Hi,
I have a brand-new Hubitat C8 Pro and am about to add my first devices. But before I do...
Currently, I have several working devices registered via Tuya Smart or Smart Life, which I control through Google Home.
Do I need to unregister these devices from their current apps before adding them to Hubitat?
Will Google Home experience issues if the same device is registered in two separate systems (e.g., Hubitat and Tuya/Smart Life)?
From my research, it seems I don't need to unregister them. However, if I don’t, how can I ensure these devices are processed locally via Hubitat?
Would a sensible approach be to:
Add devices to Hubitat one by one, ensuring each works as expected, and then...
Unregister the devices from their original apps?
Also, is there a way to unregister multiple devices, en masse, from these cloud services, or would this need to be done individually?
Thank you in advance for any insights or advice.
Bryan
There may be a couple exceptions, but normally there isn't a need to unregister a device from the manufacturer's app. The HE integration should take care of making sure the control of teh device remains local, although note that some devices (WiFi normally) may still need to be controlled be HE via their cloud interface because the manufacturer has walled off or not provided the local interface.
They are probably Wifi devices and there is no good way to integrate them to Hubitat. There is a Tuya cloud integration which requires the devices be added to the Tuya system via one of those apps (you should move them all to the same app).
Possible but not easily for Tuya Wifi
See these for reference:
Discussion of local control of Tuya Smart Wifi devices without flashing firmware
I decided to dive into this over the weekend. I am guessing some people out there have figured some of this out already on their own and maybe it is hiding in this forum somewhere.
I decided to try out a node-red implementation. There are a few out there but this one looked like it had the best documentation and was being maintained still:
Here is my Flow I have setup so far for a LED light strip which will keep…
Hello, by popular demand I have finally gone and bought myself a tuya wifi Bulb (Ledvance) and implemented a driver for local tuya integration to Hubitat. The driver is able to control on/off, color temperature, dim level, and full RGB settings. Bugs might exist, but it seems to work at my end.
If you need a tip on how to get hold of the secret key for Ledvance products see this blog post on the home-assistant forum: LEDVANCE integration - this is how to do it as per 08/22 - Configuration - H…
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Thank you for this info. - apricated. Yes your correct - Wifi plugs. Still on the learning curve - be patient with me.
Honestly I would look into replacing those with Zigbee, Z-wave or Matter. Then sell or give away the Tuya Wifi stuff. You can get TP Link TAPO stuff for a pretty good price and it should be Matter, and also works locally on Wifi/LAN. Zigbee plugs are often pretty good prices too.
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Thank you. That sounds like a sensible plan.
Take a look at this before you do anything. It might help you avoid some gotchas when setting things up.
Just throwing this out there. It may or may not be a help and I'm sure many others will contribute to this thread. Here are a few things to start you off.
Z-wave Devices:
1: You do not need Wink/ST/Vera etc. to exclude your existing z-wave devices. Hubitat can do the exclusion for you. (Make sure you turn off your old hub first!) In most cases this is sufficient before pairing. Sometimes though you may need to factory reset the device. Non Plus z-wave devices may have to be included/excluded …