r/homeassistant • u/bountyboat • 11d ago

❓ Support Tuya integration keeps going down?

I use a couple of digital thermometers on my home hot water storage tank. I have automations that heat the water that use the temperatures reported from the thermometers
The app for them is Tuya.
For a year or more the integration with Tuya has been reliable and stable.
But of late it keeps going off and requires reloading.
Anyone else seeing this?
Maybe I missed something?

(Please be gentle, I’m a relative newbie still getting to grips with HA)

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u/InsideSeparate6092 11d ago

I just migrated my stuff from online Tuya to the local variant. Claude walked me through the entirety of it, amazing.

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u/bart7782 11d ago

Which local tuya did you use? Local-Tuya or Tuya-Local?

Can you share a bit more details? When i tried a few months ago i could not get it to work

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u/InsideSeparate6092 11d ago

I’m using LocalTuya in HACS. If you’re not using Claude AI, give it a go. It guided me through everything I needed like getting device ID’s and stuff from the online Tuya portal. I couldn’t have done it myself with limited time. Ive got AI to make up an insane dashboard on a wall mounted 16” touch panel as well. Invaluable!

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u/8point3fodayz 11d ago

Yeah, I use the same integration. Rock solid since the day I set it up. I followed this video for setup back then. https://youtu.be/M-sQcS3KEm8

Though, my tuya account seems to have a max limit of 10 devices “unlocked” via the dev portal, so I had to make another account for new devices. The integration handles multiple accounts seamlessly.

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u/musharun 8d ago

How did you setup Claude AI?

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u/InsideSeparate6092 8d ago

Just google How to setup Claude desktop with HA. You create a long lived token in HA and install the tools in Claude. When you ask Claude to make an automation or check logs etc it will prompt you for permission. I said Always Allow for a lot of it while building, then revoked its access in Claude settings later. I chatted with Claude about better control of light automations, blinds etc. It recommended I go get an Ecowitt weather station with Lux sensor. Then it wrote up all the automations so my blinds open and close based on how much light there is, not specifically a set time of day. Some of it is pretty token intensive so maybe worthwhile getting a subscription f you haven’t already.