Got a stupid quick question here. Using a few Merkury bulbs through Tuya. However they are on some non dumb switches. I know I know, I need to fix that but I have an older house and I dont believe I have neutral wire. I use the LocalTuya plugin but of course everytime I'm readding the bulbs the IP I think is changing. Anyone else using Tuya can tell me if I set the bulbs to a static IP when they are readded to the network will the automatically just work again with HA or am I going to need to readd them because the local key changes and other stuff.
#LocalTuya Question
cold ridge
gusty bobcat
Hello @cold ridge,
Lock in the IP address of anything using your touter. Set a static route. Process is a bit different in each device so look at a manual for your device.
cold ridge
I'm runnin opnsense. I just was curious if I set the device to be static when the device restarts and is readded to the network will it just work or will I still need to go into tuya, remove it, readd, etc
cold ridge
what you mean not using as inteded?
bold blade
maybe a non valued opinion: i prefer the tuya local integration , tried the local tuya and didn't succeed with it.
quasi brook
i strongly prefer the non tuya integration though 🙂
You should mention your location, it differs at country iso standards
and make sure devices are on the same lan network..
quasi brook
Got a stupid quick question here. Using a few Merkury bulbs through Tuya. Howev...
if you want a static ip for lights, use your router and set static lease/reservation there.
cold ridge
@bold blade yea that's the one I use actually I mistyped
cold ridge
i strongly prefer the non tuya integration though 🙂
What you mean? Flashing the bulbs?
quasi brook
no, dont tuya at all..
cold ridge
OK so I'm a USA, I have them all on a vlan.
Lol well yea I am gonna probably get some zigbee ones soon. Slowly replace them but I got them cheap at Walmart when I first started this journey
I get and know how to set them static. My question just is will that stop me from havkng to keep deleting and readding them within the plugin
quasi brook
if added once, and updates/configs don't change, this would not be an issue. Different VLANs for HA and devices would cause issues.
Maybe try to disable ipv6 temp in HAOS, tuya and tuyaaah cloud dont do ipv6.
The choice for next buys would be zigbee, more reliable then wifi, and if wifi is down, you'd still have zigbee connection.
Ditched my last tuyaaah bulb last month or 2 ago, running 100% zigbee lights now, dont regret it at all 😉 Time flies when not having tuya
cold ridge
Lol which. And you using? I was looking at sengled