Tuya-Cloudcutter & ESPHome: How-To Guide w/ Home Assistant

[@LukeKroeker]

Worked for one device so far! (I've only tried one, it was a Globe Plug) I'm excited to ditch the Tuya control (even the local mod is still annoying). The video inspired me to finally pick up a used Pi 3+ and get this running. Worked first try without any issues. Great guide (website)! Cheers!

[@digiblurDIY]

It's addicting! I've never had much luck with the Tuya local junk either, all been hit or miss. I've stuck to the ESPHome stuff and it just works.

[@matts9168]

Bro your nails were looking good in that Raspberry Pi shot. I bought my first Matter plugs the other day (used your tutorial on setting up Matter for HA) and think I'm going to try to go that route in the future. I'm tired of fighting China to keep my data local.

[@digiblurDIY]

I just had 'em done! :) I have a few matter devices my self but I'll say I'm not sold on it just yet as I've had a few issues with things on Matter from time to time.

[@omar10wahab]

China doesn't want your data, trust me. You're on a list

[@Stilkdog]

Very good video from start to finish, I'd like to see a part 2 for new users on the settings for the yamls, what they do and reccomended and advance settings. Give like a good little overview so if someone is setting up a new device they can understand how to start building a devices Yaml. Keep up the great information videos!

[@digiblurDIY]

I have done an Esphome beginner guide way back but it could use some updating now. Good idea.

[@Markyboy767]

Appreciate the new video! Only a couple days late after all the Black Friday flashing I did

[@FlyingHellfish]

I have a gosund lamp I haven't used in a long time because I sunset all my Tuya crap, at the time cloudcutter wouldn't work on it but I need to give it another go. Also, good to see another Dark Reader fan and as always, thank you for the no BS, straight talk videos.

[@digiblurDIY]

Thanks! I keep it off the cuff and tell it like it is. Check the firmware version in the Tuya app on those.

[@LinhNguyen-ev8wq]

Great video! I was able to get my feit light bulbs out of the cloud. My bulb did not have a profile so i used a similar one and was able to get it work. Some of the pin layout for the color needed to be adjusted. Do you know where i can submit the bulb profile so that other people dont have to spend time like it did?

[@digiblurDIY]

You can submit it on the Tuya-Cloudcutter github issues and I'm sure they will see it. github.com/tuya-cloudcutter/tuya-cloudcutter/issues

[@jvgorkum]

Thank you Travis for this very complete guide

[@digiblurDIY]

My pleasure!

[@hoctrimededebutry8655]

usefull video as usual !! bravo and thanks for sharing

[@digiblurDIY]

My pleasure!

[@Tntdruid]

Nice get out of the dang ☁️👍😄

[@johnkoester6534]

Hi Travis, thanks for the videos. I was wondering if you have a link for your programming deilybob that you poke the rods through for flashing ESP devices or other devices that use the little solder dots on the board., Thanks again.

[@digiblurDIY]

Which one? the BDM frame? I used here? digiblur.com/2023/09/03/wyze-outdoor-plug-esphome-bluetooth-proxy-how-to

[@nateking892]

Great video im going to try this. I have some Cloudy Bay RGB down lights that i tried to use Tuya kocal woth but I couldnt get it to work. I read about someone manually flashing firmware but also wasnt sure if that would work. Do you know if the devices that use a Gateway to connect can be flashed via this method?

[@digiblurDIY]

Are the lights bluetooth?

[@ESmith]

Congrats on the haircut.

[@digiblurDIY]

OG did it on a live stream last year. So much fun and been easy to maintain with the proper shampoo.

[@ESmith]

@ It’s been a minute since I’ve seen a recent video then. I’ll sub.

[@stevephipps9305]

Nice. Do you think that will work using a Pi zero w

[@digiblurDIY]

If you can use Ethernet or terminal on it and keep the WiFi open.

[@tamildesan837]

Check my comment above. Save yourself from raspberries.

