I got one and it was Tuya and ime finding Tuya stuff a nightmare. I did get it working with the Tuya IoT website but they were not very responsive and now the setup is broke and I cant fix it. Life is to short and I dont want to rely on a cloud service.
I idealy I want standard Zigbee (Not propiotery TP Link Tapo or Tuya or any other cloud service). I could live with WiFi but I realy dont want to have to use an aditional App but if it is non cloude can live with it, just about. Govee also seems to use a cloud service so thats also out.
You may want to consider using WLED, which can control a number of different types of LED strip lights and can manage several different color scenes. WLED runs on a small ESP32 circuit board using a 5v power supply and is WiFi/Bluetooth controlled. You can check out some very well-done YouTube videos created by Chris Maher. He makes it easy to follow along and get up and running quickly.
Looks nice but was really looking for a simpler solution. Also seems with the power suply ESP32 and strips the price would mount up and controling multipe strips is not what I need.
Zigbee doesn’t use cloud, regardless of the brand…you just need a local Zigbee usb controller connected to HA.
Same for wifi, most devices don’t require any cloud.
Nevertheless, all my wifi devices have been re-flashed with ESPHome firmware
And for the Tuya app, tried Local Tuya?
You do need to access the Tuya website in order to set it up, but after that everything is controlled local (i even blocked Tuya internet access by adding some firewall rules )
Did you check yet if you are able to replace the firmware of your tuya trash so it becomes usable?
Esphome supports a wide range of chips usually found in tuya products. With cloudcutter it is often even possible to install esphome over the air and receive a solid system that works completely local.
Sorrry know I am very late so this is more for those that use Tuay and wish to move away from using the cloud to control them. You get something called Tuya Local from Home Assistant Community Sstore (HACS). This work well for me (not all devices work but most do) for local control without the need for the cloud service to send commands. Requires it to be connected to the cloud to get the certs of the device to configure but once configured all commands are send to the devcie as though you are the cloud and you see the difference in the response to commands.
On your issue controlling Tuya form Tuya cloud, I have no issues with my Tuya control from HACS both the cloud and local and I use Tuya for both my house (Humidifiers, circuit breaker, light switches, light bulbs) and my indoor training room (indoor bike fan and treadmill fans and controlling the devices power states) and they work to control the fans according to my 30 heartrate so I have them working flawlessly as need them to work for my training sessions.
If you are stiull struggling with Tuya and HA can you let me know as I can assist you with the process.
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