plugs though and I need to change each plug individually.

How can I add code, presumably within the ESPHome code editor, for each device to either power its relay on or off on boot?

Thanks

AAllport

Hi BertQuodge,
Thanks for reaching out.

You would be correct that modifying such a setting would be via the ESPHome Addon.
Each device should have an edit button, which will present a bunch of YAML, at the top of which will be a block called substitutions

substitutions:
   # Aka: `restore_mode` in documentation
   # Options: `RESTORE_DEFAULT_OFF`, `RESTORE_DEFAULT_ON`, `ALWAYS_ON` & `ALWAYS_OFF`
   default_state: "RESTORE_DEFAULT_OFF"

You’ll want to modify the default state and then save & upload to each device.
All of the ESPHome devices we sell are updatable over the air, so, you can click “Wirelessly” when prompted and the addon should handle the rest!

You can find more info here: LocalBytes Blog | Getting Started ESPHome | Changing Power On Behaviour

BertQuodge

That’s great, thanks for your help.