[@shawnhaywood4199]

This is a great video. Thanks! I successfully transitioned a Tuya device to ESPHome, only to discover the water leak sensor doesn't have a profile yet. Is it possible to flash tuya back? Also, how can I accurately identify whether a device can be converted? I'm looking at a wifi socket with a firmware of 1.0.2, but how do I identify more details? I checked the firmware on cloudcutter, but I'm still not certain whether this device will work.

[@digiblurDIY]

I wouldn't do battery wifi devices and they are not great nor would I try to flash them either. Check to see if they have a profile for that firmware version and just try it is really the only way.

[@shawnhaywood4199]

@@digiblurDIY thank you. Is it possible to flash back to OEM?

[@composer47]

Laughed at the MC Hammer quick cameo

[@digiblurDIY]

I had to do it! Just like the let it rip segment 😎

[@222inverter]

Thanks for the latest info of getting rid of Tuya...I've got a load of smart plugs i want to convert to ESPHome...I'll see if this sorts it..?

[@digiblurDIY]

Yup, check what firmware version is on them.

[@wapphigh5250]

Can you do this to Tuya smart locks and gateways like the G2?

[@digiblurDIY]

Probably not as this for more of the simple WiFi devices.

[@noisufnoc]

Is this the new tuya-convert?

[@digiblurDIY]

Tuya convert was for ESP based chipset devices. While being somewhat similar, it is for the newer Beken based ones.

[@avri210984]

Hi Travis how did you create a shortcut to the esphome devices list?

[@digiblurDIY]

Try this...the older website ate up the formatting when it got converted over to the new one but you can get the gist of things. If not hit me up in discord as I don't think YT will let me post the full block either. digiblur.com/2020/12/04/how-to-add-custom-panels-in-home-assistant

[@doar.zevel.2024]

Great tutorial, could you please add or write me how to install the tuya cloud cutter with a docker container on an ubuntu

[@digiblurDIY]

There isn't one, you could do a VM

[@xxstormuxx]

Does this work in tuya zigbee devices or WiFi only?

[@terrywithers5248]

the zigbee device have paired to zigbee2mqtt with minimal problems for me. I have a few devices that have been running for a year so far.

[@RamonEgberts]

Zigbee is already local. All Tuya Zigbee devices I have connect to Zigbee2MQTT. Besides isn't Esp home for wifi (and maybe Thread) devices only?

[@xxstormuxx]

I meant tuya zigbee 3.0. That tuya server getting on my nerves because once in a while you have to do that log in . About esp home I think you're right

[@digiblurDIY]

WiFi chipset devices. Zigbee, just add that to your Zigbee2MQTT or ZHA setup

[@jmr]

I was wondering if Cloudcutter still worked on current stuff.

[@Markyboy767]

As long as the devices haven’t been updated they should be fine to flash with cloudcutter. I think there are some new firmwares coming out that aren’t flashable OTA at the moment.

[@digiblurDIY]

It depends on the firmware version.

[@ivlis32]

Nice video, but almost all devices I bought recently are not flashable, either a profile does not exist (and creating one is for a faint of heart) or just patched firmware.

[@digiblurDIY]

You don't have to create a new profile. That's more of the Tuya cloudcutter devs doing that from the manual firmware dumps. Do the other exploits work?

[@MrSupersidewinder]

I still haven't gotten Z2M working on my new HAOS box😢

[@digiblurDIY]

What part are you stuck on?

[@MrSupersidewinder]

@digiblurDIY the logs say heardsman not started, Z2M says no path provided, I've tried device by serial id and the simple path device/TTY1... Using a proven sonoff 2652p from my previous install. ZHA sees the dongle. Mqtt sees the traffic when I start Z2M.

[@eric169eric169]

Someone have try it with a Raspebrry Pi5? My Pi5 won't connect on LAN (no light on the port) with the OS, but work with the normal Pi5 OS

[@digiblurDIY]

Ooo that's going to need the newer pi5 supported raspbian. It might work with a couple fixes on network manager

[@Bigglare]

Its as if you're not buying Zigbee or Zwave products?

