Hello everyone, I’ve just purchased two WindCalm fans from the brand Create. They are Wi-Fi devices compatible with TUYA and SmartLife. With the Tuya app for example, everything works perfectly. However, it’s impossible to add these fans in the Tuya app on Homey, because the “fan” device type doesn’t appear in any of the Tuya apps (neither Tuya nor Tuya Cloud).
I managed to integrate them into HomeKit using a Raspberry Pi with Homebridge through Tuya IoT, but I would really like to have my fans directly in Homey.
However, when I add a new device and scroll down through the brands, I see three options again (Tuya, another Tuya, and Tuya Cloud).
When I choose the first one, the ceiling fan does appear in the list, but I’m unable to sign in to my Tuya account using this app, and I don’t understand why.
Ah, didn’t know you are doing this directly in MobileApp.
I suggest to use the app store first. Search for a brand, then you will get one ore more apps showing up.
Select an app an check the supported devices. Tuya is Wifi based, so the MobileApp can’t search a device like it’s possible for Zigbee.
The official app is currently broken, but with some luck, Athom will add a new login. You can subsribe the tipic above to get updates. That’s the easiest way.
When using the community app, it’s much more work… You need a Tuya developer account and if the dehice is not direct supported, you have to work with flows. Most is described in firt post of the app thread.
That’s why I would wait some time if the official app comes back.
I’ll stick with my Raspberry Pi and Homebridge for now just to use my fans in HomeKit, and wait until a working version of Tuya for Homey becomes available to integrate my fans into Homey.
