Unhiding hidden Cloud DPs

[uzlonewolf]

While looking into #278 I found a post in another project talking about how they needed to make sure the devices in the cloud project were configured for "Standard Instruction" instead of "DP Instruction" under "Control Instruction Mode." Xenomes/Domoticz-TinyTUYA-Plugin#15 (comment) I thought, you know, for our needs we might actually want to switch to that (much more raw) "DP Instruction." The attribute map at the bottom of the setting page looked promising as well with the missing DPs clearly not mapped to any "Standard Instruction" but every last one had a mapping when set to "DP Instruction." After switching to "DP Instruction" and waiting a few hours, guess what? The cloud calls now return every single DP for my thermostats and have accurate types, values, and states to boot!

So, if you want the Cloud calls to return *every* DP, change your Control Instruction Mode!

[jasonacox]

Is there a global way to set that? It looks like it is "per device" setting:

[uzlonewolf]

Not that I've found, which is annoying since my list of device types is rather long.

[jasonacox]

Here is what I'm thinking about for documentation - It could stay in this issue we reference or in a Discussion. What do you think? Feel free to edit.

Tuya Cloud - DP Instruction Mode

How to get the full set up DPS values from Tuya Cloud.

This how-to will show you how to activate “DP Instruction” mode for your Tuya devices when using Tuya Cloud to pull data. This will result in getting the full list of DPS values and their properties for your devices.

Step 1 - Log in to your account on iot.tuya.com

Step 2 - Navigate to "Cloud" -> "Development" then select your project.

Step 3 - Select "Devices" tab.

Step 4- Select the device types and click the the "pencil icon" to edit.

Step 5 - Select the "DP Instruction" box and "Save Configuration"

There doesn't appear to be a way to globally set "DP Instruction" for all device types. You will need to select each device type and repeat the above step.

Step 6 - Use TinyTuya to access the full set of DPS

After 12-24 hours, you should now be able to poll the Tuya Cloud using TinyTuya to get the full list of DPS properties and values.

import tinytuya

# Connect to Tuya Cloud
c = tinytuya.Cloud(
        apiRegion="us", 
        apiKey="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", 
        apiSecret="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", 
        apiDeviceID="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxID")

# Display list of devices
devices = c.getdevices()
print("Device List: %r" % devices)

# Select a Device ID to Test
id = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxID"

# Display Properties of Device
result = c.getproperties(id)
print("Properties of device:\n", result)

# Display Status of Device
result = c.getstatus(id)
print("Status of device:\n", result)

[uzlonewolf]

Do you still have the sources for these graphics handy? I discovered that after Step 5, if you repeat Step 4 but click the "Eye" icon instead there is a "Refresh" button that will cause the change to take effect immediately instead of needing to wait 12-24 hours.

[CaesarNaykid]

is this "DP Instruction mode" working with LocalTuya? I've been reading about these for maybe 2 weeks, got my developer account set up and have been doing some stuff with hass and a tuya light, but i'm not really sure what tinytuya is, just found out about that. is TinyTuya an alternative to LocalTuya and TuyaLocal or is it a complimentary thing?

[uzlonewolf]

Yes, it changes it for everything which uses the cloud API.

LocalTuya is a HA plug-in that only runs inside HomeAssistant whereas TinyTuya is a stand-alone program than can be run anywhere.

[uzlonewolf]

Updated Step 2. to include -> "Development" and changed "a few hours" to "12-24 hours" (I really should time this). Otherwise that looks great!

Not sure why I didn't make this a Discussion to begin with, I'm going to blame it on being really tired. Edit: I see Gihub has a "Convert to discussion" option, but I don't know what "close and lock" is going to do (I assume it just means the issue and not the new discussion, but you never know).

[jasonacox]

Thanks @uzlonewolf - and please, don't get sick... get some rest!! 🤗

I see Gihub has a "Convert to discussion" option

No rush, but go ahead and try it. We can always recreate this if needed.

[uzlonewolf]

Eh, not a big fan of how every reply became a new comment instead of a reply, but whatever. Not great, not terrible.

[jasonacox]

Same. It seems to be in "discussion" and not "issues". However, I suspect it is a Microsoft thing that infected GitHub. They do the same with Teams. I really loathe it.