Awesome video! I saw the length and almost gave up, but your instructions were easy to follow and very straight forward, so thank you for that! even though Tuya won't let me subscribe to all required APIs the couple of floodlights I own work fine. +1 sub!
Thank You.. I'm from Australia and we have these rebranded TUYA lights, switches and sockets (GRID CONNECT) and this worked great. hopefully it continues to work.
This is a fantastic video Eddie! Thank you very much. I've been getting by with this plugin for over a year now but gaining the understanding of how to configure the Device Types puts things on a new level. I hope they release a local version soon! Homebridge paired with Tuya, Ewelink, WiZ, and Ring - Cams & Alarm + Homebridge Dummy + Lutron Caséta LEAP (for smart Pico button control) have made for a Smart Home that even my wife is beginning to enjoy!
Thanks for the video.. The only thing that you didnt cover was how to link Homebridge to the Homekit so that it imports. Ive scanned the code and it still wont import it into my home kit.. everything else is working great, just cant get it into homekit to acutally active them :( any help would be great
Hey Liana .. Appreciate the feedback. To add to Apple Homekit - All you have to do is open the apple home app > tap on the plus sign > add accessory > scan the QR code that you see on the homebridge dashboard. And you will be prompted to add the bridge to a room and it will expose the devices to the home app. Let me know if it worked for you. Thanks
Great advice. I got as far as adding the devices (bridge) into HomeKit but my three devices are labelled as not responsive. In the Tuya Developer portal they are offline. However, I can use them normally in the Tuya app itself. Any ideas?
Would you happen to know if there is a list of supported devices somewhere? I don't mean supported device types or api calls, but a full listing of say smart led bulbs that support the tuya plugin? Thank you!
Hey Eddie can I ask u which RGBW smart bulbs you use, cause I bought some RGBW Tuya smart wifi bulbs on Ali express but they don’t work like their supposed to do, it doesn’t appear the switch on the Tuya app and so it does not work right on Apple home, it says no response and on Tuya developer playform the light bulbs always result offline even if they are linked.
I got these pt.aliexpress.com/item/1005006125256143.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.35.1061caa4gftIWq&gatewayAdapt=glo2bra They do bother at times with connectivity. What I do is power on and power off to have them to work again.
Hi thanks for the video. I have a wt5 controller of a led strip rgb and cct, my instruction in homekit of white or warm white does not understand it, I have to give any specific order ? is it necessary to pay for this service ?
How do you get past the 10 controllable device quota in the Tuya platform? I have all 25 of my devices succesfully showing up, and homebridge (and homekit) can read the state of all of them, but I can only actually control 10 of them, which matches the controllable device quota. I don't see a way past this. I have identical devices that are all the same category - some work, some won't. Trying to control them via debug in the tuya developer platform also tells me "Your controllable device pool quota is insufficient"
@@eddiedsuza I have the exact same issue. I can only control around a maximum of 10. The rest only has 'read' permissions. My device count is 50. Do you have any ideas how to fix this or get around this limitation? thanks
@ thanks eddie, yeah it is really weird, because it says max nr of controllable devices 10. Perhaps it changed? I tried everything within the Tuya platform but I cannot control more than 10. Could you check yours what happens if you make a new project?
In my case it just "magically" started working after a few days. I literally made no changes. The platform still claims a limit of 10 and still shows most of my devices as read only but they are all now controllable anyway via homebridge. 🤷♂️ I don't love the dependency on the Tuya cloud platform anyway and am planning to eventually move everything to matter compatible devices but for now it's working...I guess?
Hi Eddie, Thank you! I always enjoy your videos. I am interested in understanding your logic in deciding to sacrifice your smart home privacy while using Tuya. If I remember correctly you were always a proponent of private, locally controlled devices and automations. I know Tuya products are extremely affordable, but the question will always be if using their products are worth the privacy tradeoff. Am I missing something? Is there a component of the Tuya integration with HomeKit that IS private and/or local?
Hi Joseph, Appreciate the feedback and that's a legitimate question you bought up. And firstly I don't use Tuya cameras since all of mine are Unifi Protect and do work locally. Secondly, the Tuya devices I have use their 3.4 & 3.5 protocol where I haven't yet found any working Tuya local plugin, currently mostly support the 3.3 protocol. But I do see some traction for Tuya local plugins to support Tuya's newer protocol. That's why I had to use this plugin to get the adaptive lighting support as well. Then for the security part - thru Unifi - I setup a IoT VLAN and applied rules to not access my main network .. However for the GU10 - I may shift to zigbee protocol to get the complete local control.
