Tuya Garage Door Opener with sensors

danioj · August 25, 2021, 9:00am

Strike my previous post. I have solved it. I am now actually capturing the state of the attached sensor to my unit. The work done in this thread helped allot. Especially @anon63427907 posts which were the basis of me solving this.

I had to use Developer Tools to identify which attribute which carried the value which indicated whether the door was open or closed was mapped to.

current: false
current_consumption: 0
voltage: 0
friendly_name: Garage Control
icon: hass:garage

It was obvious from his simple algorithm in his previous post that he was testing the value of “current_consumption”. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out why my value wasn’t changing when the door opened or closed. That was because my device was slightly different.

So I added the device again and stepped through pragmatically. When adding the device it was clear I had 5 attributes:

Value (False)
Value (0)
Value (False)
Value (20)
Value (0)

It took me a while to figure out that what you are doing when setting up the integration is mapping these device values to the static fields:

Current
Current Consumption
Voltage

It doesn’t mean that the values contain those things, you are just mapping the device variables to them so you can see (and subsequently test) the value.

Through the developer tools I established that variable 3. changed to ‘0.1’ when the reed switch was disconnected and change to ‘0’ when it was connected. Excellent. That made the code in the above post make more sense. When that variable is 0 door is closed. When that variable is 0.1 the door is open. I tested this by controlling the door using non HA means (IR remote and Tuya App) and the variables changed along with the state of the reed switch.

I ended up mapping my device like this:

Current → 1. Value (False)
Current Consumption → 3. Value (False)
Voltage 1. Value (False)

So for my device 1. is the switch and 2. is the reed switch value indicating open and closed.

So I used the code in the above post as a basis to create a sensor attached to that 2. variable and test as it changed from 0.1 to 0 to indicate open and closed state. I didn’t like the unfriendly value that the code above spat out so I modified it to give me a friendlier value:

sensor:
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      garage_door_is_open:
        unique_id: garage_door_is_open
        friendly_name: Garage Door Is Open
        value_template: "{% if state_attr('switch.garage_door','current_consumption') | float * 10 > 0 %}Open{% elif state_attr('switch.garage_door','current_consumption') == 0 %}Closed{% endif %}"

All is now well. It doesn’t matter whether the door is opened or controlled manually or via HA I know have a live (offline as its via Local Tuya) state of the door and a switch that changes along with manual control as well.

Awesome!

EDIT: as I test more, it appears that there is a combination of values that will allow me to determine states “Opening” and “Closing” too along with just “Open” and “Closed”. Will post once I have tested thoroughly.

anon63427907 · August 25, 2021, 3:27pm

Please share opening and closing, i could not find it from DP values, interested in this.

anon63427907 · October 4, 2021, 8:33pm

By the way, reasoning for third voltage and current is, i had just copied my existing templates from other devices without fixing them or shortly laziness. Still curious about your findings on opening and closing, please share

dhavaldesai-HA · December 2, 2021, 11:30pm

Hi Bamzero,

Can you please explain this in a bit more detail? I have this Wofea garage door opener. I have it integrated in HA using localtuya but the garage door status is not working right.

In Tuya (smartlife) app, it shows the correct status of the door but in HA it doesn’t.

Can you please help by explaining your solution in a bit more detail? I don’t really know what you mean by “In localtuya integration UI I added DP 1 as a switch”.

Thanks,
Dhaval

anon63427907 · December 3, 2021, 12:26am

first define a localtuya switch following this: Tuya Garage Door Opener with sensors - #33 by fuatakgun

after setting up localtuya switch, you need to setup additional sensor.

when you are done with sensor and switch, it is time to setup garage door cover as templating.

All of them captured in linked post.

k8gg · December 3, 2021, 10:26am

Sidenote:
Not exactly Tuya, but ESPHome (so 100% local). And not exactly for users here who have bought Tuya already…
But as an alternative, I ran into this product page the other day. This company would pre-flash generic ESP8266 products for ESPHome / Tasmota / Homekit.
Garage Door Opener for ESPHome | athom

And the items in the kit / package seem complete… with cable management clips and all.

Find it interesting, and figured I should share.

anon63427907 · December 3, 2021, 11:12am

Good share, ATOM is tasmotizing tuya devices and sell them. If tuya users have esp based devices, they can also flash and use this esp based solution.

dhavaldesai-HA · December 5, 2021, 10:58pm

Thanks for the response.

I did set up a switch as you instructed but I’m not getting the script done.

In scripts.yaml file, I’m doing the following as per the tutorial.

alias: garage_door_close
sequence:
  - type: turn_off
    entity_id: switch.garage_door
    domain: switch

  - type: turn_on
    entity_id: switch.garage_door
    domain: switch
mode: single
alias: garage_door_open

It is showing me error at “alias: garage_door_open”.

Can you please help?

anon63427907 · December 5, 2021, 11:33pm

Hey there, there are 2 different scripts, not one.

