The End of TUYA V2? (Troubleshooting Tuya + Upcoming Features)

[@gazgadgets]

Thanks Mark. So relieved to hear Tuya are bringing the Core Integration in line with V2. My experience was a major step backward going from V2 to Core. I lost power monitoring from a switch and a new Humidifier wasn't found. I was also very disappointed Tuya have gone cold on local access. I hope Tuya stick with it. Can't wait for the next version. Thanks again for sharing.

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Gary. Thanks as always! I'm glad they are using one central point and now committing to HA and not a separate repo. Franck has done an awesome job with the integration enhancement, improvements and re writes. Lots coming for 2021.11 (Your missing stuff should be in it - Check Franck's Twitter for some more sneak peaks :) )

[@scout-ww4ck]

me 2 lost energy monitoring :(((

[@tempdemp1622]

Does the new Tuya integration capture the energy data (live and historical) in HA like the Sonoff POW R2 ?

[@ChristianBaptiste]

Your channel is amazing. Thanks for all the great content and the detailed step-by-step instructions. SUPER HELPFUL! One thing that I struggle with and have not been able to find a good video tutorial is fixing formatting issues in Home Assistant. For example, I recently added a Tuya/Smart Life temp and humidity sensor. Both the Smart Life and Home assistant apps recognized the device right away, the problem is even though I was able to change Celsius to Fahrenheit in the Smart Life app, it still shows as celsius in Home Assistant. For the life of me, I can't figure out where to change this in Home Assistant. I found settings for location in the "General Configuration" area and even in this area the temp is set to Imperial Fahrenheit. On a similar note (not related to Tuya) I have a sensor.time but it only shows in military time. Both of these things are driving me nuts. It would be awesome if you could make a video to help a Home Assistant newbie like myself fix these issues. Again, thank you for the amazing content.

[@faizzyworld3556]

I have newly created today Tuya cloud Project .but when I link with Home assistant it showed (Skill I'd Invalid 2406 .how to fix this. And there is now showing API Smart home device management and Family Management instead of this showing Device connection Service

[@JaimeZX]

Great video, thanks! Just waiting for Local (non-cloud) integration. I literally have a closet full of new-in-box bulbs (too new for Tasmota) that I'm waiting to use until there's a local integration. I was going to go with Local Tuya, but then you had the video "local coming soon to Tuya V2!" so I held off... lol

[@dekegels]

I wouldn't get my hopes up. Pretty sure local integration was a lie from the start. Used to pull people into buying their stuff. I would love to be proven wrong. I would go on a buying spree if they actually did it 😂

[@PubnicoExpat]

Great video as usual! Of course, I installed the new Tuya integration BEFORE watching your video, so I made most of the errors you covered!

[@MarkWattTech]

Thanks James appreciate it 😁

[@Luke-san]

Have done the same thing. Still evaluating things to see if I can set it into production (read, tell other family members they can use it). I've had a couple of times that I had to reboot my PI4 server to make stuff work again. Is everything on your side working like it should?

[@PubnicoExpat]

@@Luke-san it's been a few weeks since I switched to the official Tuya integration. Previously I replied on Local Tuya and Tuya V2. My biggest concern was controlling a wifi enabled heater which I also rely on the current temp value to control an A/C unit. The Tuya integration has proven to be reliable and quick to respond. Switches and plugs work just as well.

[@Luke-san]

@@PubnicoExpat It just happened again what I have been seeing a couple of times. Just added another smart plug this afternoon and added it to the smart life app. (easy in 1 go). In the Tuya developer page I saw the new smart switch in the same 'project', ...perfect. I could add it as an identity in Home assistant and could switch it on and off. Now a couple of hours later it reports it as being switched 'on' but it is actually not. Toggling it nothing seems to happen. On the smart life app the switch is still perfectly controllable. I just had to restart the 'Server management' again to make it work. I wonder why this happens.