You will need to check within the technical specifications if the device supports color temperature from 2700 to 6500 and does white color. That's what I typically look in smart lights to support adaptive lighting
Tuya`s trial period access to API is fihished, none of plugins in Homedbridge can`t connect from this moment, what should I do now? oh I get it, I should to watch this video till the end)
I’m still using the local tuya plugin, after following one of your tutorials. Does this plugin have any major advantages that make it worth making my setup cloud based?
The only advantage right now is that it supports Tuyas newer protocols like 3.4 and 3.5 plus the camera view in Apple Home. My next videos talks about this as well
Hey, thanks for the video! What are the advantages of using the 3.4 and 3.5 newer protocols? I already have HA running, but am in doubt about which Smart devices to buy. Mostly interested in sensors and light switches.
I am using Local Tuya in Home Assistant but anytime I restart my HA without internet connection, the lights becomes unavailable but the switches work fine. Any fix?
I am also having the same issue but what I do restart HA and double check if all the devices are available on your network and can be accessed thru Tuya as well
@@eddiedsuza yeah there are all available on the network but not in Home Assistant. I have a tuya RGB strip controller which has a physical button, I press it and it becomes available in Home Assistant but the bulbs have no physical buttons so they become unavailable unless connected to internet
@@eddiedsuza so now I prefer to buy zigbee devices instead of the wifi. I bought the wifi bulbs when starting with smart home and knew nothing about them
Nice Video Eddy. What country do you live? I’ve been alternating between homebridge and home assistant and end up abandoning homenridge because could not get the zigbee dongle to work. And was never a server I could rely on. In my case home assistant have been super reliable. Are you still using home assistant?
Hey Roberto! I live in Brazil. Well I tried all the HA tuya plugins and for some reason it’s been a hit and miss. Not sure if it’s because of the device or my network. However this HB plugin as been reliable and BTW the developer has worked at Tuya as well. That’s why I said to check out the plugin issue on local / cloud control. At the same time I use both HA and HB
What is the username and password? Which account is it? Your Tuya developer account or your Tuya devices account? Also what is my country code in the US? Is it 1?
You’ll need to create a new one to access the IoT platform. For the homebridge plugin - you’ll need to use the apps username and password together with the IoT platform client id and key.
@@eddiedsuza Is this my normal Tuya app username/password? Or is there a place I have to create that username/password? Thank you for your help Eddie!!
I figured it out- it is my Tuya app account (not developer) login but just for others who might be reading this- I ended up having to change my password to a more simple password short with lowercase and numbers
hi there, i keep on getting login failed error in the homebridge platform What username and password should i use there? email address for tuya account?
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Awesome video! I saw the length and almost gave up, but your instructions were easy to follow and very straight forward, so thank you for that! even though Tuya won't let me subscribe to all required APIs the couple of floodlights I own work fine. +1 sub!
Thank You.. I'm from Australia and we have these rebranded TUYA lights, switches and sockets (GRID CONNECT) and this worked great. hopefully it continues to work.
Glad it helped ! Cheers
This is a fantastic video Eddie! Thank you very much.
I've been getting by with this plugin for over a year now but gaining the understanding of how to configure the Device Types puts things on a new level. I hope they release a local version soon!
Homebridge paired with Tuya, Ewelink, WiZ, and Ring - Cams & Alarm + Homebridge Dummy + Lutron Caséta LEAP (for smart Pico button control) have made for a Smart Home that even my wife is beginning to enjoy!
Thank you so much. For me that's a success story to get everything integrated into HomeKit plus get the family approval stamp as well. Cheers
Fabulous video - thanks so much for posting it. Really helped me! Andrew in London
@@andrewpndavies thank you. Cheers 🍻
Thanks for the video.. The only thing that you didnt cover was how to link Homebridge to the Homekit so that it imports. Ive scanned the code and it still wont import it into my home kit.. everything else is working great, just cant get it into homekit to acutally active them :( any help would be great
Hey Liana .. Appreciate the feedback. To add to Apple Homekit - All you have to do is open the apple home app > tap on the plus sign > add accessory > scan the QR code that you see on the homebridge dashboard. And you will be prompted to add the bridge to a room and it will expose the devices to the home app. Let me know if it worked for you. Thanks
Firstly, thank you Eddie. After it was all said and done, the Modern Flames Orion fireplace give me an "unsupported device" error in homebridge.
Please reach out to the plugin developer to get device support
Great advice. I got as far as adding the devices (bridge) into HomeKit but my three devices are labelled as not responsive. In the Tuya Developer portal they are offline. However, I can use them normally in the Tuya app itself. Any ideas?
