Integrate with SmartLife / Tuya (https://www.tuya.com/) devices.
The SmartLife / Tuya apps controls a huge variety of devices from several brands, and it would be great to control these devices directly from Flic buttons.
IFTTT used to be able to control Smartlife Devices, but that seems to have been broken for months now.
Scene activation is available through IFTTT, but the delay is incredibly long and requires creating a scene to turn devices on and then for turning them off. for EACH device.
Rich Couto
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Dominic Webb
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Jon, as well as selecting Get in Flic, I trust you have entered the complete Sequematic URL in the next field. That should be all you need to do
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Jon
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I have the Sequematic working when I post the URL into a browser, but I'm struggling to get the same thing to work from an Internet Request GET in Flic. Anyone have suggestions? Thanks,
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Dominic Webb
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sequematic.com asks only for voluntary donations, try it out for yourself Mr Vingum
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Søren Vingum
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Sounds nice. But what is the catch and how are they funded?
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Dominic Webb
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I have revisited sequematic and it DOES provide an alternative to IFTTT by employing custom webhooks. After you link your SmartLife or tuya account to sequematic, you can create automations and run them by programming your Flic to send an Internet Request to the URL shown in the sequematic sequence. I have only done one such so far, a simple toggle on / off command for a plug but it works perfectly
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Dominic Webb
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Petter is right about sequematic but it is only another way to access IFTTT so there is still the problem of free IFTTT accounts being limited to 3 applets
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Petter Tollemark
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I've got the impression that you can use https://sequematic.com/ as man in mindel to use tuya and flic together
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Søren Vingum
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If IFTT could just offer a one-time payment for the implementation of e.g. 10, 25 or 50 routines, then it MIGHT be acceptable. But no no, IFTTT DEMANDS to be allowed to suck money from your account every single month. A solution that I certainly do not like.
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Anonymous
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And still total radio silence from Flic on this opportunity. I do t get how they’ve not commented at all on this thread.
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Jon Howard
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I agree 100%. Just adding a workaround solution
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Steven Christensen commented
But IFTTT changed their business model, and if you want more than 3 routines, you have to pay. Direct integration between Flic and Tuya would be better, since we already paid for the buttons...
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Jon Howard
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FYI It does work well via IFTTT and Brilliant Smart (instead of Smartlife - same backend)
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Anonymous
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I was thinking about buying some flic buttons and a hub, but now, after reading this post, I am not going to do it. I have all my smart plugs controlled by SmartLife app and it seems flic doesn't deliver any support or quality for my case.
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Jonatan Olsson
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If this happens I will almost certainly get a bunch of these buttons immediately.
This is a great idea.
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Søren Vingum
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Maybe they don't care because their sales rate is big enough already or maybe they are about to go bankrupt. Maybe we should warn potential buyers on TrustPilot?
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Anonymous
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It seems the only thing we're guaranteed from Flic on this is total silence.
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Ryan
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This and Alexa Routines are the only think stopping me from dropping serious cash on this platform :(
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Aaron B
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It's painful how quiet Flic are on this subject, and can't believe they're not seeing it.
Coupled with total lack of (promised) HomeKit support am starting to get concerned my beloved Flic buttons are going to be landfill.
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Anonymous
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I agree.
A simple connection with smart life Would solve my problem.
As for now IFTTT Is ok and I can live with the delay as long as it is free, but it is not worth a payed plan I my book.
I have several smart plugs that will soon be outdated with the ifttt change.
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Søren Vingum
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I really encourage the Flic team to find a way to add support for the Flic Buttons directly in Tuya/SmartLife. IFTTT sucks and I'd much prefer to put my money in more Flic buttons than having to pay IFTTT a monthly fee for using their service. I miss the Flic teams comments on this. It must be in their clear interest to potentially raisen their revenue by selling more Flics and having satisfied custumers. Get into the fight Flic!