[@PubnicoExpat]

@@Luke-san who knows, but a restart normally fixes things like that. I had trouble with a switch today that even a full reset wouldn't fix. The switch would turn off and on, but the light would not. I reset the switch. No joy. I restarted HA. Still no joy. It turned out that I needed to cycle another switch on and off since it's a three way switch with another switch at on a different floor. No idea why the switch suddenly decided to do that.

[@petergreen3717]

I'm confused! Looking at my Tuya IOT account I can see that my devices are linked, all are listed correctly and on line. I have no problems controlling my switches from my mobile phone. I have now managed to install Tuya integration on Home Assistant, I did get an error message because Tuya consider Sweden to be in "Central Europe" where I made an error. Now the integration is installed but none of my devices are shown. These devices are wifi sockets made by a couple of different manufacturers. I could understand if Tuya did not include and support unusual products but these sockets are run of the mill design. How can I proceed troubleshooting this situation?

[@GR1FF1N80]

Yay! Finally. Thanks for all your help with Facebook and helping me out on this. I've been banging my head against a brick wall on this

[@MarkWattTech]

If your issue wasn't covered, feel free to drop me a message Dave and I will do my best to help out! :)

[@GR1FF1N80]

@@MarkWattTech I will do. I've got some free time this weekend so I'll do a fresh install and start from scratch. Luckily I've got a full back up of when things were working properly so I'll go through all the code and automations and I'll let you know

[@MAXimator70]

Thank you very much! Subscribed a few Weeks ago, i like the way and the speed you present all the things a lot!

[@MarkWattTech]

Thank you! Appreciate the feedback and glad you enjoy the content.

[@DerekWalker55]

Hey Mark, thanks so much for making these very informative videos. Always enjoy them

[@MarkWattTech]

Thank you for taking the time to leave feedback. Really appreciate it 😃

[@alex_ob1]

With this do we have to regularly apply for an extension to the Tuya NoT trial?

[@johanwolbink1516]

Hello Mark, I know there is a problem with the Tuya Video doorbell. I have it up and running but After a few minutes I get the following message : Error starting stream, see logs for details (Stream never started). Do you know if there is a soluition in one of the coming updates from HA ?

[@johnymommen]

thanks for this update, Mark. Still issue : How to find the data center ? i installed Tuya Smart Life March this year on my smart phone. I gave the country code 32. Now the IoT platform refuses the QR code. The link does not help. Solved : Data center must be Central Europe Data Center, not Western Europe Data Center.

[@dsdlonyer]

Unfortunately now my Gazebo Heater only shows up as a switch. It no longer shows me the current temperature and the set temperature. In the HA Tuya integration is shows as Double Power-Radiant Heater (unsupported) (Tuya).

[@MarkWattTech]

More than likely it just doesn’t have full support yet. You could open up an issue on the HA core github. That way Tuya and the HA devs can see it.

[@dsdlonyer]

@@MarkWattTech thanks Mark, I will look for that and raise an issue.

[@ronwagstaff1585]

Hi Matt, I'm following your tutorials but not getting the 'Device Connection Service' added to the Service APIs. When I try 'Go To Authorize' it doesn't seem to be available.

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Ron. Did you manage to sort this? Tuya seemed to have an issue accepting passwords the other day causing issues for some. Also, it’s Mark 🤣

[@MattFacer]

Hey Mark. Have you found with recent upgrades the status reporting from the Tuya devices is broken? I’m on core 2021.12.3 with the latest core Tuya. (Not HACS). If I reload the plug-in it works for a few minutes then it just stops. HA says the device is off but my Tuya app says it’s on (correct). Again reloading the plug-in works for a while. I previously had v2 running fine. Annoyed I upgraded now!! The wife is going mental. 😬😂😂 I checked and def have the status reporting option on the Tuya api. Is yours all working ok still?? (I should add it’s bulbs and plugs which I’m using)

[@denveronly]

i get Config flow could not be loaded: {"message":"Invalid handler specified"} what can be causing this? is tuya v2 still working?

[@fensom80]

What data centre do I use for Australia?

[@Geekydrones]

As of this December my tuya v2 looses its update state. I reload the intergration and it will work for 1 - 3 hours then I have to reload it again. I saw that there are others dealing with this. Have you heard anything?