Oh that’s a normal thing - just power cycle the device and will show up as online
9:00 omg re-logging in worked!!!
🎉🎉🎉
Excellent Video my man, Really inspires me to make my own quality content. Cheers again for the incredibly useful brain download.
Your Welcome ! Cheers
Would you happen to know if there is a list of supported devices somewhere? I don't mean supported device types or api calls, but a full listing of say smart led bulbs that support the tuya plugin? Thank you!
From what I understand - This is all depends on the manufacturer - do they support Tuya or not ? cause the firmware used will be picked up the plugin.
Hey Eddie can I ask u which RGBW smart bulbs you use, cause I bought some RGBW Tuya smart wifi bulbs on Ali express but they don’t work like their supposed to do, it doesn’t appear the switch on the Tuya app and so it does not work right on Apple home, it says no response and on Tuya developer playform the light bulbs always result offline even if they are linked.
I got these pt.aliexpress.com/item/1005006125256143.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.35.1061caa4gftIWq&gatewayAdapt=glo2bra
They do bother at times with connectivity. What I do is power on and power off to have them to work again.
Thank you my brother, very useful video! Keep up the good work
Your welcome ! Cheers 🥂
Hi Eddie. how can I add it to homebridge for tuya's rf/r controller? Homekit sees it but I get an error that it is not supported
What does Homebridge logs say ?
excellent! Eddy 👏👏👏👏
Many thanks!! Cheers
Hi. Thank you for the vid. Link app account is greyed out in Tuya developer platform. How do I link my Tuya smart app? Thanks
Appreciate the feedback and please select the right server region to link the app
Hi thanks for the video. I have a wt5 controller of a led strip rgb and cct, my instruction in homekit of white or warm white does not understand it, I have to give any specific order ? is it necessary to pay for this service ?
In this case you will need to change the data points and will be more better using the Tuya local plugin
Thanks for your reply ! 😊 and its free service tuya plataform for personal use ?
Do you know how to change the light type from CW to RGBCCT or RGBW+WW?
You'll need to refer to the plugin Wiki to configure the changes
Hey Eddie, how do I turn the devices status to online once they are offline?
Reboot the device by turning off the/ on the device.
Where can I find the/ to turn it off?
@ you need to power cycle the device
Thank you Eddie!!
This could work with the locks in Tuya smart?
Based on the supported device list - It does support locks github.com/0x5e/homebridge-tuya-platform/blob/develop_1.7.0/SUPPORTED_DEVICES.md
How do you get past the 10 controllable device quota in the Tuya platform? I have all 25 of my devices succesfully showing up, and homebridge (and homekit) can read the state of all of them, but I can only actually control 10 of them, which matches the controllable device quota. I don't see a way past this. I have identical devices that are all the same category - some work, some won't. Trying to control them via debug in the tuya developer platform also tells me "Your controllable device pool quota is insufficient"
You want to make sure under IoT - you want to select device count between 50-100
@@eddiedsuza I have the exact same issue. I can only control around a maximum of 10. The rest only has 'read' permissions. My device count is 50. Do you have any ideas how to fix this or get around this limitation? thanks
@@iTzCalvinFTW I have added the total number of devices in the policy and I can use / control 32 devices with no Hiccups
@ thanks eddie, yeah it is really weird, because it says max nr of controllable devices 10. Perhaps it changed? I tried everything within the Tuya platform but I cannot control more than 10. Could you check yours what happens if you make a new project?
In my case it just "magically" started working after a few days. I literally made no changes. The platform still claims a limit of 10 and still shows most of my devices as read only but they are all now controllable anyway via homebridge. 🤷♂️
I don't love the dependency on the Tuya cloud platform anyway and am planning to eventually move everything to matter compatible devices but for now it's working...I guess?
hey eddie i am still getting this messages "Error: connect ECONNREFUSED ::1:80" any ideas ?
thanks
Check the user credentials (thats what I would check)
Hi Eddie, thanks so much for a very precise tutorial. Will MaOS communicate with Tuya devices without Raspberry inbetween?
Yes you can as its communicating with Tuya's cloud services and you'll also need to have Homebridge installed on your MacOs
Hi Eddie,
Thank you! I always enjoy your videos.
I am interested in understanding your logic in deciding to sacrifice your smart home privacy while using Tuya. If I remember correctly you were always a proponent of private, locally controlled devices and automations.
I know Tuya products are extremely affordable, but the question will always be if using their products are worth the privacy tradeoff.
Am I missing something?
