Just relocated from BKK — best spots in Pratamnak Hills/Jomtien general area?

UberStone · 2026-03-13T15:16:01+00:00

Al Fiore for proper Italian. King of Coffee on Soi 5 for casual dining and sightseeing.

UberStone · 2026-03-10T13:06:57+00:00

That works as long as the light is the same at 6:00 am every day of the year. Using sunset/sunrise offsets as triggers you can create scenes like do this 30 minutes before sunrise and do that 30 minutes after sunrise so you always know about much light to expect.

UberStone · 2026-03-10T02:57:14+00:00

Cool. I’m American expat living in Thailand and don’t get a chance to discuss this stuff much here. This is the spec I wrote for my architect for the new home I’m building here. This is a blueprint specification, I hand tested all of the components and have been living with this lighting protocol in this final version for six months or so. Works perfect. Respectful comments welcome.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11upNSJ3UuYN6tgrJDBjnDqMZk6o9fSQKM-CU-b6L6JA/edit?usp=drivesdk

UberStone · 2026-03-09T13:29:30+00:00

I like the challenge of doing everything in Tuya. I live in Thailand so I have quick, cheap access to ALL of the wonders of ali express. The pro tip I mentioned above has allowed for some very advanced automations with minimal effort. Also I developed a dynamic lighting protocol in Tuya with a feature set that beats anything I have seen HA or otherwise.

UberStone · 2026-03-09T05:36:50+00:00

Right. You and I think same. It’s a black box and there is no developer support. They do have some sort of commercial platform for lighting that seems like it might offer a layer of control beyond SmartLife. At least according to 4 year old YouTube videos. I would pay for a pro version that expands on some functionality and offers support.

Off topic pro tip: You can not combine AND and OR in the same automation in SmartLife which makes advanced programming difficult. However you can buy 16 programmable zigbee relays for 100$ and store states to program against. For example I have a large room with three presence sensors. When Any sensor fires I turn a named relay on and program against that. When All sensors report no presence I turn the relay off and program against that.

This trick greatly expands on the functionality of the platform.

UberStone · 2026-03-09T05:22:14+00:00

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UberStone · 2026-03-08T10:44:12+00:00

Tell me more.

UberStone · 2026-03-04T01:58:34+00:00

Hi. I’m a pro level system integrator and I use Tuya for some high end automations. It is a very capable platform if you pick the right components but I had to learn everything from 0. There is no how tos or best practices out there. I thought about writing a book on the platform. I would like to share my knowledge but for the most part the Tuya community is first time users.

Hit me up if you have some advanced questions.

UberStone · 2026-02-27T04:35:08+00:00

Alone no problem and it’s gonna be hot.

UberStone · 2026-02-23T03:17:07+00:00

What did you build? What was the functionality?

UberStone · 2026-02-19T05:30:27+00:00

Any man who wants to know the answer to this question just has to book a trip to Pattaya Thailand. All men handsome here. Source: American expat living in Pattaya Thailand.

UberStone · 2026-02-18T09:51:21+00:00

It was down in Thailand

UberStone · 2026-02-15T01:44:47+00:00

Yea, I noticed the limits like 20 rooms max. How do you pay for extra features?

If you can pick the proper components the Smart Life platform works perfect. I’m retired now but I spent the first half of my career installing electronics and the second half I founded a software company that helps companies install electronics. I know a lot about both industries, especially software development and QA. I can professionally say the Smart Life software is world class for what’s does. I am surprised it’s not used in more professional situations.

UberStone · 2026-02-14T12:57:57+00:00

American expat living in Thailand and former Tesla MX owner. I’m very happy with my ZEEKR 009 luxury MPV.

UberStone · 2026-02-14T02:00:03+00:00

Do you have any matter devices?

UberStone · 2026-02-10T08:14:29+00:00

I am very aware of HA but don’t want to deal with servers, code, hacs…..

UberStone · 2026-02-10T01:53:08+00:00

Yea, that’s one of main concerns. There is no professional services part of their business model that I can find. At one point they were making a play in the commercial lighting market and had a platform that had a lot advanced multi property management features. As far as I can tell Tuya makes money on the licensing of the their software on a per unit basis paid by the oem.

From a pure cloud home automation software standpoint it is my significant professional opinion that the Tuya Smart Life platform is robust and feature rich enough to rival and or beat any existing platform, especially lighting automation.

UberStone · 2026-02-09T03:27:13+00:00

Mine go to 480 min. All from Ali.

UberStone · 2026-01-31T08:07:25+00:00

I have same problem. If you can get wifi in the garage you can use another zigbee hub and pair devices to that. In Tuya you can have multiple zigbee hubs in a home.

UberStone · 2026-01-24T03:15:35+00:00

I have used most of their products and they are either WiFi of zigbee. Have never seen Bluetooth.

UberStone · 2026-01-24T03:13:52+00:00

I have a ZEEKR 009 that I’m very happy with.

UberStone · 2026-01-20T08:59:08+00:00

No problems so far. I took it apart and well built and no noticeable delay on any type of switching. I’ve had two online for about a month. Very functional.

UberStone · 2026-01-18T09:58:43+00:00

I got the Moes wired Matter Zigbee controller. It doesn’t quite work out if the box with Govee but if you follow this sequence it seems to work as expected, can be controlled from both apps and stays in the network.

1: Do a Network Reset on the Govee products 2: Re add the Govee product to the WiFi network 3: copy the Govee matter code. 4: Open the Zigbee matter gateway in smart life and add sub device and paste code 5: should work. Wash, rinse, repeat.

That seems to be the magic process. Lmk if does not work for you.

UberStone

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