[BETA] Tuya Cloud Driver (Limited device support)

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555

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone had tried a wifi smart lock with this integration?
I would like to buy one but I would like to know if I would be able to catch key pressed in real time, I would like to manage code entered from Hubitat (webcore). I have other devices that works great but with my cleaning robot I have to use virtual switch to know it’s state etc
Any comment on this?
I know it could depend of the brand but if it’s possible it will be a good start! Someone wants to give one to me and was asking if it could be added in my smart home hub…

Thanks!

556

Bumping this. It's weird and needs someone to explain what's happening.

For my Smartlife ceiling fan, the "Tuya Home Devices" device list in Hubitat shows a device named "Ceiling Fan" as type "Generic Component Fan Light Control". Within that there is the option to set level and speed etc. The only thing that works is the light. On and off - dimming by level works a little bit, but the lowest dim setting is super bright. Regardless, the setting of the fan speed does nothing there. However, there is also a child device called "Fan". From in there I can control the fan. It's device type is "Generic Component Fan Control".
I think this should either show two children, one for fan and one for light, OR, no child processes and just main one with both the light and fan speed working. The way it is now is hokey.

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557

Hi everyone,

Since last (Beta) Firmware update 2.4.1.103, all child devices created by this app do not work properly.

When turned on or off, the device doesn’t respond, or responds after a couple of seconds.

Has anyone noticed this problem?

Icons created on dashboards don’t work, but on the device page on/off switch they work properly most of the time.

Any ideas?

Edit: Has anyone had this same behavior since last update?

558

I installed this driver and able to access all my tuya wifi devices via Hubitat except one. This missing one is a fish feeder and the product name is in Chinese 鱼缸喂食器. I can see this device in tuya developer platform but not in the Hubitat. Not sure if the device is not recognized because of the product name in Chinese, any idea or thoughts to make it work with Hubitat?

Update

Device event shows - not support this device

With little bit research on the tuya cloud platform, i see the Product Category is 'ygwsq' which i dont see in the driver code. Can anyone help adding this device to the driver? Appreciate the help.

Device properties
{
"result": {
"properties": [
{
"code": "switch_1",
"custom_name": "",
"dp_id": 1,
"time": 1738515750409,
"type": "bool",
"value": false
},
{
"code": "countdown",
"custom_name": "",
"dp_id": 6,
"time": 1738515671304,
"type": "value",
"value": 0
}
]
},
"success": true,
"t": 1738524354287,
"tid": "8530bdbde19b11efb364423a6d1d6b63"
}

559

Just tried to renew my developer account and they are no longer allowing free developer renewals. :frowning: Home assistant may be the only option unless the Hubitat community comes up with a solution. I don't have a lot of Wi-Fi enabled devices but for some things there are no other options. Any other suggestions for these devices

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560

oh, i must have been lucky. I renewed mine just last week

561

Apparently you're only allowed to renew once

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562

Sorry to hear that...

Knock on wood - my free account still works!

When I created it 4 years ago, I named it 'homeassistant' - maybe this has immunized my account from expiring .. :slight_smile:

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As I posted above, Tuya recently cut off the free accounts for Homey new users, but for now the Home Assistant integration is still free. However, as far as I know, Home Assistant uses other authentication methods; they worked together with Tuya on this integration.

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563

Does anyone know if Hubitat is actively working on an official Tuya integration/app? I hate to have to install Home Assistant for just a few items but issues like this seem to force people into dropping Hubitat for HA once they start playing with HA. Anyone in this thread have HA experience? What are your thoughts on the switch to HA?

564

I just extended for the 3rd(4th, 5th?) time for another six months.
:crossed_fingers:

565

Home Assistant as an open source community project may be the only exception that Tuya will allow to use their cloud resources for free ,,,

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566

Its cloud based and proprietary, so highly unlikely.

There are ways you can control the device locally using the Tuya DPI system but it is very convoluted and you basically have to customize the driver by hand for every different device. I also found it to not be very reliable.

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