Is there a component of the Tuya integration with HomeKit that IS private and/or local?
Hi Joseph,
Appreciate the feedback and that's a legitimate question you bought up. And firstly I don't use Tuya cameras since all of mine are Unifi Protect and do work locally. Secondly, the Tuya devices I have use their 3.4 & 3.5 protocol where I haven't yet found any working Tuya local plugin, currently mostly support the 3.3 protocol. But I do see some traction for Tuya local plugins to support Tuya's newer protocol. That's why I had to use this plugin to get the adaptive lighting support as well. Then for the security part - thru Unifi - I setup a IoT VLAN and applied rules to not access my main network .. However for the GU10 - I may shift to zigbee protocol to get the complete local control.
Is there a Tuya strip lights that supports adaptive lighting?
You will need to check within the technical specifications if the device supports color temperature from 2700 to 6500 and does white color. That's what I typically look in smart lights to support adaptive lighting
Any suggestions?
@@victorsoquite9713 I don't have any cause haven't installed them ...
Tuya`s trial period access to API is fihished, none of plugins in Homedbridge can`t connect from this moment, what should I do now? oh I get it, I should to watch this video till the end)
Thanks a lot Eddie, it works!
Glad to know ! Cheers 🍻
great info :)
Your welcome ! Cheers
I’m still using the local tuya plugin, after following one of your tutorials. Does this plugin have any major advantages that make it worth making my setup cloud based?
The only advantage right now is that it supports Tuyas newer protocols like 3.4 and 3.5 plus the camera view in Apple Home. My next videos talks about this as well
@@eddiedsuza okay awesome. Thank you. And keep doing what you’re doing - it’s hands down the most helpful channel for homebridge builds. 🙏
@@ahmadnaik4951 your welcome .. Cheers
Hey, thanks for the video!
What are the advantages of using the 3.4 and 3.5 newer protocols?
I already have HA running, but am in doubt about which Smart devices to buy. Mostly interested in sensors and light switches.
I am using Local Tuya in Home Assistant but anytime I restart my HA without internet connection, the lights becomes unavailable but the switches work fine. Any fix?
I am also having the same issue but what I do restart HA and double check if all the devices are available on your network and can be accessed thru Tuya as well
@@eddiedsuza yeah there are all available on the network but not in Home Assistant. I have a tuya RGB strip controller which has a physical button, I press it and it becomes available in Home Assistant but the bulbs have no physical buttons so they become unavailable unless connected to internet
@@asopok I just power cycle the lights but god knows why after few days it shows as offline in HA :(
@@eddiedsuza so now I prefer to buy zigbee devices instead of the wifi. I bought the wifi bulbs when starting with smart home and knew nothing about them
After link the account there is no device data import 😢?
please ensure you are using the right regions to scan the QR code and your devices are available
thnkx borther but i dont fina tab for lin tua app account
Its the me icon (lower right hand corner) and then on the top right hand corner - tap on the scan icon to link account
Nice Video Eddy. What country do you live? I’ve been alternating between homebridge and home assistant and end up abandoning homenridge because could not get the zigbee dongle to work. And was never a server I could rely on. In my case home assistant have been super reliable. Are you still using home assistant?
Hey Roberto! I live in Brazil. Well I tried all the HA tuya plugins and for some reason it’s been a hit and miss. Not sure if it’s because of the device or my network. However this HB plugin as been reliable and BTW the developer has worked at Tuya as well. That’s why I said to check out the plugin issue on local / cloud control. At the same time I use both HA and HB
What is the username and password? Which account is it? Your Tuya developer account or your Tuya devices account? Also what is my country code in the US? Is it 1?
You’ll need to create a new one to access the IoT platform. For the homebridge plugin - you’ll need to use the apps username and password together with the IoT platform client id and key.
@@eddiedsuza Is this my normal Tuya app username/password? Or is there a place I have to create that username/password? Thank you for your help Eddie!!
I figured it out- it is my Tuya app account (not developer) login but just for others who might be reading this- I ended up having to change my password to a more simple password short with lowercase and numbers
Why is it better than sonnof.
For its cheapness and availability
What’s up with the fake accent ? Just use your regular Indian accent !
I am glad you noticed it :P
hi there,
i keep on getting login failed error in the homebridge platform
What username and password should i use there? email address for tuya account?
@@abyash1994 use the same credentials as the app and not the IoT platform
i managed to add it eventually, but i can not fully control my lights. i can only adjust the RGB function
Do you have a discord server to chat about smart home?
Hey Timothy - currently I don’t have a discord server.