HACS & Bambu Labs question

Returning to HA after a hiatus and I seem to have forgotten more than I knew and I didn’t know that much to begin with! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

I am looking to incorporate the 3rd Party Bambu Integration into HA and it appears I have to install HACS first. Seems like things haven’t got any easier for somebody who doesn’t like to get his hands dirty! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Anyway before I install anything I thought I’d better check to see if HACS and the Bambu integration are compatible with Buster (yeah I know but it just works) before I break anything?

I am running the latest HA version but I noticed when I upgraded it and MQTT earlier that Node-RED v19.0.0 would not update my existing v18.1.1. due to not being compatible with ARM v7 any longer which made me wonder about installing HACS & the Bambu integration.

Also when looking at the HACS install guide on PiMyLifeUp it would appear I first need to know whether I am running the Home Assistant Operating System, Home Assistant Container, Supervised or Core as the installation process is slightly different. Well to be honest I am not sure and even navigating to the About page as advised gives the following;

  • Core2025.1.4
  • Supervisor2024.12.3
  • Operating System
  • Frontend20250109.2

To confuse me even further when I update I do see references to Container/Docker but what version am I actually running and am I able to install HACS on my Pi 4 running Buster please?

Secondly is the Bambu integration capable of running on my system also please?

As I said it just seems to work as is and I don’t think I have it in me to update or install the latest version of OS and HA so thought I’d check in with you guys to see how best to proceed before I break anything.

Thanks & kind regards,
-=Glyn=-

Hello

The HACS loader custom Integration’s only functions are to generate a list of Custom software from GitHub that was submitted to it by software authors, provide an easy button for you to install and a easy way to update it. It doesn’t do anything else for you.
As far as Bambu and HA, don’t know myself, but it’s probably all changing now that Bambu is trying to force people into buying their new tools.
I have a Bambu arriving this week, so I’m about to travel this journey as well. I love my Octoprint extension for HA currently and have even shared Blueprints to enhance it on HA.