I use TuyaSmart IR controllers to control some split system A/C units and a couple of TV's. I'm not comfortable flashing Tasmota etc, so I use the Tuyasmart-IFTTT integration combined with Hubitat-IFTTT to do simple on/off control. Not local, not fast, no device status, not ideal, but it works.
Last night TuyaSmart announced they will cancel IFTTT integration 26 May. I'm not sure how many HE users this will impact - certainly not the uber dudes who regularly flash/solder their way to automation heaven - but it effectively disconnects my Tuya devices from the rest of my Hubitat world.
Does this announcement provide sufficient reason for a local TuyaSmart integration that doesn't require a career in software development to be worked out?
Yeah, SmartLife too (basically the same). Annoying because it now defunks 3 outlets I have. So I need to learn how to flash Tasmota or whatever the heck it is
The message I received in my TuyaSmart (aka IFTTT Smart Life) app is that due to IFTTT raising their pricing, and that customers can "achieve similar things within the TuyaSmart app anyway" they decided to end interoperability with IFTTT.
I responded through the provided "Feedback" link that their app was nowhere near what could be enabled thru IFTTT to a systems such as HE/ST/HA/C4 etc, and that they were dreaming if they thought they could cancel IFTTT and not enhance their offering through integration with Hubitat and/or others. The only option for their customers would be live without the automation benefits they purchase the products for, or to throw them out altogether.
I received an automated response repeating the same message.
I simply don't have the expertise (or free time to acquire it) to do go down the Tasmota path, so looks like my Tuya OEM products will be heading for landfill via my recently-created "Devices that Piss Me Off" (Copyright @mike.maxwell) shelf.
nice! good to see another company stepping up, well done Brilliant, I hope it increases your revenues. thanks for the heads-up @medlock.ryan.
unfortunately (well fortunately for me), in the meantime i had to follow through on my threat to Tuya support, and I Tasmota'd my IR blasters and with some awesome help from @markus am now living "Smart Life" free...Tuya can have their closed little ecosystem, i'll take local processing and flexibility any day...
For anyone still looking for a solution, I run a free service called SEQUEmatic which now supports direct integration with Tuya Smart Life. I'm not able to post a link, but if you Google SEQUEmatic it should be easy enough to find.
SEQUEmatic lets you easily create complex home automation sequences, with a wide range of triggers (time based, sunrise/sunset, webhooks - both IFTTT and custom third party webhooks) and a lot of different step types. Most smart devices need to be triggered via IFTTT, but based on user feedback I recently added direct integration with Tuya so you can trigger your Tuya devices from SEQUEmatic sequences.
Worth exploring, even if you simply use it to route requests from IFTTT to Tuya, although hopefully you'll find the other features useful as well and it can provide more to your home automation environment.
Hi @derekjwhitten thanks for sharing, i read the "History of SEQUEmatic" its guys like you who are both smart enough to solve these problems and then take the time to make the solution available to others that make this community so dynamic. i haven't actually used it yet because i ended up going down the tasmota path for my own devices, but flashing devices is painful so next time i need to use a tuya device and don't need local processing i'll definitely be giving it a test drive.
Thanks @sanewton72! Yes, after I set something up for myself I figured why not share it with others. It's been great getting feedback from users and expanding on the different functionalities.
If you do end up using it at some point, just shout out if you have any questions or feedback.
With this driver you can turn the air conditioning on and off, and adjust the temperature (the reference is the cooling temperature), working very well on Alexa
