Problems with node-red-contrib-smartlifeair

General
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Having seen a notification on twitter and a post on another thread from @razorRun I've tried getting this to work with my tuya rgb light bulb

I can get the smartlife app to control my bulb and I've registered myself on the smartlife website but the bulb doesn't show up in the node config

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I've tried switching on/off /restarting NR /twirling round 3 times but nothing shows up

has anyone tried it and got it working?

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Are you using “Smartlife Air” app ? If not grab it from link in read me.
Let me know how it goes?

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Yes - I can fully control the bulb from the smartlife app on my android phone

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It's not the smartlife app, It's Smartlife Air by smartlife.nz, Goto the link and click the 3rd button "Download Smartlife Air App" in the list.

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This is what I have installed on my phone

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[edit I can see that there is a Smart Life app as well so I see why you were making sure I was using the right one :slight_smile: ]

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Yep, Thats the correct app.

Have you created an account under https://smartlife-air-plugins.smartlife.nz/ and added your SmartLife air credentials?

And After enrolling and Operating the device from the app at-least once click save and refresh there. You should see the device list in the browser

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Yes

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Done all that

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Also, checked device firmware is the latest (1.5.0)

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it should look like this

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Ok

Well I'm not seeing any devices at the bottom below the Set button :frowning:

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I was having a a look at your account, looks like we are not seeing any devices under the credentials. Give me few mins

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Ah ha! Found the issue, Since you are based in EU it's using our EU db and this node is looking at US DB. I will apply a patch for this later. But for the time bean can you create a new account in mobile app and choose the country as New Zealand ?

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setting up using alternative email but going out for a few hours so back later :slight_smile:
Thanks for the prompt support :slight_smile:

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:ok_hand: let me know how it goes

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Working :slight_smile:

I always wanted to live in New Zealand :slight_smile:

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Is not everything using the TUYA API under the hood? At one point I had 4 different apps on my phone, because I had 4 different smart plug vendors... until I got the TUYA generic app, and surprise, that one app can see every smart device i have... regardless of the vendor?

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OT but I spent over 5 months there in 1990 - had a fantastic time.

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Got another issue - it all worked fine with an existing Cura GU10 bulb :slight_smile:
I bought another bulb - Accio Mood GU10 - that works differently (different HSV values) but it works :slight_smile:
I've also bought a couple of mains plugs (labelled ConnectBeat) - I can control them using the SmartLife Air app and they appear as devices but computer says I can't control them :frowning:

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I find it useful to load the recommended app, then backtrack the resulting configuration, sometimes it is just a matter of firmware version is different that causes differences between the various API layers. I had a couple of smart plugs that seemed to not want to play nice, but after a firmware download the TUYA API saw them just fine.

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The app says there's no firmware update available for these devices :frowning: