vielen Dank für die gute Erkärung ! Werde es gleich versuchen ! Ich verwende HomeKit - HOOBS - HomeAssistant. Bekomme meine Shelly sehr gut in HA, aber nicht in HomeKit, auch nicht über HOOBS (HomeBridge) 👍👍
For the more advanced automations you’ll need to utilize NodeRed, HA is ok for advanced automations but not amazing. If you only want advanced automations in HomeKit then just use the Home+ app (it’s $16 but very comprehensive, still cheaper than a raspberry pi).
Tech Tech & More Tech ok I didn’t hear of this before. I am already using the Home+ app. But I thought that with HA I was able to start adding more conditions and more reliable than in Home+. But I’ll take a look to NodeRed, thanks
I have a large house with lots of rooms and over 50 smart devices so far... Your integration instructions worked perfectly. Thanks! My question is, after integration of the items into HomeKit how do I add a new HASS device into HomeKit without completely redoing my integration?
When I look at my configuration.yaml after adding the HomeKit bridge; it doesn’t have any of the code you showed. I would like not to add all devices from HA to HK as some are already in HK natively.
i, is a good video, but ineed help with the Homekit controller, I didn't find it, do you have a link? I would like to integrate my Homekit devices into Home Assistant Greetings, Jens
I have a question. The principal device that I was integrate with your indications was an Aqara Gateway. The question is... if I have removed from de Homekit (apple) how I can to migrate to HA all the device that´s depend of the Aqara? for example, I have an aqara mini switch (that one with one button), it´s zigbee... but I can´t connect properly with the Nortek stik (that one I bought because of your other video :) ... Any sugestion? Thanks in advance and regards from Chile.
You will need to unpair and reset the zigbee device in order to pair it to a new zigbee hub. Or you can connect all of the Aqaba devices to the Aqaba hub, and then connect the hub to home assistant and all the devices will show up. That’s what I’ve done
Thanks for the video. Just trying to clarify. Set up Home Assistant on the Raspberry Pi. Use a HomeBridge integration to expose everything to HomeKit? Do you need to install HomeBridge somewhere else on the Pi?
If you only want to keep using HomeKit, then Homebridge is simpler and easier. If you're interested in more in depth or complex automations and control, Home Assistant will offer that, but it is a lot of work to make it work nicely.
I added my smart plug to home kit then removed it. It's still on my network in an unpaired state, but homekit controller can not find it. I've tried repeating the process, checking for updates to home assistant. unplugging and replugging. Nothing helps. Any suggestions appreciated.
Just wondering how homekit accessories works and controlled from outside network. Understood that if we use third party apps to control devices from outside, it uses its own cloud server to send the command to network hub and hub will send the command to that device. But how it works in homekit? Is it using our icloud or is it using apple cloud for IoT or by any other means?
Great video thank you, but....It seems it is not working with devices which are using Bluetooth LE (like Eve Thermostat for example). Do you have any solution how to add such deviced to HA from HK?
Oof that’s a tough one. I think the only way is if there is a custom plugin for that specific device. A quick Google search tells me that it may not be possible at the moment
I tried this, but I have an issue with the filters set in the configuration.yaml file. I have six actual lights, but 12 entities in HA (I think they were created by iConnectHue a while back). I tried to filter out the duplicates, but they still show up when pairing with Homekit. I already double-checked for typos and am kinda running out of ideas, though admittedly I am quite a HA noob. Help please? (edit: running HA supervised in a docker container on a raspberry pi 3B with up-to-date pi os, if that makes a difference)
Nice. Is there any way to control fan speed through Homekit after integration? I am able to control fan speed through Home Assistant but after integration with Homekit I am not able to control the speed…
I don’t have any fans in my HomeKit, but I think it should be possible as they are natively supported. Here’s a post about it from a developer community.home-assistant.io/t/homekit-fan-speed-support/84348
Hey Carlo, amazing video! Question - When I disconnect my Aqara M1S hub from HomeKit, it shows up for a second in Home Assistant, Flashes blue, but then I can not connect to HA. Any advice?
After doing all these if I add another entity to hass and put it to include section it does not appear in iPhone’s home app. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
So if I want to have a homekit and home assistant the best way to do it is to make all the devices run on home assistant and then just export them over to homekit?
Yes. That’s what I did. Keep in mind they’re only necessary for HomeKit only devices. For ones that can connect to various services, there may just be an existing home Assistant integration for them
Nice video. Clear and concise explanation. My question is what do you do after you have all the home assistant entities up and running in the Home app and at some point, all the devices report "No response "? This usually (but not only) happens when HA is restarted. The only course of action is to move the bridge and start again. Very annoying.
That's super annoying! I've had that happen a few times but restarting HA fixed it for me. Do you have a lot of z-wave devices maybe, and the mesh isn't complete before it starts back up? Try setting autostart to "false" for Homekit bridge; and then restart HA, and start Homekit bridge manually after a minutes.
Tech Tech & More Tech. No zwave devices. Mostly Sonoff devices with ESPHome and Wyze motion and contact sensors. Will try the auto start method. I seriously doubt it as the other day i left the house for an hour (all was well) and when I came back everything was ‘No response’
Any luck connecting First-Alert: Onelink Smoke / Carbon Monoxide detectors to HomeKit Controller in Home Assistant? I can see and add the device in iOS but Home Assistant says no devices are available.
I'm new to HA and have it running on a Zotac Zbox. Since it has no inputs like the Pi, I need an alternative. I want to hard wire an alarm contact directly to it. I have found a Z-Wave Multi-Input/Output Dry Contact Bridge; Cert ID: ZC08-16040002. Would that work?
Many thanks for this guide! I spent hours trying to connect Aqara Gateway to HA via HomeKit, without results... until now :) Now that Aqara Hub (and previous associated sensors) are under HA, how is possible to bind other ("new") Aqara sensors? Because "Mi Home" APP now doesen't control the Aqara Gateway anymore. Thanks
The reason the automation didn't work is because you have an automation file specified. Either include the automation in the automation file or delete the reference to the automation file at the top of your configuration YAML.
So if you have your Home assistant working through 3G then you can control it all from the home assistant app. But if you want to control it on 3G from the Home app you’ll need an Apple TV or iPad as a HomeKit hub
does the home automation computer have to have a wifi connection? trying to use a ONVIS Smart Motion Sensor Wireless PIR Detector With temp and humidity, says cannot find an unpaired device (removed from Home as you showed) My HA is on wired ethernet.
when I try to add device in H.A it just spins the blue circle. I tried a wemo plug with no luck then I just got a aquara hub and still just sits there trying to connect. Got any advice?
Best HA/HomeKit vid. Clear, concise and practical. Thanks man!
Thank you! Amazing tutorial!
vielen Dank für die gute Erkärung ! Werde es gleich versuchen ! Ich verwende HomeKit - HOOBS - HomeAssistant. Bekomme meine Shelly sehr gut in HA, aber nicht in HomeKit, auch nicht über HOOBS (HomeBridge) 👍👍
Good video, I am getting more convinced to start tinkering with HA for more advance automations and continue using HK
For the more advanced automations you’ll need to utilize NodeRed, HA is ok for advanced automations but not amazing. If you only want advanced automations in HomeKit then just use the Home+ app (it’s $16 but very comprehensive, still cheaper than a raspberry pi).
Tech Tech & More Tech ok I didn’t hear of this before. I am already using the Home+ app. But I thought that with HA I was able to start adding more conditions and more reliable than in Home+. But I’ll take a look to NodeRed, thanks
I have a large house with lots of rooms and over 50 smart devices so far... Your integration instructions worked perfectly. Thanks! My question is, after integration of the items into HomeKit how do I add a new HASS device into HomeKit without completely redoing my integration?
Just add them to the list in your config file. Restart HASS and then the Jew device will be in HomeKit on the default room.
Thank you! Very clear and useful information
When I look at my configuration.yaml after adding the HomeKit bridge; it doesn’t have any of the code you showed. I would like not to add all devices from HA to HK as some are already in HK natively.
i, is a good video, but ineed help with the Homekit controller, I didn't find it, do you have a link? I would like to integrate my Homekit devices into Home Assistant
Greetings, Jens
OHHHHHHHH!!!!! I can´t believe!!! its working!!! thanks alot man!
I have a question. The principal device that I was integrate with your indications was an Aqara Gateway. The question is... if I have removed from de Homekit (apple) how I can to migrate to HA all the device that´s depend of the Aqara? for example, I have an aqara mini switch (that one with one button), it´s zigbee... but I can´t connect properly with the Nortek stik (that one I bought because of your other video :) ... Any sugestion? Thanks in advance and regards from Chile.
You will need to unpair and reset the zigbee device in order to pair it to a new zigbee hub.
Or you can connect all of the Aqaba devices to the Aqaba hub, and then connect the hub to home assistant and all the devices will show up. That’s what I’ve done
I see the house on your wallpaper there is a video on youtube, that is my dream house
I just can’t get my Home app to find the HomeKit bridge after scanning the QR code in HA. Connection just times out
Thanks for the video. Just trying to clarify. Set up Home Assistant on the Raspberry Pi. Use a HomeBridge integration to expose everything to HomeKit? Do you need to install HomeBridge somewhere else on the Pi?
I am in the Apple echo system. Which one would be better for integration into HomeKit, HomeAssistant or HomeBridge?
If you only want to keep using HomeKit, then Homebridge is simpler and easier. If you're interested in more in depth or complex automations and control, Home Assistant will offer that, but it is a lot of work to make it work nicely.
I added homekit to HA see my devices in the iPhone and did add a single line of code 😳. I simply don’t add devices that are already on the phone...
I added my smart plug to home kit then removed it. It's still on my network in an unpaired state, but homekit controller can not find it. I've tried repeating the process, checking for updates to home assistant. unplugging and replugging. Nothing helps. Any suggestions appreciated.
Just wondering how homekit accessories works and controlled from outside network. Understood that if we use third party apps to control devices from outside, it uses its own cloud server to send the command to network hub and hub will send the command to that device. But how it works in homekit? Is it using our icloud or is it using apple cloud for IoT or by any other means?
Great video thank you, but....It seems it is not working with devices which are using Bluetooth LE (like Eve Thermostat for example). Do you have any solution how to add such deviced to HA from HK?
Oof that’s a tough one. I think the only way is if there is a custom plugin for that specific device. A quick Google search tells me that it may not be possible at the moment
I tried this, but I have an issue with the filters set in the configuration.yaml file. I have six actual lights, but 12 entities in HA (I think they were created by iConnectHue a while back). I tried to filter out the duplicates, but they still show up when pairing with Homekit. I already double-checked for typos and am kinda running out of ideas, though admittedly I am quite a HA noob. Help please?
(edit: running HA supervised in a docker container on a raspberry pi 3B with up-to-date pi os, if that makes a difference)
Nice. Is there any way to control fan speed through Homekit after integration? I am able to control fan speed through Home Assistant but after integration with Homekit I am not able to control the speed…
I don’t have any fans in my HomeKit, but I think it should be possible as they are natively supported.
Here’s a post about it from a developer
community.home-assistant.io/t/homekit-fan-speed-support/84348
Hey Carlo, amazing video! Question - When I disconnect my Aqara M1S hub from HomeKit, it shows up for a second in Home Assistant, Flashes blue, but then I can not connect to HA. Any advice?
Hey, great video. One question, after I add Aqara do HA, how can I add additional Aqara sensors to the hub?
You can do it normally through the Aqara app, and then just refresh the integration in home Assistant
How do you add the Aqara sensors w/o gateway to HomeKit via HA? I have tried several things but couldn’t work it out.
They should just be Zigbee sensors, so as long as you have a Zigbee hub in HA, you can use the HomeKit Bridge integration to port them over
@@TechTechMoreTech thanks! Sorry I missed the QR code part to integrate in HK. Thanks for the clear video.
After doing all these if I add another entity to hass and put it to include section it does not appear in iPhone’s home app. Any suggestion would be appreciated.
try restarting your home assistant. i've found that usually fixes it
@@TechTechMoreTech thank you
I did tried restart but I will again try and post the results here.
So if I want to have a homekit and home assistant the best way to do it is to make all the devices run on home assistant and then just export them over to homekit?
Yes. That’s what I did. Keep in mind they’re only necessary for HomeKit only devices.
For ones that can connect to various services, there may just be an existing home Assistant integration for them
Do these app makers have any idea how confusing this is? How many different programs are there that start with "Home"?
what if there is no sensor code on the device?
Nice video. Clear and concise explanation.
My question is what do you do after you have all the home assistant entities up and running in the Home app and at some point, all the devices report "No response "?
This usually (but not only) happens when HA is restarted.
The only course of action is to move the bridge and start again.
Very annoying.
That's super annoying! I've had that happen a few times but restarting HA fixed it for me. Do you have a lot of z-wave devices maybe, and the mesh isn't complete before it starts back up?
Try setting autostart to "false" for Homekit bridge; and then restart HA, and start Homekit bridge manually after a minutes.
Tech Tech & More Tech. No zwave devices. Mostly Sonoff devices with ESPHome and Wyze motion and contact sensors. Will try the auto start method. I seriously doubt it as the other day i left the house for an hour (all was well) and when I came back everything was ‘No response’
@@TechTechMoreTech I tried the auto_start: false method and the devices came back. This lasted a couple of minutes and now everything is gone.
I restarted HA again and it seems to be holding (for now)
Ah man, totally sucks it’s been this unstable for you. If it continues like this I would reach out to the developer on the github page for support.
Any luck connecting First-Alert: Onelink Smoke / Carbon Monoxide detectors to HomeKit Controller in Home Assistant?
I can see and add the device in iOS but Home Assistant says no devices are available.
I'm new to HA and have it running on a Zotac Zbox. Since it has no inputs like the Pi, I need an alternative. I want to hard wire an alarm contact directly to it. I have found a Z-Wave Multi-Input/Output Dry Contact Bridge; Cert ID: ZC08-16040002. Would that work?
I honestly don't know. I don't have any experience with that. Check out the Home Assistant GitHub page or subreddit for more help.
@@TechTechMoreTech I GUESS I will use mqtt
Hopefully it works for you!
Many thanks for this guide!
I spent hours trying to connect Aqara Gateway to HA via HomeKit, without results...
until now :)
Now that Aqara Hub (and previous associated sensors) are under HA, how is possible to bind other ("new") Aqara sensors? Because "Mi Home" APP now doesen't control the Aqara Gateway anymore. Thanks
With the aqara app
Does anyone know if the HomeKit Controller capability is in Hubitat?
Also there is homekit bridge, what's this?
The reason the automation didn't work is because you have an automation file specified. Either include the automation in the automation file or delete the reference to the automation file at the top of your configuration YAML.
Can you acces your home-kit devices outside your LAN? Does the controller and bridge works over 3G without apple tv or ipad?
So if you have your Home assistant working through 3G then you can control it all from the home assistant app.
But if you want to control it on 3G from the Home app you’ll need an Apple TV or iPad as a HomeKit hub
@@TechTechMoreTech HA control is just amazing! Thanks
That’s the problem with opensouce software .... everything is different in new versions.
Oh man…. I have an idea for some branding for ya! Mind if I draw up a logo?
does the home automation computer have to have a wifi connection? trying to use a ONVIS Smart Motion Sensor Wireless PIR Detector With temp and humidity, says cannot find an unpaired device (removed from Home as you showed) My HA is on wired ethernet.
No it does not. My Home Assistant is connected via Ethernet as well
@@TechTechMoreTech wonder why it doesnt find it? is it uncompatible?
I’m afraid I’m unfamiliar with that product, sorry!
when I try to add device in H.A it just spins the blue circle. I tried a wemo plug with no luck then I just got a aquara hub and still just sits there trying to connect. Got any advice?