[@digiblurDIY]

I have a couple Zwave and quite a bit of Zigbee but not everything are those protocols unfortunately.

[@OldCurmudgeon3DP]

Amazon stock is zero for many of the bulbs and strips linked from your site. Not that I'm looking for any right this minute.

[@digiblurDIY]

Sucks they discontinued the Cree ones. Those were great. These should be available amzn.to/41vslon

[@OldCurmudgeon3DP]

@digiblurDIY grabbed a set. Thanks.

[@yousaf.saleem]

it still works?

[@digiblurDIY]

Yup. I use on devices still today.

[@al6r725]

Depends on the device firmware. I got some Daybetter RGB-CT bulbs that came with patched firmware. I just went the LocalTuya route in Home Assistant since I couldn't cloud cut them. They're disconnected from the internet but controllable locally.

[@MartinHiggs84]

F9 deletes rows in Nano editor from memory

[@jpierce1987]

Watching just for fun, but I took the shortcut method and just got Matter devices

[@digiblurDIY]

Ooof... Thats a nope for me. Matter can be a mess at times plus you can't do custom stuff with your devices.

[@jpierce1987]

@digiblurDIY genuinely curious what you mean. New to Home Assistant (3 weeks) and I haven't had any issues at all. What custom stuff am I missing? Only thing I've noticed is lighting effects, which they've said is coming in the future, but I don't really ever use effects.

[@digiblurDIY]

@jpierce1987 I have had on multiple occasions where devices dropped off, had to be paired again, Matter stopped working entirely. The pain of having to use ipv6 and forward that traffic over vlans is another pain point. Custom stuff example would be the configurations of say multi button press to trigger other devices and actions.

[@jpierce1987]

@@digiblurDIY Might be worth another look since they updated the matter server. I have them all on my main ipv4 network and not a single issue at all. They respond immediately, as if I flipped the light switch. I'm using multi manager, so they are currently managed by HA, Google Home and the aidot app (for when my kids want the lighting effects in their room.) Also have matter smart plugs all over, no issues there. I think they might have fixed whatever bugs previously existed, because it's been great. 30+ matter devices in my setup. I was expecting issue, which is why I set them up in Google Home to have a fallback, but they've been flawless.

[@TuncayAyhan]

11:17 Victims? You mean lucky ones that get a ESPHome pardon 😂.

[@digiblurDIY]

Indeed! The ones I can let 'em roam free and not worry about.

[@Anthony-kd2tbi]

Sadly the current Tuya version made it so this exploit doesn't work anymore. If you want to use this exploit do not let the device update to the current firmware version.

[@mg3299]

Tuya has patched the exploit with the newer firmware? So it’ll be a roll of the dice when we buy this devices?

[@ryanhelder]

Can you provide the specific firmware versions that do and do not work?

[@digiblurDIY]

More or less asking around, many of them haven't been patched and do not have updates.

[@digiblurDIY]

github.com/tuya-cloudcutter/tuya-cloudcutter/wiki/Known-Patched-Firmware

[@AndrewColemanNetEng]

Video stops at 1 min in.

[@digiblurDIY]

YT deleted the rest?

[@jhonsmith1117]

Not useful. Cloudcutter doesn't work on most Tuya devices now, its been patched.

[@digiblurDIY]

Still quite a few out there unpatched

[@MNHemiGuy]

Use addon "Local Tyua" inside home assistant vs standard "Tyua" addon.

[@digiblurDIY]

@MNHemiGuy gross

[@MNHemiGuy]

@@digiblurDIY Agreed - Tuya cloud is gross! Well I went for it, got all the way to a successful flash and my Tuya "TY1CHA5-RF" smartswitch that has the CB3S - with Chip BK7231N. It now shows up on my network as "Smartlife-4486". I cant seem to connect to the smartswitch via my phone or PC to load the new ESPhome Bin files. I tried just going to the IP address as well with no luck. Tried several reboots and slow blink searching/connect attempts and seem to be stuck.