[@josephlauria3731]

On the Tuya IOT dev site all done and works, can see all devices and can test, but when integrating to HA, getting 2406: skill id invalid, even though the description indicates that the project needs to be created after May 25, 2021, that is not the issue, so what is the issue? The only thing I can think of, is that I'm still using Tuya Local for some devices, can this interfere with the integration setup?

[@binary64]

I'm so stuck, The Tuya integration finds my smart bulb, but not my other battery powered Tuya wifi devices such as flood sensor, PIR. In tuya api explorer, "get the device information" returns "code": 1106, "msg": "permission deny" for my flood sensor

[@rodneybrown5461]

Hi Mark, Thank you for another informative tutorial, your tips have been most helpful. Recently I upgraded my Home assistant from my old Pi 3 to a windowows10 running virtualbox for Homeassistant. This was a great move. I have installled the sonoff usb zigbee plus dongle and discovered all of my zigbee devices just fine. Even my Moes zigbee dual channel dimmer modules. Everything works perfectly except the moes/Tuya devices. Even though the dimmers zigbee discover in HA and they can turn on and off they dont control. Is it mandatory to get a tuya hub to connect to the tuya phone app then go local to get control ?

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Rodney. Sorry for the delay. Are you using ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT? You may need to modify the configuration to get all the controls for your devices. A tuya hub is not required at all. And Tuya have done a 180 on there plans and support for Home Assistant and for local control. It’s a shame really as they have a huge market with there devices. If you are wanting to get a Tuya Zigbee hub I would recommend the zemismart one. It uses homekit so it actually passes your Tuya Zigbee devices into HA via the HomeKit Controller (its all local). This is a great way to get unsupported tuya zigbee devices into HA locally. You can even block the hubs external access and it will work.

[@sevagj.b]

Thanks to make it easy for me, but the question is Tuya app was ready to launch?

[@davigs7218]

Hi Mark, been trying to setup the cloud project but whenever I click on the "devices" tab it just redirects me to an error page. Any ideas on what may be the issue?

[@MarkWattTech]

Sorry for the delay. Did you have any luck Daniel?

[@davigs7218]

@@MarkWattTech seemed to be a recurring issue so I just made another account and it worked

[@TwanJaarsveld1]

Tuya is quite a ride, i went from the old Tuya to Local Tuya, to Tuya V2 and now I'll need the new Tuya

[@angharadhafod]

Any reason why you abandoned Local Tuya? I've just spent quite a few hours setting that up, because Tuya was failing for me. And I rather like it - it does the job for the components I need.

[@MrInsanityflea]

I'm on tuya core, devices are visible but I have the on/off issue and the readings not updating. I do have Device Status Notification enabled and authorized :(

[@MarkWattTech]

I think there is an issue Tuya side for this. Unfortunatelyt It will be one that they need to fix as appose to something you must do. There was an issue like this a few weeks back. It go fixed now it's back.

[@MrInsanityflea]

@@MarkWattTech Thank you, there is another one thats also working pretty well, it's localtuya!

[@aymanfrenzy]

What about the ac remote from tuya IR universal remote? Still cannot have accurate & smooth remote in HA as it exist in smart life app, any suggestions??

[@MarkWattTech]

Funnily enough Franck is currently looking into IR! So potentially soon :D

[@csamulski]

Hi Mark, do you know if its possible to control light effects from the integration? This is available in the smart life app, but would love to have this available in HA without having to create a scene.

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Christopher. Currently I don’t think it’s possible without using scenes.

[@Geekydrones]

So those dimmers. Are they available now or on the next upgrade. I have not updated homeassistant becaues of it.

[@MarkWattTech]

Next update yes :) (2021.11)

[@WiseInetellect]

Thank you Kind Sir! You're a time Saving Life Saver!

[@SVRockChalk]

I have some switches and outlets that use to be named by there Hardwear number. The Tuya V2 changed there name to the common name. Home Assistant sees them by that common name but they do not respond a service cal to turn or turn off. They work from the Tuya app and from Alexa. Any ideas?

