Bestway lay-z-spa

šŸ‡³šŸ‡± Nederlands (Dutch)
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Hello,

I have a Bestway Lay-Z-Spa Milan 6-person model. The installation through the iOS app went smoothly.

I installed the Homey Pro app, and Iā€™m able to turn the spa on and off via Homey, as well as enable and disable the bubble massage.

The temperature reading is displayed, although sometimes it takes a while to update.

However, I am unable to turn on the heater or activate the filtration (which turns on together with the heater). When I tap those controls, nothing happens, even though everything works perfectly in the official iOS app.

Is it normal that these features donā€™t work yet with Homey?

I mainly installed Homey to create scheduled automations for heating and filtration, so this is currently a major limitation.

Iā€™ve already tried removing and reinstalling the Wi-Fi module on the spa, but it didnā€™t help.

Do you have a solution for this, or is this functionality still under development?

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I managed to turn the filtration on and off by bypassing the app, because I believe something is missing in its current functionality. The options in the app that are supposed to activate heating mode or turn off heating mode simply donā€™t work.

So I created two scripts: one to turn the filtration on, and one to turn it off. Then I added a virtual ON/OFF button. Now Iā€™m able to build my automation scenarios as planned.

Iā€™m not sure who maintains the app, but this part definitely needs to be reviewed.

I noticed the issue while using the Developer Tools console, where the pump_onoff command works perfectly when setting the value to true or false.

ON

const spaDeviceId = '60xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';

const device = await Homey.devices.getDevice({ id: spaDeviceId });
await device.setCapabilityValue('pump_onoff', true);

return 'āœ… Filtration activĆ©e.';

OFF

const spaDeviceId = '60xxxxxxxxxxxxx;

const device = await Homey.devices.getDevice({ id: spaDeviceId });
await device.setCapabilityValue('pump_onoff', false);

return 'ā›” Filtration dĆ©sactivĆ©e.';
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for Home assistant there is a script now to control the new Bestway spa: GitHub - M1R4G376/New_bestway_spa: this librairy working can communicate with the latest Bestway app version smartspa
I hope this gets integrated in the Homey app too ( or a new homey app for it)

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I hope the app will be updated!

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I converted the HA app to a homey appā€¦ Almost ready! When finished, I try to publish it in the store. Give me some time, Iā€™m not a programmer :slight_smile:

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If someone is interested, here it is: Bestway / Lay-Z Spa | Homey

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Tried it, but still doesnā€™t work for the ā€˜Bestway Connectā€™ app..

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Wellā€¦ it works for me :stuck_out_tongue:
What part does not work?

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Thx telenut.

Took some time to figure out how to get it connected to the pool.
Tip: open a ā€œQR code translationā€ homepage (https://qrcoderaptor.com/ maybe) take a photo and copy the ā€œQR code resultā€ to the Homey app.
Hoping for more stuff to the app.
Toronto 2025 spa.

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I just added some more flow cards
And tried contacting the developer of the other app in the store.