Devices are Connected and working, but no colour options

[JAudi23]

I have my Globe colour/dimming LED bulbs connected with this integration now, on protocol 3.5 however I do not see any options in HA to adjust the colours or even to dim the light, the switch only turns the bulbs on and off.

I know they work with colours and dimming as they can do this via the SmartLife app.

I know I missed some steps when initially setting them up, however cannot find the details to configure these options. Can you help?

[xZetsubou]

Don't add the device as switch add the device as light

However your bulbs might be the same as mine dps I have already export my bulb as template:
Create a file in custom_components/localtuya/templates/file_name_eg_bulbs.yaml
copy the whole template on the bottom, And paste it into yaml file you created require HA restart so integration can detect it
This is bulb template file.

- light:
    brightness: '22'
    brightness_lower: 29
    brightness_upper: 1000
    color: '24'
    color_mode: '21'
    color_temp: '23'
    color_temp_max_kelvin: 6500
    color_temp_min_kelvin: 2700
    color_temp_reverse: false
    entity_category: None
    friendly_name: My LED Bulb
    id: '20'
    music_mode: true
    platform: light
    scene: '25'

If you want to add a template rather then click on platforms check Import template file this will auto-input fields for you. don't forgot to change the bulb name when click next after using templates.

Using template especially if you have multi devices are kinda similar will always save so much time.
Templates

[JAudi23]

Thank you, I'll try this in the morning.

[JAudi23]

Thanks again, I did originally add them as lights, but wasn't sure which settings/numbers to add.
Your details were clear once I looked at the code and reconfigured my lights. I have them working with colours now.
Can you point me to some documentation from Tuya that explains all these different settings so I can learn more about this?

[xZetsubou]

Do you use cloud with localtuya?

[JAudi23]

I only configured my cloud account to pull the device details down, but otherwise, I understood LocalTuya was all locally handled?

[xZetsubou]

Yes but if you used cloud it will help you sometimes to know which DP goes for field, sometimes it tells code: bright_value you know this goes into brightness field.

I don't believe there is such a thing as docs for this to be fair, because this something related to devices, BUT.
I can tell there is ways to detect each DP goes where.

1. is through Tuya cloud go to devices and Debug Device You can see values compare them with the values that shows in localtuya.

2. Add an events to HA #28 I didn't merge that yet but if you add the device for example add the device as sensor, switch anything,
   in HA developer tools -> Events: Listen the event localtuya_device_dp_triggered and using the smart life check the brightness value for example it will tell you what DP triggered in event listen page.

This is also what I added template feature to export the config and add it later for similar devices.
I used 1 template for switch 3 Gang that Actually can use it with any switch I buy. by using the template and if it's 2 gang I just unchecked the entity that I don't want when template imported.

The devices most likely have common DP index for example all switches DP numbers goes 0, 1, 2 and timers starts with 9, 10, 11 and lights 20 same goes for covers and lights etc.. I would recommended you to depend on cloud to detect code or debug device. this is the best way by time you will starts DP field easily.

edit:
When I started using the localtuya what I was used as references is the values for example I knew my brightness is 56% so in brightness value I search for DP that have value 56 or my bulb is setting in white mode I knew my color mode is white etc..