homebridge-tuya-lan VS tuya-convert

On my iPhone the smart life app from tuya does not seem to detect the bulb when it's blinking. But the wipro app does. Now according to these setup instructions I need the tuya app, so that I can intercept the key and ID.

See step 5 onwards https://github.com/AMoo-Miki/homebridge-tuya-lan/wiki/Setup-Instructions

After that one was sorted I found the homebridge-tuya-lan plugin and started messing with it untill I got the configurations right. For that you will have to read the how to very carefully as, for example, my hama RGBW light uses 1-1000 as a scale and not 1-255 and the parameter names were also not the same as the default tuya.

I'd MUCH prefer to get this Tuya app off my phone completely, and also NOT have their IoT service(s) communicating with my HomeBridge. Is it not possible to use this in a much less complicated way? I saw this tutorial from the AMoo-Miki/homebridge-tuya-lan plugin, but that all sounds even crazier. Installing trust certificates on my phone, etc...

Sorry, here's the plugin tuya lan

You could use a different Homebridge plugin for Tuya like this: https://github.com/AMoo-Miki/homebridge-tuya-lan#readme

This one: /homebridge-tuya-lan

homebridge-tuya-lan / homebridge-tuya-web integration [WIP ⌛]

I don’t use Tuya devices but could the Tuya-LAN plugin be the solution without flashing new firmware? https://github.com/AMoo-Miki/homebridge-tuya-lan

First of all I've tried Tuya-Convert but it was never able to find the device. I've also tried TuyOTA with similar results, it just seems like it can't detect the device at all - neither in pairing mode, nor in normal operation mode.

I was about to say a similar thing. Companies closing off their devices with paywall and other closed API are calling for a hack. I found this repo on GitHub

Mit tuya-convert.

Is it possible to run custom firmware on them? Like using https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert (not sure if this one is compatible with the newer lamps). Or maybe something else?

If it has an ESP chip, it probably won't OTA with https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert since that doesn't work on recent Tuya firmware, hence the blakadder page showing manual flashing.

> They cost >2x the Meross ones. Got 2. They work so far. Crossing my fingers they're legit, though my guess is they won't last.

FYI - there are cheap Tuya devices that can be flashed with alternative firmware[1] which works locally. More generically, there a lot of ESP32-based switches that work with Tasmota open-source firmware[2]. There breadth of devices is annoying because it makes configuration difficult because because different manufacturer wire up the relays differently, so it took me trial and error to figue out which device "port" the firmware needs to toggle to turn the switch on/off

1. https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert

2. https://github.com/tasmota

If you're already comfortable with Docker, setting up ESPHome and Home Assistant should be fairly easy for you, and will unlock lots of options. Depending on the hardware revision of your smartbubls, you might even be able to use Tuya-Convert to install ESPHome or Tasmota on your existing bulbs, and completely cut ties with Tuya and the cloud.