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Normally $26
Apparently a promo line so was hanging on a clipstrip rather than on a shelf.
1 outlet is "Always On"
4 outlets independently switched via your favourite reskinned Tuya app.
Arlec Grid Connect 5 Outlet WiFi Powerboard $13 @ Bunnings (Selected Stores)
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Can get the $12 eko ones on ebay big w free delivery with plus
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/EKO-WiFi-Power-Plug-with-Energy-…
Can use afterpay10 to get 2 for $14Nice? And these are Tuya right… good find
Are they Au certified?
Sold by Big W so whaddayoureckon?
None available in WA
Still $26 at local bunnings
No deal lol
Its probably marked down in one store in the county, but doesn't hurt checking if you are there.. or just save yourself$13 ;)Yes, promo line discounts are very hit and miss.
For geeks: Instead or reflashing each device, and if you use Home Assistant, you can use the integration "Tuyalocal" to control all Tuya devices within your network (among other reasons: faster). But you have to connect your Tuya account to an account at iot.tuya.com and then read out token device IDs and device passwords. Afterwards, you can block devices talking to Tuya to keep privacy. Since you can connect Google Home to Home Assistant, you can then voice control all devices with "Hey G, turn on …" without talking to Tuya cloud. You can find lots of info on Google about local Tuya and Home Assistant, start with YouTube. Good luck!
Good luck!
That's what you need for this process. Finding the device IDs is quite a mission! Once it's done it's great, but it's not a simple process.
There was hope that the new Tuya HA integration was going to give local control, but it looks like they've shelved that.Finding the device IDs is quite a mission! Once it's done it's great, but it's not a simple process.
Do you mean the local keys? It's actually really simple, you can get it from the iot.tuya.com website. I'm not sure why many guides out there make it so complicated with BlueStacks and all that.
Summary of the whole procedure:
- Register on iot.tuya.com (existing tuya app login won't work)
- Create a new project, link it with your existing tuya app login
- All the Device IDs will be listed
- Retrieve the local keys from the device details pageYes, local keys. Device ID's are in the app, but not local keys.
I followed that guide too, but it's still a needlessly complicated procedure, and things have changed in the iot website and API explorer since that guide.
I kept getting errors, until I realised there are now multiple places in the API that look like "Get device details", only one of which gives you the local key, and only when you have the right data center selected.They could easily just include the local key in the app where they provide the other device details… Or just flick a switch to provide local control like xiaomi.
I followed that guide too, but it's still a needlessly complicated procedure
Oh, right, I guess we just have different definitions of complicated. ;)
and things have changed in the iot website and API explorer since that guide.
I just did it a few days ago, not that much has changed, just slight renames of some of the tabs. It took less than a minute of clicking to find the new tabs.
I guess we just have different definitions of complicated. ;)
Haha. Yep. I was just on the other end of this argument last month.
@NigelTufnel: Well that was entertaining. I'm surprised someone who bothers to do all the things he did would find that process so difficult. I haven't tried it myself but the steps look pretty straightforward. 🤷🏻♂️
Oh, right, I guess we just have different definitions of complicated. ;)
Best comment I've read today :)
I always use Terminal input "tuya-cli wizard" to retrieve keys, bit of a pain.
Can you guide me where on the website I can click "Get device details"?
I just checked, "My cloud projects", tabe "Devices", then tabe "All Devices". But I cannot see "Get Device Details anywhere.
Your help is much appreciated.
@econzune: This is where I got mine:
Assuming you've already created a project and linked your tuya account to your iot account, from https://iot.tuya.com/:
- Click on Cloud on the bar on the left
- Click on your cloud project name
- Click on Devices
All your Device IDs will be listed there. Copy the device ID of the device you want to get the local key for, then
- Click on API Explorer on the left bar
- On the left, under "General Device Management" is another entry called "General Devices management". Click on that, and click on "Get Device Information".
- Paste the device ID and click on Submit Request at the bottom (it might be hidden under the cookies permission bar at the bottom)
- The local key will appear in the results on the right.
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Damn! I just bought one of the black Arlec ones last night and my local Big-W has stock of these. Didn't know Big-W sold them, so thanks. No hope for return either cos the thing was glued together so disassembly was a bit of a pain.
If anyone is interested, the one I bought contained a WB2S chip, which is not ESP8266 based and therefore cannot be flashed with Tasmota or ESPHome. Someone has worked out a way to flash these chips (google OpenWB2S ) and get them working with Home Assistant, but all the useful info is currently in Polish. Good news for those cheap Arlec LED strips too, will save a lot of DIY.
The standard Tuya plugin has it visible in HA but it doesn't show consumption. I'm gonna play around with the other integrations and see if I can get it to show, cos $12 is a very good price for one of these imo.