IFTTT is closed, I don't understand the Instructions I see posted

[Hail2Victors (Kory Gollan)]

• Platform information:

  • Hardware: Raspberry PI 4
  • OS: Openhabian - OpenHAP 2.5

• Issue of the topic: Ok, I get it… No more IFTTT through the cloud connector

So, I understand, due to overuse/abuse, IFTTT is no longer available. I see that I need to create my own instance of the OpenHABCloud connector and also my own hook into IFTTT. I read a guide, and I am not a programmer or anything, so I didn’t quite understand even the first steps, whish were “In python do this…” I don’t know how to start python, or anything. If there is a step-by-step guide for idiots, that would be great.

I read previous posts, and there were comments like: OpenHAB does everything, why would you use IFTTT? I have LED strip lights using Smart Life that I cannot seem to get the localkey from. I had a rooted Android emulator, and I still couldn’t find the localkey. So, that’s why I need IFTTT.

[Bruce_Osborne]

OpenHAB is very flexible but takes a lot of work to understand & configure. I think the personal cloud is meant for those with advanced knowledge.
You may prefer a system such as Home Assistant that caters more to the novice user.

[H102 (CM6.5 H102)]

You can create your own cloud server if IFTTT is a must.

[Bruce_Osborne]

@H102

You can create your own cloud server

They want step by step instructions on how to do that so whoever provides those instructions can troubleshoot for them.

[clinophobic]

Could you use Pushbullet to send the info to IFTTT?? Obviously not ideal using another step but you are already not going local by using IFTTT.

[rpwong (Russ)]

@Hail2Victors

I have LED strip lights using Smart Life

If they’re in the Smart Life app, then they’re Tuya-based devices. That gives you a couple of options to connect your LEDs to openHAB using MQTT, which works entirely on your local network.

Personally, I went with the first option of flashing my devices with Tasmota firmware. It was a very straightforward process.

Tutorial: Cheap, Tuya-based, Smart Plugs. HowTo reflash them and use them with OpenHAB

Cheap Smart Plugs (With power monitoring!) [image] The Mission: Based on this thread about cheap, wifi-based smart plugs, it was suggested I do a write-up on how to flash them and how not to brick them (like I did ) Why: Smart plugs are probably the first or second thing you’ll want to do with your new smart home. But, there are a number of issues to smooth before you can use them. Once smoothed you’ll see that it’s actuallly a doddle to get these plumbed in to your system. W…

Step-by-Step guide for adding Tuya-bulbs, Wi-Fi smart LED (Smart Life app) to OH2 using tuya-mqtt.js by AgentK

There is some development going on to upload custom firmware like tasmota to tuya devices without physically opening it and bypassing tuya cloud. It’s still under heavy development. https://github.com/ct-Open-Source/tuya-convert https://github.com/SynAckFin/TuyOTA

[Hail2Victors (Kory Gollan)]

Thanks, I was going to put a post about that. I have walked through that… It took me awhile to get the localkey, but I finally got it. I am actually walking through this again. For some reason, I just can’t seem to control the lights once everything is set up, and I am not sure why. I just tried starting clean and going through everything again, though

[Hail2Victors (Kory Gollan)]

I could try that. I was also curious about maybe using a webhook in IFTTT. Hopefully I can get these Tuya lights working, and I won’t have to worry about it . If nothing else, I ordered a new controller for the light strip that I believe is compatible with the wifi smart LED.