BNETA Bulb with Homebridge howto?

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neoprema

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Anyone here got a BNETA Bulb working on Homebridge?

I set it up, and it looks like the app uses "Tuya" software to connect. But the Tuya plugin for Homebridge is super convoluted and doesn't just search the network for devices? Not sure how to add this bulb to Homebridge so i can expose it to Homekit.
 
PS - came right with this btw.

If anyone else wants to know:

The Homebridge Tuya Web Plugin is what you need, you then enter your credentials and then enter the device ID, configure light max/min settings etc.

The key and what took so long is that the BNETA Tuya app is signing into a specific BNETA Instance, not the default Tuya one. But the plugin looks for login on the default Tuya website.

Simply delete the device from BNETA app, delete BNETA app. Install Tuya App, re-add the device and use your credentials from the Tuya app on Homebridge Tuya Plugin.

It then works 100% on Homebridge and subsequently on Homekit.
 
neoprema said:
PS - came right with this btw.

If anyone else wants to know:

The Homebridge Tuya Web Plugin is what you need, you then enter your credentials and then enter the device ID, configure light max/min settings etc.

The key and what took so long is that the BNETA Tuya app is signing into a specific BNETA Instance, not the default Tuya one. But the plugin looks for login on the default Tuya website.

Simply delete the device from BNETA app, delete BNETA app. Install Tuya App, re-add the device and use your credentials from the Tuya app on Homebridge Tuya Plugin.

It then works 100% on Homebridge and subsequently on Homekit.
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Logged in for the first time in years just to say thank you for the follow-up. Was initially worried I wouldn't be able to get this into Homebridge.
 
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