What I mean by frozen is that the Kincony device disconnects from MQTT and does not let any relay be operated through MQTT commands.
The only way to recover the MQTT service is to power-cycle it.
Note that it happened twice this morning within 40 minutes.
UPDATE: it’s been working without freezing for 14 days in a row
Webserver of kincony is constantly crashing … spend way to many money in kincony. It’s unstable and not reliable .
Hi Jordy.
Since the last firmware update, MQTT has been pretty stable on my KC868-H32.
What for do you use the web interface ?
Apart from setting up the device initially, I did not use it anymore.
Nope I’m trowing this crap out. When I turn on some lights via home assistant most of the time after doing this the whole controller jams. Even the local push buttons in the wall arent working. So I have to power cycle it. When only working with wall buttons. No problem. State is synced with HA. But turn on lights in HA after a few times. HA forces the light switch back on because state won’t change… If I knew this sooner I could spend my money in knx.
For anyone interested in testing this HASS native component and reporting any issues in the PR here: New KinCony Hx component by kgkolev · Pull Request #70908 · home-assistant/core · GitHub
You should be able to just clone the branch with:
- Clone the branch:
git clone [email protected]:kgkolev/hass-core.git -b kincony_hx_component
- copy the
homeassistant/components/kincony_hx directoryon your HASS instance and restart - Add a KinCony Hx integration to be able to access Relay Switches.
Thanks!
@KinCony: I’m not able to connect KC868-H16 with F/W H16B_V4.35 anymore.
Tried with 2 different HA setups.
you can test send command manually whether work well. let controller connect to MQTT broker, you send command to broker by a MQTT tool, such as “MQTTBOX”.
Well not anymore. The MQTT stack is no longer working even after a 10 minute power off.
I wish Kincony would take the time to fix this bug - unreliable devices are a nightmare especially when you rely on them to open/close your doors 
The integration relies on command line switches which requires constant polling to get the proper status of the relay and the inputs.
IMHO device-based MQTT is by far the best solution when properly implemented.
@KinCony I have integrated the KC868-H32BS and KC868-D8 with MQTT and I can control the devices from the Home Assistant dashboard. However, the relays and dimmers are only entities in Home Assistant but not devices. Because they are not devices it is not possible to automate the relays in Home Assistant because entities are not eligible devices for automation. My understanding is that some device data needs to be included in the configuration.yaml for the device to be discovered and enter the device registry. Can you provide the proper configuration so that the relays and dimmers show up as devices in Home Assistant?
which loads you have connected with H32B relay output directly?
do you have using AC contact?
if re download firmware whether work well?
Could you elaborate on how to activate this component?
@KinCony: I cannot create an account on the kincony forum (email is marked as not valid even though it is) so I do it here.
The KC868-H16B that I have is moved to another environment and we have problems with it.
It is configured in Ethernet / MQTT mode and at first it runs fine but after switching a few outputs, the blue LED comes on and the relay stops working.
The LED stays on and the relay does not reply to a ping command anymore.
There does not to seem any logic behind the failure, unplugging the power solves it for a short time.
The firmware version is: H16B_V4.35
Any idea what is wrong with it?
Do you have use H16B relay output connect to AC contact directly?
Yes, is that a problem?
because the coil of AC contactor generates interference signal, if you use extend DC relay or DC contact will no problem. if you must need add AC contact, just add RC snubber will solve your problem, just connect resistance and capacitance on both ends of coil of AC contactor in parallel. Here have KiniCony RC snubber , you can directly to use: RC Absorption Snubber Circuit Module - Smart Home Automation | KinCony here are diagram RC snubber connect with KC868-H16B
I had the exact same problem with motorized valves on my H32B and had to solve it with Zigbee-controlled relays as the RC Snubber did not help in any way.
Good luck!
Would you mind sharing what devices did you use?