ULTIMATE Local Tuya Guide! - Holiday Lights in Home Assistant

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  • @EpicGamingNL
    @EpicGamingNL Місяць тому +9

    Tuya Local (very similar name but different) is also worth looking at. It has auto discovery based on what devices are linked to your tuya account

    • @bader51500
      @bader51500 Місяць тому +1

      Their supported devices list is shorter.
      I discovered Tuya Local first, but it didn't get all my sensors working properly, so I had to look for alternatives, which led me to stumble upon Local Tuya.

    • @ChrisS-oo6fl
      @ChrisS-oo6fl 13 днів тому

      If you can’t use tuya convert or Cloudcutter and / or flash it yourself with esphome, openbenken, or Tasmota then the device is a good as trash.

    • @ChrisS-oo6fl
      @ChrisS-oo6fl 13 днів тому

      Did my Clοudcutter comment get blocked somehow?

  • @toddstratton9197
    @toddstratton9197 15 днів тому

    Well done sir, holy shit Five gold stars for you, that was impressive.

  • @skillet8537
    @skillet8537 Місяць тому

    Great video! The only cloud device on my HA was a Heat Storm Infrared Wall Heater. Used your video as a guide to move it to localhost. Thanks so much!

  • @Volgin.
    @Volgin. Місяць тому +1

    The audio on your latest videos has improved a lot!

  • @SpsTamiya
    @SpsTamiya 17 днів тому

    thanks so much ! a rock solid guide to tuya local !

  • @kevin6349
    @kevin6349 26 днів тому

    Beste video for Local Tuya ever! Awesome!

  • @z0py
    @z0py Місяць тому +2

    Really nice video! I was considering getting myself some smart light bulbs, but didn't want them to ping the cloud as well.
    I've tried to flash an open-source firmware to the devices, but they were patched, and I sent the light bulbs back.
    But now with your guide, I might catch on it again!

    • @ChrisS-oo6fl
      @ChrisS-oo6fl 13 днів тому

      What firmware? What exploit and what device? Many devices still flash with clοudclutter where you can run ESPhome, openbeken, or of you wanted fir some strange reason use the original firmware totally local without the worry that Tuya rolls back their commitment. Unfortunately they are quickly patching these exploits in firmware. If this creator world have given the firmware version to these we could check and see if it’s been done and is still possible. But if your willing to do local tuya or tuya local then you have nothing to lose trying cloudcutter or manually flashing devices. If it doesn’t work you can fall back to during local.if it works, you have total freedom and control of the device.

  • @MegaUndertaker3
    @MegaUndertaker3 25 днів тому +1

    Now if you from your router and block internet access to those lights, would they still work locally without any issues? Cheers for your video!

  • @prentiss86
    @prentiss86 25 днів тому

    Great job bro!! I was able to get it working for my Lumary permainate lights. The problem I have is i cant make custom DIY scenes, so please keep updating your scenes so I can use them.

  • @karimfichtali
    @karimfichtali 17 днів тому +1

    Thanks you !!
    After doing all of that, imagine you get a new device, what should you do ? Because I've tried to add it the smart life, then the device appear in tuya developer account (11:25), but it doesn't appear in home assistant when you add a new device (14:16). I've also tried to add it manually but it won't. Do you have any idea ?

  • @miguelavello7493
    @miguelavello7493 Місяць тому +1

    Great video, thanks for sharing! It was straight to the point, and I appreciate the willingness to help.
    I have a few questions regarding Local Tuya:
    Once I convert my devices to Local Tuya,
    1) will they disappear from the Tuya Developer page?
    2) After moving to Local Tuya, will the device operate 100% locally, with no dependency on the cloud?
    3) Is there anything else I need to do to ensure the local device is completely independent of the cloud?
    Looking forward to your insights.

    • @KnighteyCZ
      @KnighteyCZ 11 днів тому +2

      Hi I have done this right know, so I have answers for you:
      1) NO, they are still there
      2) I think both, I can control them via Home Assistant and I hope it is done locally and aswell via Tuya Smart App in mobile phone, so still via their cloud.
      3) It is better to be sure, that you will setup your IP address without DHCP. So you will have all the time the same IP address of your Tuya devices...