[@Lepelot]

Same here, this intergration has problems; I gave up and installed Tuya old instead…. I am good now, not sure for how long though !

[@TamerSalah1982]

thanks for the update , but there is still many tuya devices not supported such as Tuya usb RF IR hub

[@chedinsaat]

Thank you for the explanation. Really appreciate what you've done. Good job!

[@MarkWattTech]

Thank you for the feedback. Really appreciate it :)

[@ccie2325]

Question - if I add additional Tuya devices into Smart Home app on my phone - will they automatically appear in the Tuya developer account, then automatically appear into my HA devices too?

[@MarkWattTech]

When you add them in Tuya they should automagically appear in HA. If they dont, you can reload the integration or just give HA a reboot and it will grab them on startup. In my experience they just appear in a couple of minutes :)

[@ccie2325]

@@MarkWattTech Many thanks! I note my Tuya cameras appeared after an update yesterday too. They don't work properly but I am sure they will in time. This shows they are doing ongoing work in the background..

[@NenadMaksic]

Thanks for video and information. This is huge step forward, just missing local controls.

[@MarkWattTech]

Thank you! Still no news on this one unfortunately.

[@markday3145]

I was scared at first. I thought it was the Tuya V2 integration in HA Core that was being abandoned. It makes total sense to only have one version of the integration. Easier for them to maintain, and less confusion for users.

[@MarkWattTech]

Way easier! and less confusion.

[@RossCanpolat]

Does the "Tuya V2" work without the internet like "Local Tuya" or does it completely rely on the cloud and a live connection even after setup?

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Ross. So v2 is being discontinued and it will now just be the official Tuya integration (but its a new version). It is Cloud based with no local control.

[@rodrigogbsantos]

Hi Mark. I moved from V2 and some devices are missing, but strangely some in the same types, for example, I have 5 zemismart wifi curtains motors in my balcony, but only 4 of them are showing up, the one that is not is an old version of the motor, but it appears on V2. Do you have any ideia about this? Thanks!

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Rodrigo. Does it not show as a device at all? It may just be unsupported so you could try opening an issue on the HA Core repo to request it.

[@johnobrien99999]

Matt, a quick question. It says you need to have 2 Tuya accounts; one for Use and one for Development. Can it be the same user id (i.e. email address) with a different password or do you need to use 2 different email addresses?

[@Bpinator]

Same email works

[@johnlittle3804]

Mark I am a newbie at this stuff. I have the Core Tuya installed (de-installed V2 after watching your video) I have 5 devices but no entiies. Can you advise what I am doing wrong?

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey John. Are you able to see your devices on your account on the IOT development platform? (Tuya dev site)

[@johnlittle3804]

@@MarkWattTech Mark they are all there.

[@johnlittle3804]

Could it be that the devices are not supported yet? Tuya TRVs.

[@MarkWattTech]

@@johnlittle3804 more than likely yes 👍🏻

[@BeardedTinker]

Great video as always Mark!

[@MarkWattTech]

Thank you dude!

[@iulianbe]

Thanks for this informative video. Can you tell me if it supports tuya zigbee bridges and devices?

[@MarkWattTech]

Core currently doesn't but v2 did. So you can expect to see it in Core at some point. Tuya will be porting over some of the stuff rom v2 once refactored, and Franck has added a boat load of new things.

[@MegaGnads]

Im in the United States I have my data center set to Western America. And all of my devices import. but half of them show up as unavailable. Theyr'e all the same device ceiling recessed lights. Not sure what i'm doing wrong.

[@MarkWattTech]

Heya. Have you resolved your issue now?

[@MegaGnads]

@@MarkWattTech I removed all the devices from the Tuya app. Then I added them back again. For now that seems to have worked. Thanks.

[@ohepay7343]

Hi Mark, nice video. all my lights appeared after the integration but not the PIR or door sensors.. would this be in the next version or is it a bug?

[@MarkWattTech]

Heya :) Next version. Franck has been doing some work on a whole bunch of different sensors.

