Ok - thank you.
anyone knows what this 2x quick flashing means? Troublesooting manual was not attached. And what does it mean: manual control?
All seems OK here, the device stays connected.
Can you try new batteries ?
The Battery level decoded is only 36%, maybe there is not enough energy left to actuate the valve? 
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No, that's not normal. Pressing the button on the device itself should open and close the valve. Sounds like you may have received a bad valve.
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I did. Several times different sets. Because i didnāt know IF i can Trust the Numbers shown. For surÄ not batteries
What type of batteries are you using? Alkaline type, or Zync, or rechargeable?
Pressing the button on the device should always trigger the valve on or off, regardless of the Zigbee connection status and the driver used.
If you still can not control the valve manually, you may have had the bad luck of receiving a faulty device.
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Another device (exchanged) and same story
Button do nothing
WhatsApp does it mean that it Works in manual modÄ?
SO device exchanged to New one
Its connected to the network-log no errors and see all the commands
Ping works
But valve is not reacting
This device is not flashing two times. But as will not reacting on a button
It Works in manual controlling?.. WhatsApp does it mean?
āmanual controlā is reported back from the Sonoff valve and means that the valve is manually controlled - either from the physical button or from the Zigbee interface open/close commands. This is opposite to the automatic closure mode when the valve will close after reaching a preset water volume or after a preset timeout.
The valve should be fully controllable from the physical button even when not paired to any Zigbee hubā¦
Can you post a screenshot of the valve firmware version - it can be found at the bottom of the Device Info tab, above the Zigbee model and Manufacturer data.
The SWV firmware is the same version as mineā¦
I canāt recall if you answered about the battery types - are they alcaline type ?
Must be 1.5V cells, not 1.2 rechargeableā¦. This is the only thing that comes in my mind.
Alkaline 1.5
Its not reacting on phisical button
To fully exclude the possibility that the Zigbee connection is preventing the manual control - you can factory reset the valve by holding the physical button pressed for more than 5 seconds. do NOT put the hub in pairing mode!. The devices will start blinking the LED waiting for a Zigbee coordinator, but after a few minutes will time out and should stop complaining. The valve should be in a fully offline mode then.
Will a short press of the valve button flip the valve open/closed then?
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Hello
I bought third valve and finally Works.
For all of you installing the valve I want to share my experience. @kkossev was right. With this device super important are BATTERIES. I installed agiain my set of alkaline betteries which were showing 77% power. I considered them OK.
I did such steps:
- IConnected the valve to Water (previously tested not connected)
- Installed batteries far from the HUB not to let it try to connect
- Waited 5min
- Started to operatu the valve only from the button
It worked. So in this case I knew itās ok.
After 3 or for cycles it stopped working. So the only idea was: BATTERIES!
Exchaned them to brand new power batteries and all works fine on @kkossev driver
Last one doubt:
Water lickage is very senstive thing. I want to operaty my garden irrigation when Iām not at home. What will happen when the batteries will go down to for example 77% and the valve will not react to commands.
I remember from my previous test that the status was online. Valve was exchanging info with the HUB in the log. All looked like itās operating but the power was to low to open/close. How I can prevent any fuckup. You knowā¦. Iāll open irigation and will not be able to close it again.
I've had one of these sonoff valves in use over a year and the alkaline batteries are still at 99%. If the valve does indeed quit at 77% , then change them at 80%. If these work like the b-hyve that I also have, the valve won't open if it thinks the batteries are too low to turn back off.
My first thought though is that you may have had a bad battery in the ones you were originally using. These valves, based on the 3 that I have, will last quite a long time on a set of batteries.
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