  • @hasan_kalim
    @hasan_kalim 29 днів тому +1

    Am I correct in understanding there is a limitation of only making 10 devices controllable? I have 32 devices and not sure how to add the remainder.

  • @z0py
    @z0py Місяць тому

    For the GitHub documentation, could you maybe add the colour sequence for the different modes? Or if you could provide a screenshot from the apps view for the sequences

    • @TechHut
      @TechHut  Місяць тому

      I’ll try to get all the scenes in my custom stuff added by end of day today

  • @G4M1NG
    @G4M1NG Місяць тому +2

    I have a few tuya devices which are not being used. I wanted to integrate them with HA but I don’t want them to have access to the internet or cloud. Can I remove them from tuya after doing all this or do I need to block the internet access?

    • @MegaUndertaker3
      @MegaUndertaker3 25 днів тому +1

      did you manage to find out an answer to that? I am interested in that also..

  • @Schmoogie
    @Schmoogie 25 днів тому +1

    Is there a way to avoid having to create a Tuya account?

  • @RobertoCarvalho-0
    @RobertoCarvalho-0 Місяць тому

    loved the guide. i will try it. How adding or renaming/removing things gets updated to the local machine, is it automatically?

  • @ohsnapfit2096
    @ohsnapfit2096 2 дні тому

    They want $25000/year for more than 10 controllable devices! Obviously that changes things. Going down the Cloudcutter route now

  • @HakonJohansenKampen
    @HakonJohansenKampen 18 днів тому

    I could only make 9 devices controllable (under device permission) in the tuya platform. Is this a limitation you can't get by when using this integration?

  • @krekel326
    @krekel326 12 днів тому

    I have tried to link the App account, after scanning the QR code i get a message about a Data centers inconsistency, App account can not be linked. I did select the Western Europe data center when I registered and that is also the data center that I see in the upper right corner of the page. So, I don´t understand what to change now, in the iPhone app, I can't find any data center info but somehow there seems to be an inconsistency. Is that somewhere in the app? I have tried loging out and in again, both on the developer platform and the iPhone app.Still same issue...
    EDIT: it turned out to be that the Netherlands (which is Western Europe) is Central Europe in the Tuya platform. Weird...

  • @耿意霖
    @耿意霖 10 днів тому

    Can I connect Tuya Zigbee devices to HA?? I can't find my device..

    • @ChrisS-oo6fl
      @ChrisS-oo6fl 3 дні тому

      Zigbee devices require you to use the ZHA or Z2M integrations and have a zigbee router. Then your device would automatically be local anyway so tuya local would be irrelevant.

  • @Myrza11
    @Myrza11 8 днів тому

    In France, it seems that I haven't acces to Tuya Platform. I mean, I can register but in project page. It's empty with a charging icon. Is it still working for anybody in France?

  • @TheOisannNetwork
    @TheOisannNetwork Місяць тому

    You probably don't care about it but we can see your ip in the API Explorer. Just so you know.

  • @7MBoosted
    @7MBoosted 11 днів тому

    I would like to point out that this HACS integration has not been updated in 5 months, and is currently not compatible with 2025.1.0 of Home Assistant. I had to roll back to 2024.12.5 to get it working again and am considering moving to Tuya-Local as it has been updated within the past 3 weeks.

    • @TechHut
      @TechHut  11 днів тому

      You’re looking at the wrong Local Tuya

    • @7MBoosted
      @7MBoosted 11 днів тому

      ​​@@TechHut I must be using an older fork.
      Edit: I am using an older fork. I had been using local tuya for 2 years already when this fork started being maintained. I guess I need to look into switching over to the actively maintained version.

    • @7MBoosted
      @7MBoosted 10 днів тому

      For those who may be using the older fork of localtuya, if you add the repo in the video, and download the new one, HA will pull the new version on top of the old version. No need to go back to the development website (or if you are like me, the spreadsheet you created with your device ids and local keys). You then can either leave it alone or delete the old repo. This is what I did. When you restart HA, it will be confused and it won't initialize localtuya. Just go back to HACS and re-download the new version, and restart. At that point it should be working. Disclaimer: Your mileage may vary, i am not responsible if it breaks something in your HA, try this at your own risk, if you do try this make sure you take backups before you start.

  • @Synapse_Technology
    @Synapse_Technology 4 дні тому

    Anyone else getting the "quota of the controllable device pool has been exhausted. To convert "Device Name" into a controllable device, remove a device from the pool or upgrade your IoT Core edition."

  • @oberro
    @oberro 12 днів тому

    I'm new to HA but I see it's far from beeing for a "regular" user. In Smart Life/Tuya you can do a lot of stuff even if you are not a technical guy which seems not to be the case in HA. For sure it's more powerfull but you must almost be an IT specialist to use it. I was playing with zigbee and it was really hard to start.

    • @ChrisS-oo6fl
      @ChrisS-oo6fl 2 дні тому

      Smart life app is extremely limited I’m comparison to Home assistant. Not to mention that if you use Smart life and lose Internet service to your home, your internet service provider has a service issue or of the Tuya cloud system goes down, you lose total access and control to all of your devices. ( yes the cloud network has crashed leaving its users stranded. Plus, every time you turn off or on a device or set automations that data is being collected. Very valuable data that tells everything about your home and lifestyle habits. If Tuya decides to no longer support a device or support a feature they can bitch your device and make it totally obsolete instantly (yes it’s happened many times). If your on the cloud, you do not own that device. You technically don’t even have access or the ability to turn it on or off without their permission. There’s also the issue with lag. Every time you turn on a light that request goes to the cloud then back to your home, through your home network and to that device. With home assistant and total local control these commands are sent instantly. There’s also the issue of security as your totally dependent on tuya security. If your local, everything is confined to your own home network with no outside control. Unfortunately the only way to remain totally local is to either flash WiFi devices with custom firmware or use another protocol like zigbee, z-wav, or matter. Even tuya local featured on this video isn’t really total local control or ownership. They still force updates and monitor the data. They can also revoke your tuya local access at any moment and. As of now limit how many local devices you can use. Home assistant itself is scary at first (especially updates) but it’s really not to bad after you become familiar with it. The platform has changed drastically over the last two years making things extremely easy to figure out with minimal code. You can’t do a fraction of the stuff that’s possible with smart life. Plus, if you also have non smart life devices you’ll have to use multiple apps. Id need 5-6 different apps for my home. Instead it’s all in one single place and can control far more then just smart home products.
      Zigbee really isn’t that difficult to set up. Especially ZHA which is built in and literally just requires you to essentially activate it and tell it what port your zigbee router is plugged into. Z2M is a little more difficult to setup but there’s plenty of guides out there. The YT creator Digiblur has some great tutorials on this. That’s another good resource besides this creator. When you start it’s important to watch as many creators as possible.

  • @Un_Pour_Tous
    @Un_Pour_Tous Місяць тому

    Hexmas

  • @Live2bicycle
    @Live2bicycle 22 дні тому

    Your video was so popular both the American Western and Eastern data centers have no more Trial Edition connects 😞
    ""Unable to select a data center. You have currently selected 1 data center which reached the quota of IOT Core Trial Edition that is 1"

    • @Xbenjamin90X
      @Xbenjamin90X 3 дні тому

      it means that you have selected the data centre already and cannt add 2 to the project

  • @Mr3ENTLEY
    @Mr3ENTLEY Місяць тому +1

    So you say it’s an “Ultimate Guide” and proceed to follow up with an answer including: “I’m not going to show you how to get that”.
    I believe the definition of ultimate is being ultimately altered.

    • @TechHut
      @TechHut  Місяць тому +4

      Sorry HACS is such a common thing with Home Assistant installation’s I, maybe incorrectly, assumed that most already have it or could just use the docs to add it real quick.

  • @zuko9085
    @zuko9085 Місяць тому

    You mean Christmas lights?

    • @TechHut
      @TechHut  Місяць тому +3

      Any holiday. Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, Super Bowl, anything