[@ohepay7343]

@@MarkWattTech thanks very much. Great work.

[@markross5389]

I heard that the new tuya core does not have local push, and that is not a priority. I have removed tuya and install localtuya. Will this end up causing problems?

[@MarkWattTech]

Local Tuya is currently built on the old Api which will be taken down by tuya at the end of December. And yes from what Tuya have said, it’s not something they are actively chasing up.

[@iainhay2823]

@@MarkWattTech didn’t realise this. Breaking localtuya would be very bad. Lovely to see the dev work going into this but really hope they will see the need for local

[@devilmastah]

I have the Device Status Notification authorized (also tried to reauthorize it) and still have the problems with buttons turning itself off / not status updates for devices. Been trying all sort of things for days now. In case you read this any tips would be more then welcome.

[@MarkWattTech]

There is currently an issue with the Tuya Cloud API which is causing a slowness and the sync issue.

[@devilmastah]

@@MarkWattTech Thanks, so that more or less confirms my thought. The problem was mentioned at the integrations page and on the alerts page, but it had been gone now for 2 days so i thought it might be solved.

[@seanbrewster9018]

Hi Mark, great video as always! I migrated over to the new version at the time of this video and everything worked like a dream. However, since updating HA to 2021.12.06, Supervisor 2021.12.2 my devices are listed but all show as 'Unsupported' with no entities. What's that all about?

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Sean. Hope you are well :) Are they a particular set of devices? Did they work on the original Tuya integration? The unsupported ones are shown so that you can see them on your account, but are not yet implemented in Tuya Core.

[@seanbrewster9018]

@@MarkWattTech Hi Mark, it's mainly all my lights, which worked previously on both the original Tuya, V2 and the new HA integration but for some bizarre reason stopped once I upgraded HA to 2021.12.6

[@seanbrewster9018]

@@MarkWattTech Just updated again to 2021.12.7 and all devices are now 'supported' and entities showing. For anyone else that had the same issue. Guess it's a good old-fashioned teething problem issue when rolling out a new version.

[@IJm3]

I am using tuya now with a standard zigbee hub (all of my devices are zigbee) is it possible to just move it all to home assistant using a zigbee adapter, or do I need to use the tuya integration? Thanks 😊

[@MarkWattTech]

Heya. If you just add the Tuya integration it should pull the hub and all associated devices into HA. Not all devices are supported so some may add and be viewable but they will have the unsupported tag and have no entities.

[@IJm3]

@@MarkWattTech awesome thanks!

[@Deikybara]

for some reason in the iot platform i can't see my devices, but they all work oh home assistant

[@MarkWattTech]

This sounds like a datacenter issue. You will need to switch datacenters on your project :)

[@Roy878]

My Smart Dimmer Switches are not showing up. It shows my login email and no devices. I added all the regions, no help. Any ideas?

[@MarkWattTech]

Dimmers aren’t yet in core sorry. It will be a case of waiting on 2021.11

[@Tarikmoe]

😂 at some of your integration names . Can’t wait for your SwitchBot video

[@MarkWattTech]

Always sneaky little easter eggs hidden in all my videos. +10 points for spotting 😁

[@d_sellers1]

I've seen the lights turn on/off through Home Assistant like in the video but my biggest issue is controlling the brightness. Adjusting in HA would cause the same effect. I have to go into SmartLife in order to make the adjustment. Interesting, Alexa can change the brightness. But then I have lights that become unavailable within minutes after a power cycle. Hoping things get straightened out soon. (Device Status Notification is enabled.)

[@MarkWattTech]

Franck has totally overhauled lights. Colors, Temp and brightness etc all work as intended now :)

[@mchhazel]

Thanks You for all the info! Well done, Greatly Appreciated!

[@MarkWattTech]

Hope it was understandable!

[@tonyfitzs]

Hi Mark. Is there a way I can reset the password on the tuyasmart account. Because I am unable to get the integration to work without the correct password

[@MarkWattTech]

You can reset it via the app :) (tuya/smartlife app)

[@KrispKiwi]

The issue i had on the last video was related to the notifications but I did have to create a whole new project to get it to work. Will likely wait for local control before i officially put it over to my home assistant though.

