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Volker Hänsel edited this page Oct 6, 2023 · 7 revisions

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Settings

Tuya settings (optionally)

  • enter the cloud credentials to allow the service to read device data from the cloud API
  • select the region where the devices are registered
  • test "Try Connect" to verify the proper settings

MQTT settings

  • enter FQDN or IP, port (default is 1883)
  • enable TLS switch if the MQTT broker require a secured connection
  • enable Authentication if needed, enter username and password
  • use a topic name to get all the device information published in a sub folder
  • "Test Connection" to verify MQTT settings to be correct

Save settings

click the button

The data is saved in the docker container as /app/DataDir/MQTTsettings.json

{
  "MQTT": {
    "MqttHost": "192.168.3.24",
    "MqttPort": 1883,
    "MqttAuthentication": true,
    "MqttUser": "ipsymcon",
    "MqttPassword": "*******",
    "MqttTopic": "tuya",
    "MqttV5": false,
    "MqttTls": false,
    "MqttNoFragmentation": false
  },
  "TuyaAPI": {
    "TuyaAPIAccessID": "###########",
    "TuyaAPISecret": "###########",
    "TuyaAPIRegion": 3
  }

.... more data here ....

}

MQTT client status

  • a green connection status verifies an established link to the MQTT server
  • the Broker: item is the data subscribed to the item $SYS/broker/version

TUYA Devices

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Log

see the service activities and error messages in this window.

Click on the 'floppy disk' icon to download the current log. The download log will contain more error descriptions and data to identify the problem.