Please double read the main post and try to create 2 different scripts as garage_door_close and garage_door_open

dhavaldesai-HA · December 5, 2021, 11:47pm

It doesn’t seem to work.

I’m using Tuya official HA integration. Not localtuya. Is that a possible issue?

anon63427907 · December 5, 2021, 11:57pm

Ah yes, my solution is about localtuya, i am not a fan of official Tuya integration, still using old version of it

forzewin · December 30, 2021, 7:51pm

Your a fucking legend @danioj

Thanks a lot for the explanation and debug logic you applied. i was able to do the same for my device, got it working, felt like a genius.

Thanks !

bamzero · January 6, 2022, 5:22pm

Hi Dhaval, looks like you’ve gotten some info already but here’s a clearer run down of my setup. This is only for localtuya, I don’t use Tuya cloud integration at all so not sure how would configure it for that.

By the way, in the latest localtuya (v3.3.0 at time of writing) device class can now be set when configuring the entity so no need to customise in HA.

To open and close I add an entity with switch type.
localtuya_1

Next step, configure the entity as below (I’m using DP1 to open/close which is ID 1), give it a name and ignore the other 3 fields. (The ID may vary between different controllers but is likely to be the first one and should be true/false value)

Next add another entity of binary_sensor platform which we’ll use to detect door open/closed

localtuya_4

Configure the entity as below, I’m using 101 but again may vary. It should have a true/false value.
You can now change the device class in localtuya as I mentioned so set this entity to garage_door and it will display properly in HA

Once that’s all done, you should have all the entities you need to use in the cover template I’m using above.

Hope this helps.

Wazza1511 · January 21, 2022, 4:11am

Hi There @bamzero I have a Tuya Garage Door opener and I have set it up with Tuya Local. I have followed your instructions above and I cant get the switch to work. I have 4 IDs to choose from and have tried all of them. The only one that seems to get any response is IDs 105.

However, when I select the switch the garage door wont open but I get a notification from the Tuya Smart Life App “Your garage door has been opened for 10 minutes” but the garage door doesn’t actually open? Can anyone help with this setup?

bamzero · January 21, 2022, 4:45am

Yeh yours is completely different to mine so I’m not sure how much help I can be, but at a guess I’d say 105 is your open/close sensor (like I used as a binary_sensor above). If HA is flipping it as a switch, it could explain why Smart Life is warning you the door is open.

If you can, try tuyadebug and manually open and close your door so you can see what values you get back during the operation. Just remember to exit Smart Life app completely as keeping it open will usually block localtuya.

I would have thought the first ID would be most likely to trigger the opener but it seems each model varies quite a bit.

Wazza1511 · January 21, 2022, 5:35am

Thank @bamzero, I appreciate the prompt reply and help. Im a little embarrassed to ask but should I install the tuyadebug on my home assistant install or on any device that can connect to the same network?

bamzero · January 21, 2022, 6:02am

Anything on the network will do the job.

peteclyde · August 16, 2022, 12:44am

Hi all,

Is there a more recent guide to getting a tuya garage door system running? I’ve got localtuya working (along with the associated api.tuya login)

I can add the garage door opener and add ‘switches’ but all they seem to do is turn the plug on and off, they don’t actually toggle the door opening.

I note that most of the above seems to be outdated as the latest version of localtuya states that configuration via yaml files is no longer supported.

The device I’m using is connected and working fine via the smartlife app and is registered on the tuya api site.

Connect Smart Garage Door Opener - Connect SmartHome

Have been working on this for two days to no avail. Any ideas ?

Thanks

Pete M

peteclyde · August 16, 2022, 7:18am

Actually I think that the issue may be bigger than Home Assistant. When I log into Tuya and check debugging for the device, I get:

Device Information

Product Name Smart Wireless Garage Door Opener

Device ID 2207********207

Product Category ckmkzq

Device Status Online

Activated At 2022-08-15 13:45:20

But the instruction set is empty

When I go to API explorer and check for the instruction set, I get this:

{
  "result": {
    "category": "ckmkzq",
    "functions": []
  },
  "success": true,
  "t": 16606*******32,
  "tid": "a5********************23f65"
}

However the instruction set for the category “garage door” should be producing this:

{
  "result": {
    "category": "ckmkzq",
    "functions": [
      {
        "code": "countdown_alarm",
        "desc": "countdown alarm",
        "name": "countdown alarm",
        "type": "Integer",
        "values": "{\"unit\":\"s\",\"min\":0,\"max\":86400,\"scale\":0,\"step\":1}"
      },
      {
        "code": "tr_timecon",
        "desc": "tr timecon",
        "name": "tr timecon",
        "type": "Integer",
        "values": "{\"unit\":\"s\",\"min\":10,\"max\":120,\"scale\":0,\"step\":1}"
      },
      {
        "code": "countdown_1",
        "desc": "countdown 1",
        "name": "countdown 1",
        "type": "Integer",
        "values": "{\"unit\":\"s\",\"min\":0,\"max\":86400,\"scale\":0,\"step\":1}"
      },
      {
        "code": "switch_1",
        "desc": "switch 1",
        "name": "switch 1",
        "type": "Boolean",
        "values": "{}"
      },
      {
        "code": "switch_alarm_sound",
        "desc": "switch alarm sound",
        "name": "switch alarm sound",
        "type": "Boolean",
        "values": "{}"
      },
      {
        "code": "switch_3",
        "desc": "switch 3",
        "name": "switch 3",
        "type": "Boolean",
        "values": "{}"
      },
      {
        "code": "door_control_3",
        "desc": "door control 3",
        "name": "door control 3",
        "type": "Enum",
        "values": "{\"range\":[\"open\",\"close\"]}"
      },
      {
        "code": "switch_alarm_1",
        "desc": "switch alarm 1",
        "name": "switch alarm 1",
        "type": "Boolean",
        "values": "{}"
      },
      {
        "code": "door_state_1",
        "desc": "door state 1",
        "name": "door state 1",
        "type": "Enum",
        "values": "{\"range\":[\"unclosed_time\",\"close_time_alarm\",\"none\"]}"
      },
      {
        "code": "voice_control_3",
        "desc": "voice control 3",
        "name": "voice control 3",
        "type": "Boolean",
        "values": "{}"
      },
      {
        "code": "door_time_1",
        "desc": "door time 1",
        "name": "door time 1",
        "type": "Integer",
        "values": "{\"unit\":\"s\",\"min\":10,\"max\":120,\"scale\":0,\"step\":1}"
      },
      {
        "code": "switch_2",
        "desc": "switch 2",
        "name": "switch 2",
        "type": "Boolean",
        "values": "{}"
      },
      {
        "code": "door_time_2",
        "desc": "door time 2",
        "name": "door time 2",
        "type": "Integer",
        "values": "{\"unit\":\"s\",\"min\":5,\"max\":300,\"scale\":0,\"step\":1}"
      },
      {
        "code": "door_time_3",
        "desc": "door time 3",
        "name": "door time 3",
        "type": "Integer",
        "values": "{\"unit\":\"s\",\"min\":5,\"max\":300,\"scale\":0,\"step\":1}"
      },
      {
        "code": "voice_control_2",
        "desc": "voice control 2",
        "name": "voice control 2",
        "type": "Boolean",
        "values": "{}"
      },
      {
        "code": "voice_control_1",
        "desc": "voice control 1",
        "name": "voice control 1",
        "type": "Boolean",
        "values": "{}"
      },
      {
        "code": "alarm_countdown_1",
        "desc": "alarm countdown 1",
        "name": "alarm countdown 1",
        "type": "Integer",
        "values": "{\"unit\":\"s\",\"min\":0,\"max\":86400,\"scale\":0,\"step\":1}"
      },
      {
        "code": "alarm_countdown_2",
        "desc": "alarm countdown 2",
        "name": "alarm countdown 2",
        "type": "Integer",
        "values": "{\"unit\":\"s\",\"min\":0,\"max\":86400,\"scale\":0,\"step\":1}"
      },
      {
        "code": "alarm_countdown_3",
        "desc": "alarm countdown 3",
        "name": "alarm countdown 3",
        "type": "Integer",
        "values": "{\"unit\":\"s\",\"min\":0,\"max\":86400,\"scale\":0,\"step\":1}"
      },
      {
        "code": "countdown_2",
        "desc": "countdown 2",
        "name": "countdown 2",
        "type": "Integer",
        "values": "{\"unit\":\"s\",\"min\":0,\"max\":86400,\"scale\":0,\"step\":1}"
      },
      {
        "code": "countdown_3",
        "desc": "countdown 3",
        "name": "countdown 3",
        "type": "Integer",
        "values": "{\"unit\":\"s\",\"min\":0,\"max\":86400,\"scale\":0,\"step\":1}"
      },
      {
        "code": "door_control_2",
        "desc": "door control 2",
        "name": "door control 2",
        "type": "Enum",
        "values": "{\"range\":[\"open\",\"close\"]}"
      },
      {
        "code": "door_control_1",
        "desc": "door control 1",
        "name": "door control 1",
        "type": "Enum",
        "values": "{\"range\":[\"open\",\"close\"]}"
      }
    ]
  },
  "success": true,
  "t": 16606*******32,
  "tid": "a5********************23f65"
}

But the opener is working fine via the Smartlife Android App, which is making me quite confused.

All my other tuya devices are correctly showing information under API explorer and device debug.

Any ideas ?

Pete

anon63427907 · August 16, 2022, 3:39pm

Tuya garage door opener is basically a switch and a contact sensor.

Switch is intitiating an action garage door;

if it is already stopped and last activity is opening, start closing
if it is already stopped and last activity is closing, start opening
if it is already opening or closing, stop it.