[@SVRockChalk]

So how do you find what data center to use? I have tried them all.

[@SVRockChalk]

OK, got it.

[@MarkWattTech]

Glad you sorted it :)

[@tuyadeveloper525]

Wow thank you Mark!

[@kirkhoy2420]

Can I do Home Assistant integration while maintaining my Tuya smart life app?? I don't want to interrupt what my wife is comfortable with.. :)

[@mukeshchauhan7953]

Thanks Mark for the nice video. Does the message below, appearing on Tuya's cloud portal affect anything existing in Homeassistant integration with Tuya devices? "Service adjustment notice: In order to clarify the content of the cloud service, the Cloud Development Plans has been renamed as the device connection service from October 15th, and the billing rules have also been adjusted. For more information, please checkpricing."

[@MarkWattTech]

The only change is that the account is automatically setup as a basic account now. Previously you would have had to manually setup and create a Trial account (as I did in the previous video). But its now all automatic.

[@brainstorm90]

do vacuum robot work now or not?

[@MarkWattTech]

They are working but some models may not have all features and only the basic subset (clean, return home).

[@gnomad42]

If you are in Australia you have to set the data centre to Eastern Europe for Tuya to work here.

[@Max-ph5in]

Central Europe Data Center. No Eastern Europe ;)

[@full700kb]

I just hope the core 11.21 update includes cover functionality for my shutter blinds. Core doesn't work with my shutter blinds as of now where V2 does. Both don't recognize my ceiling multi sensors for temp humidity and pir....

[@MarkWattTech]

Check Francks Twitter 😄👌🏻

[@full700kb]

@@MarkWattTech yeah just read up on his latest work and now I am waiting patiently choo choo

[@MarkWattTech]

@@full700kb choo choo!

[@knightyyz]

I gave up trying to get this to work last weekend. Integration installs but shows no devices.. Tired of banging my head against the wall

[@Ghanzo]

Wow I actually got through that error because of this video. Thank you! developer credentials vs app credentials... sheesh

[@MarkWattTech]

Glad it helped! :)

[@JamieVids76]

Thanks for another informative video, I have been watching for a while and waiting for Tuya to become easily useable as there is a lot of gear on Amazon I wouldn't go for if it's a headache. I am hoping you have already answered my question in this video, as I only have 5 lights from Tuya on my system, 4 x GU10, which work, but don't return colour temperature status, and an Ajax ww to cw bulb where the temperature doesn't work at all and won't accept brightness or temperature from node red. Hopefully Franc's updates will sort this.

[@MarkWattTech]

I would say it’s allready sorted for 2021.11. He has re written lights and everything that go with them (colour, temp etc)

[@billh6019]

I am in Australia - created project this morning after watching your excellent video. I had the Data Center issue, so Icreated new project - selected EU server - Error 2406 - changed country to UK , then Denmark, then Sweden as in other posts - all give "Login error (1106): permission deny" Any ideas? Thanks in advance

[@billh6019]

Ok so today the integration works. I am now registered as being in UK, (Australia doesn’t register) and the response from devices is slow - I won’t be buying any more Tuya stuff until it’s local

[@ccie2325]

When adding the integration in Home Assistant - when entering credentials - Changed my country from Australia to Denmark - and it fixed it. Weird

[@craigw4644]

Frank is one of a kind.

[@scout-ww4ck]

Is it just me or..... My Tuya core and V2 can't run at the same time.

[@MarkWattTech]

You cant have them both at the same time. (I did a follow up video to this explaining it) :)

[@ccie2325]

Created the developer account and set that up just fine - But When I go back and try and add the integration to Home Assist - and enter my credentials - I am getting "Login error (2406): skill id invalid" I've double checked and triple checked my credentials - can't get past this, it's driving me mad - any help appreciated - I'm in Australia

[@ccie2325]

update: Changed my country to Denmark - fixed it. Weird

[@MarkWattTech]

Sound like it’s a weird region registered thing. Glad you got it working. Thanks for sharing:)

[@tianz4710]

The core version seems to exteremly slow in fetching the state...

