Eedomus and Tuya

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Tuya is a Chinese brand of devices connected through different technologies, including WiFi.

Peripherals are marketed by various brands.

Only devices added through the Tuya or Smart Life apps will be visible. But all the Wifi devices compatible with Tuya are controllable you can easily add them to the Tuya or Smart Life app.


Contents

Type of supported devices

  • Sockets and switches
  • Lamps (including RGB lamps)
  • Scenes

Control a Tuya / Smart Life device from eedomus

Click on 'Settings / Add or remove a device / Add another type of device / Tuya / Smart Life / Create' and then follow the instructions

Limitations:
  • Sensors are not yet supported.
  • Tuya limits polling to 1 minute (polling allows you to update status in eedomus if changed via device button or Tuya / Smart Life app)
  • Tuya does not offer an official API, but it is still possible to communicate with the Tuya cloud
Limitations with RGB lamps:
  • Color control is supported, but if the color is changed from the Tuya app, it is not updated in eedomus
  • Color temperature control is not supported, you can adjust it through the Tuya / Smart Life app.
Nota bene:
  • If an error occurs during the add device phase (## ERROR: Get accesstoken failed. Username or password error!), it may be an error in the login, password OR the add-on application (Tuya or SmartLife).
  • Tuya does not have an official API, but it is possible to communicate with the Tuya cloud (Edit: in 2021, Tuya will have an official API, which will be studied later)
  • Communications interoperates between the eedomus gateways and the Tuya cloud, it does not work in case of internet failure (the Tuya application may allow a direct operation in case of internet failure).
  • The same Tuya device can be controlled from several different eedomus gateways
  • Zigbee devices communicating with a Lidl Silvercrest Zigbee gateway (registered trademarks) use the same API principle as Wifi devices (according to our latest tests) and can therefore be controlled from eedomus. They can also be controlled with the eedomus compatible Zigate Zigbee dongle (by not being connected to the Silvercrest gateway but to the Zigate dongle).