I am not sure how to ask this question correctly but in short:
If I have a WiFi (no Matter) Device is it any way to convert it
into Matter Device with whatever external bridge?
My use case is.
I have a Tuya-smart Vertical Blinds with WiFi control.
It has two motors - one for Open/Close and a second one for Tilting.
Thanks to the driver written by @holand.ivar I have a 100% local control (no cloud is involved) but occasionally the Device becomes unresponsive without any visible reason. Plus status reporting requires periodic polling (polling is done only while rule is active). Just in case I called blinds manufacture (Graywind) asking if they have a Matter (or Zigbee) version Motor. Unfortunately this is not a case. So, I wonder if there is a some sort of WiFi to WiFi-Matter bridge? I am sure in theory this could be done but may not be practical.
Probably because the Zigbee devices have explicit profiles that define the controller to device interface for most functions. Wifi devices are in the wild-wild-wild-west with no standard API interface for either the manufacturer's cloud or the device itself. There is also no sheriff in town.
A bridge doesn't convert the devices to matter, only the bridge is matter and takes matter commands and pushes those to it's attached devices... Matter bridges at the moment are not supported by hubitat but can be via community drivers if anyone writes one.
Even if the manufacturer provided a Matter bridge for this device (and that is probably the only way this could happen), what is the reason for thinking it would solve this particular problem? I don't think it would...
Yes. I had a hard time to clearly formulate my question. Both are WiFi protocols. I was wondering if Tuya can comeup with their Matter Bridge wich takes Matter comands and sends them to non Matter but WiFi device. I am already using community driver which provides a !00% local control but unfortunately this driver is not 100% stable (device occasionally becomes unresponsive).
Before I found a local driver for this device I starded with Tuya cloud integration (via HA). It worked much better but it was cloud-based. I love cloud integration "so much" so I can tolerate occasional failures vs using clouds. So, Tuya definitely can make it local (via Matter) and far more stable.