[@MarkWattTech]

I think there is a bit of an issue with it at the moment as lots of people in the community are having the problem.

[@tianz4710]

@@MarkWattTech i spent a solid few hours to use localtuya, only after a few days it becomes unstable again..

[@ytbengpf]

I just contacted the Tuya support and they said to me: "The trial version is valid for one month, and the trial version cannot be subscribed repeatedly." WTF?!?!?!

[@geordy6883]

The Tuya integration doesn't see my Door Window Sensor, but it should be supported. Does anyone else also have this problem?

[@MarkWattTech]

Are you using WiFi or Zigbee? There’s currently not full support for it in the core version

[@geordy6883]

@@MarkWattTech I am using WiFi

[@MarkWattTech]

It may just be your device isn't supported in the Core integration. There's lots coming for 2021.11 so may just be a waiting game I'm afraid.

[@geordy6883]

@@MarkWattTech Yes guess I'll just have to wait. Thanks for replying though. And keep up the great work!

[@MarkWattTech]

No worries dude. Plenty more to come!

[@sethkazzim731]

I’d like to see a video on multi room music aka Sonos or something else.

[@DanielCCM]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@urbatecte7737]

Hi Mark. Great useful video !!! But this time you make me lose my breath by listenning to you :-) I'm not english native, so speak just a little less speedy :-))) But thanks again for your great video !

[@MarkWattTech]

Thanks for the feedback. Originally this video was a quick 5 minute video but went a little over that hence the upped tempo.

[@sethkazzim731]

Great guide

[@scout-ww4ck]

Hi~ Can you do a video about How to setup "Google Map Travel Time" in HA? pls~~~

[@MarkWattTech]

I have lots of unopened Google products. Waiting till I move house :) but give me a nudge in a few weeks. I should be working on a bunch of Google things :)

[@scout-ww4ck]

@@MarkWattTech thx look forward to it! good luck playing with new stuff :))

[@vsetotje]

I dig the positive vibe, I trully do. But I couldn't make tuya work for me, not even the hub. It was a long and frustrating 3 days. For me personally it does not worth the effort. Sorry, just venting my frustration a bit.

[@MarkWattTech]

As in the Tuya Zigbee hub? :)

[@vsetotje]

@@MarkWattTech yeah :)

[@MarkWattTech]

@@vsetotje for testing I have used one with the v2 integration with some temp sensors and window/door sensors and it works perfectly. Have you opened any issues or requested support for your specific products? :)

[@vsetotje]

@@MarkWattTech not really, cos the end 4gang switch is not supported anyway. So even if I could add the hub, nothing to test it with. Should wait I suppose

[@MarkWattTech]

@@vsetotje you can request support for individual products. If it works in tuya it works with the api. It will just need a driver creating. Theres loads open as requests on the v2 GitHub.

[@JonnyBergdahl]

Hey Matt! Time to setup a Discord?

[@MarkWattTech]

I actually am on discord. I’m just a noob 🤣

[@JonnyBergdahl]

@@MarkWattTech Meant to say setting up your own Discord. 😃

[@MarkWattTech]

@@JonnyBergdahl might have to get onto that in one of our streamd👌🏻

[@MarkWattTech]

Also you got me with this one Jonny! 🤣. Didn't even spot Matt myself till now!

[@matthewmalpeli]

I was using Local Tuya which was working perfectly... Then I decided now's the time to test out the new Tuya V2 core integration... Now I can't control the colour of my lights. Cursed

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Mathew. This will hopefully all change next week. Franck has added a whole bunch of lighting support and improvements. This should all be in next weeks update. If you want an early peak you could jump on tomorrows beta release.

[@matthewmalpeli]

@@MarkWattTech Thanx Mark. I've been ordered to test all potentially breaking updates/betas/whatever on a separate, isolated, non-interfering instance or face a demon's wrath which, under the circumstances, seems like I've gotten off lightly... Get it? Light-ly? Tip your waitresses, I'll be here until I'm allowed in the house again... Dig the new theme song btw....

