Identical devices get detected as different types

[novanarwhal]

Describe the bug
I am adding 8 fans (detected as Skyfan DC fans). Two of the devices are being detected as a light.
To Reproduce
Adding the fan using the cloud assisted configuration

Expected behavior
All fans to be added as Skyfan DC fans.

Additional context
Attached diagnostics from correct and incorrectly detected fans.

Is there any way to manually edit devices using the configuration from a correct fan into the incorrect fan?

tuya_local-2bc2c9e9f69fb1fd99fcdee686405e8b-Guest fan-6c5aad47d776fb3b90314cb93661ebd9.json
tuya_local-5e2146fc35846b11c844e35c96a514f9-RGBCW light rumpus-8c9d7023e1eb944b874a5314c7f8890e.json

[make-all]

Changing the device type after installation changes the entities which are present, messing up the entity registry. So the only supported way to do it is to remove and re-add the device.

[make-all]

You should have been offered the fan config when you installed the devices. It seems you just clicked through with the default option selected without checking it first.

[novanarwhal]

You should have been offered the fan config when you installed the devices. It seems you just clicked through with the default option selected without checking it first.

This is the option list provided when trying to setup the problem fans. No fan option available.

[make-all]

Sorry, I read these configs the wrong way around, thinking that the misdetected one had an extra dp, when it was actually a missing dp for the preset.

[novanarwhal]

You should have been offered the fan config when you installed the devices. It seems you just clicked through with the default option selected without checking it first.

This is the option list provided when trying to setup the problem fans. No fan option available.

For reference this is one that detects properly.

[novanarwhal]

Thanks for looking in at this. Anyway to temporarily address this or edit it before a fix flows through?

[make-all]

Add optional: true to the preset_mode dp config.

[novanarwhal]

Add optional: true to the preset_mode dp config.

I do apologise - you have blown right past my level of knowledge here. Can you tell me where I go to add this or point to a guide?

[make-all]

Find the file skyfan_dc_fan.yaml. In that file, search for preset_mode. On the line after that, add a new line with same indentation that says optional: true

[novanarwhal]

Unfortunately this change does not enable me to chose the fan option at the setup stage.

[novanarwhal]

I have managed to get it work. I added the optional line to a different dps section and it started getting detected.

Thank you for your help.

[make-all]

Strange. The device must randomly fail to report either speed or preset (maybe depending on which was last used).

[novanarwhal]

If there is anything I can do to assist with identifying a cause of outcome, let me know.

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[novanarwhal]

Strange. The device must randomly fail to report either speed or preset (maybe depending on which was last used).

I played a bit more. It would seem that it entirely depends on when it was last used. I removed the optional: true line from the yaml and then turned a fan on (via remote, not isolator), set a speed and a timer that previously didnt work with tuya-local and all of a sudden it started getting detected correctly.

So the best solution to this problem is ensure that the device has been activated and certain functions used.