@selea I'm using several Shelly Plug S with their Home Assistant integration that's built on CoIoT (but they can also do MQTT). They're running on 2.4GHz Wifi.
I assume it's basically the same hardware as the Nous plugs or others that look similar, but Shelly has their own software (that optionally ties into their cloud stuff).
@selea No, it's off by default and has to be enabled on the web interface after connecting to a Wifi network.
(Well technically you can enable MQTT before, as initial configuration and joining an existing Wifi is done by connecting to a default hotspot network generated by the plug.)
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Only thing that immediately comes out of my head is Shelly. It's not a plug thou but a module you wire behind your socket or light switch. It can be controlled via App or MQTT and there are Tasmota builds available if desired.
It's probably not what you're looking for but it can be interesting, too. And with knowledge you can build your own smart socket with it of course.
@selea My knee-jerk response is to say “no” because part of the point of this is to 1) lock you into the vendor’s cloud service and 2) collect your information so it can be monetized, somehow.
Making it open so you can roll your own monitoring solution would not let them monetize.
You might be able to find such a plug but not from an IoT vendor it would be from a speciality IT equipment/hardware engineering studio.
@selea I don’t know a lot about these kinds of places but maybe look at seeed studio (no that’s not a typo). They make a lot of interesting hardware that you can configure however you like.
They’re in China if that sort of thing matters to you.
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