[@matthewmalpeli]

@@MarkWattTech Any chance I'll get my Tuya door sensors to automatically update their status in ZHA? Security critical items such as these should really be a top priority when pushing out a new core integration... You can imagine how popular this whole automation lark became in my abode when it took me 15 minutes to shut down an alarm triggered by a not open window... at 3am... On a Monday morning...

[@MarkWattTech]

@@matthewmalpeli I bet you weren’t Mr Popular on that day 🤣. Thanks mate. Did you get a chance to have a look at the Beta? It released yesterday 👍🏻. I have created a small help video for the Beta as i’ve been advising lots of Tuya users to get stuck in and give it a go in order to get as much feedback and issue fixes as possible prior to release. You may find it helpful if you have no idea how to join and use the Beta :)

[@matthewmalpeli]

@@MarkWattTech Alas, I only have time to enter my dungeon on weekends so I haven't had the opportunity to put on my beta swimming trunks and dive in yet. You might consider doing a video on setting up a beta testing system from scratch. A few tips like utilising an old or basic ISP supplied router independent from a shared router... Low cost, bare bones hardware recommendations, that sort of thing... Once I have set up a repurposed raspberry pi 3+ this weekend I'll be able to beta test as well as road test various components before they get deployed inside the dragon's cave... Got my eye on vibration sensors for the kitchen but haven't plunged yet because I fear the dragon's fiery breath 🔥🤭

[@mfauzi4357]

I still use local tuya, I see no benefit to move on.

[@MarkWattTech]

Not untill 2021.11 drops. You may be forced to when the old API stops working though as Local Tuya doesn't use the new Open API I don't think.

[@paulblack3790]

RAWR im losing my mind of the FSD.. it was added in the latest Core code.. However the device does not make its way in the HA entities... **Updated** just checked the Supported devices it went from being in the latest update 2021.10 and is now pushed into released 2021.11 ***///Goes Silent until then\\\***

[@blackestknights]

so tuya v2 not even a month ...

[@MarkWattTech]

What do you mean sorry?

[@blackestknights]

@@MarkWattTech October brings Tuya V2 into home assistant 22nd October this Tuya V2 integration is being abandoned . Or am I reading this wrong?

[@MarkWattTech]

@@blackestknights Tuya v2 was the Beta build. Separate from the version added into HA core at the start of October. The new Core version will now be the only version being developed. Tuya originally planned to continue with the HACS version.

[@sethkazzim731]

Can we watch the Franck video?

[@thomasf8021]

Yeeeeeah this is great until the Tuya IOT doesn't see any of your devices. Why fix what wasn't broken. 10 devices, none of them being detected, reset devices, new accounts, new email waste of time and money. especially the time.

[@lcarter194]

I just jumped ship and tried Tuya_Local and I am getting failures like crazy light xxx became unavailable every couple seconds. time to by to the cloud. Not many options for those cheap Walmart lights

[@MarkWattTech]

I think there have been lots of issues with the Tuya integration recently. Local will always be best. Depending on the age of the bulbs, and the firmware your using. You may be able to flash them to another software (Tasmota/ESPhome). If the firmware isn't too new you can use TuyaConvert to flash them without taking them apart. This wont work on newer firmware as Tuya blocked it (which is why I never covered it in videos).

[@chrisrosenkreuz23]

it doesn't let me set device status notification. It says I need to authorize a service and then when I authorize it says I must first be subscribed to it.. I then click subscribe but it doesn't do anything, still says not subscribed - > go to authorize. Catch 22. any ideas? edit: does the messaging service of the cloud platform need to be turned on first maybe

[@MarkWattTech]

Hey Chris. Did you resolve this? I saw there where a few issues with Tuyas service accepting passwords yesterday causing a few headaches for HA users.

[@chrisrosenkreuz23]

@@MarkWattTech yes and thank you kindly for your reply. I was one of the lucky ones, it worked by itself after update, didn't have to do anything