AJ Snyders
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Hi all.
I have scanned all the conversations I could find about the CBI Astute (ASC and ASI) switches, and how to integrate them to Home Assistant. I've managed to get to the point where I have 3 of them working. Somewhat. But I'm hoping someone here knows a bit more than I've been able to figure out so far.
What I have done:
Instead of using the "CBI Home" App, I used the "Tuya Smart" App to sync each device to my home Wifi. I have the Tuya accounts set up (both Dev and App accounts), and so I can control the devices via the Tuya Cloud and App. I have the standard Tuya Integration for HA, installed and working, able to control the switches, and see their power, current and voltage sensors. I have a couple of automations that are able to interact with these as I please. What I'd still like to do...
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The CBI switches seem to offer more entities than just the switch, power, current and voltage. But I can't see the other sensors. Does anyone know which is the best "Tuya Switch" to use to correspond with the hardware used by CBI in the Astute switches? I don't remember which Tuya Device I selected for the first one, but for the other two I used "Breaker (Wi-Fi)" under the device options when adding them. This shows 5 entities: switch, voltage, current, power, device restart status. Are there additional sensors? (Perhaps I'm expecting too much?) The App has scheduling capabilities, which must surely be local to the device. But I cannot see any entities that match that capability. Is the scheduling entirely dependent on the Tuya Cloud? The App shows history of consumption over time (per day, month, etc.) But I'm not sure if that data is aggregated in the Tuya Cloud, or on the local device... ? Second:
Use the Local Tuya integration so that I'm not dependent on the Tuya Cloud (and hence my Fibre connection) 24/7. I did install Local Tuya, but I had endless trouble with the first switch. Just could not get HA and the switch to talk. I did not keep notes of the errors, so I'll have to retry this before expecting any more help here. I've parked it for now. I'd like to resolve the above item first. I figure I'll try again soon starting with a fresh install of Local Tuya. Thank you all for so much I've learned from this community already. One day I might be able to be the helper rather than the helpee.
PS: The three switches I'm using are two of the ASI (Isolators for Geyser and Air Conditioning), and one ASC (Controller for Pool Pump).