Adding Zigbee inline switches | Home Assistant | Page 1

granite yew May 25, 2025, 8:55 PM

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I hope this is the right place to ask, but I have some cheap Aliexpress switches and similar Tuya ones, which I originally used in Google Home (see image). How do I add these to HA?
Many thanks

fathom roost Jun 10, 2025, 1:58 AM

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Did you come up with anything here?

wooden oriole Jun 10, 2025, 2:34 PM

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they seem to be tuya-based wi-fi units. basically you have 2 options. either use the tuya app and set them up with the tuya cloud service, then set up the tuya integration to access them through the cloud...

or, if you want local control, go down the rabbit hole of tuyalocal or localtuya (i never remember which is the latest and greatest).

in general, avoid tuya wi-fi. tuya zigbee usually just works with ha.

fathom roost Jun 10, 2025, 2:55 PM

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I had a couple bulbs on Local Tuya after FEIT Electric changed the chipset so I couldn't flash Tasmota anymore. But yeah, I remember LocalTuya being a massive pain.

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When you say "Tuya Zigbee," can I just not add these devices with Z2M like anything else? ❔

wooden oriole Jun 10, 2025, 3:01 PM

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the picture indicates that they are wifi devices, not zigbee

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so if those are the ones you have, then they will not connect to z2m

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if they are indeed zigbee devices and you have a working mesh you should just have to get them reset back to pairing mode

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if they are zigbee and they fail during pairing, try enabling pairing only on a very close router or only on the coordinator. not all routers play nice with each other

granite yew Jun 14, 2025, 9:56 PM

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@granite yew I have HA running I Docker on my nas, obviously it is attached to my lan, I can't work out how I pair these. When I pair with the SmartLife App, I go through a process of resetting the device until the light flashes, then it pairs via my phone. Where in HA can I do something similar?

#Adding Zigbee inline switches