RGB Control

[J4YRY4N]

I have installed a tuya light, and have it under the devices section in the config, but I am not getting any options for colour or brightness in the Home app.
Great work overall though, I have used this for a power plug switch and a light successfully.

[codetheweb]

This package does not currently support color and brightness controls for bulbs, mainly because I don't have any. I'll welcome any PRs that add support for them though.

[Fabinewchurch]

I have the same issue with my rgb led light bulb.
Would be very happy to see this feature added.
Great plugin though. Works perfectly with my dimmer.

[codetheweb]

Brightness controls have now been added, check out the new README for instructions.

If you can provide the output of the below script I'll look into adding support for RGB bulbs. Run it a few times changing only the color between runs so we can see what parameter controls it.

const TuyAPI = require('tuyapi');

const device = new TuyAPI({
  id: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
  key: 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx',
  ip: 'xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx'});

device.get({schema: true}).then(data => {
  console.log(data);
});

[Fabinewchurch]

Thanks for the quick answer.
This might be a silly question, but where exactly am I supposed to paste the script to get the parameters?

[codetheweb]

@Fabinewchurch just paste it into a file on your desktop or wherever is convenient. You'll have to run npm install tuyapi -g before you can run it with node <filename>.js.

[Fabinewchurch]

@codetheweb sorry for the late answer; I tried what you said, but I cant get the script to run; I always get an error saying: "Cannot find module 'tuyapi'" but I already installed it.

[VannaDii]

You’ll likely need to

sudo npm install -g tuyapi

node file_name.js

If that doesn’t work, can you post your console session of the attempt please?

[albertsal]

hi, I put some schemes to manage the colors (I noticed that you can also manage the scenes but at the moment I write only the colors)

the parameter concerned is 5
the first 6 digits are the color HEX "190b00" the next 4 I have not identified them but it seems to always be color "001a" maybe some shades the next 2 are for plain / bright min 19 max ff "ff" the last two to manage dark / bright min 19 max ff "19"

`####### color yellow#####
{ devId: 'xxxx',
dps:
{ '1': true,
'2': 'colour',
'3': 135,
'4': 255,
'5': '190b00001aff19',
'6': 'cf38000168ffff',
'7': 'ffff500100ff00',
'8': 'ffff8006ff000000ff000000ffff0000ff0000ff0000',
'9': 'ffff5001ff0000',
'10': 'ffff0505ff000000ff00ffff00ff00ff0000ff000000' } }

########color blue######
{ devId: 'xxx',
dps:
{ '1': true,
'2': 'colour',
'3': 135,
'4': 255,
'5': '00001900efff19',
'6': 'cf38000168ffff',
'7': 'ffff500100ff00',
'8': 'ffff8006ff000000ff000000ffff0000ff0000ff0000',
'9': 'ffff5001ff0000',
'10': 'ffff0505ff000000ff00ffff00ff00ff0000ff000000' } }

#######color green####
{ devId: 'xxx',
dps:
{ '1': true,
'2': 'colour',
'3': 135,
'4': 255,
'5': '00190a0091ff19',
'6': 'cf38000168ffff',
'7': 'ffff500100ff00',
'8': 'ffff8006ff000000ff000000ffff0000ff0000ff0000',
'9': 'ffff5001ff0000',
'10': 'ffff0505ff000000ff00ffff00ff00ff0000ff000000' } }`

---------- update ----------
I think I understand that the digits 7-8 and 9-10 are the coordinates to set the color values in the app the digit 11-12 set plain / bright and 13-14 dark / bright.if you do not want to use the app you can set all to 0

if you set parameter 2 to "white", also set parameter 3 for brightness and 4 for white temperature

[codetheweb]

Mentioning @kalety so they can follow this issue for updates.

@ everyone who's still trying to control RGB bulbs: until such control is implemented in homebridge-tuya, you may want to look into using a different plugin like this one that supports RGB bulbs out of the box.

[zysoft]

@albertsal thank you for your input! I came across the same challenge with lightbulbs and your research helped a lot. I just submitted a pull request with lightbulb accessory support. It supports dimming, color temperature, and custom rgb color. You could give it a try if you want, I would appreciate your feedback!

[albertsal]

@zysoft hello I'm glad that I helped, I did not initially know what was homebridge, after I realized that it is an apple app, I still wanted to participate writing what I discovered. I unfortunately do not have apple products to give you feedback

[codetheweb]

(I'm copy/pasting this into every open issue and PR.)

This plugin is now deprecated, as I don't have enough time to maintain it along with other TuyAPI related projects. Please use AMoo-Miki's homebridge-tuya-lan plugin instead. (Or, you can continue to use this plugin, but I will not be giving support or adding any new devices.)

I'm sorry about this, but this plugin is taking a disproportionate amount of my time that I believe is better spent making TuyAPI more stable and adding more tools to the ecosystem.

[iRayanKhan]

Closing; inactive thread. If you need support please re-open this issue.

This plugin now supports RGB/RGBW lights.