Häfele BLE - Home Assistant Integration

[bramcou]

Ah yes of course, I was mistaken. Yes you can choose what type of power supply that transforms 230V AC to 12 or 24 volt DC, be it from Hafale or a different supplier. My point was that I wanted to plug the Loox5 led strips straight into a 3rd party zigbee controller (that then needs 12 or 24 volts DC power input) and that indeed works.

[tginther (Terry)]

Hi Ralf & other Hafele Users!

I just posted a reply to Guillaume’s post, and wanted to add it here for more exposure.

I’m attempting to integrate my Häfele Connect Mesh into Home Assistant, and purchased a generic version of the Hafele Connect Gateway from AliExpress since the Hafele version is only available in Germany. You can read the details in the link above. Hoping to collaborate with the Hafele community to see if I can get this working, and of course I’ll document for others.

Terry

[mjasek (Mateusz Jasek)]

Hi Terry! I just got Häfele Connect Mesh and I’m wondering if there are any possibilties of integrating it into Home Assistant. How are Your results since January? Can I help somehow?

[haa (Haan)]

Looks like there is little hope for Häfele:

Option 1: Häfele Connect Mesh Gateway

The custom integration seems to have stopped working for some users, and the developer @GoatGuyGuillaume is no longer actively maintaining it. The issue might be related to changes in Häfele’s cloud services. not an option

Option 2: Zigbee Controller

Can someone confirm this works? Which Zigbee Controller? Maybe the Sonoff Zigbee Bridge? Maybe some Zigbee LED Controller that supports 12V or 24V DC input? Which one? Maybe Conbee?

Option 3: Custom Gateway using GL-S10 (from Ali)

Flashing custom firmware is not possible due to encryption, as mentioned by user @nomis52. So, not an option.

There are two threads:

Häfele BLE - Home Assistant Integration

Hello HA Ninjas, I am a HA enthusiast for years and heavily rely on HA in my day-to-day operations. I plan use a system from Häfele in my “smart RV”. They have a system which runs for 12V or 24V. Very handsome with all the boxes checked for lights/locks/etc. Looks very promissing. The one thing which I dont see 8yet) is a blocking point for me. No HA integration. Has anyone heard of/working on a solution to integrate such a BLE bridge and the devices behind the bridge? Anyone an idea what/how …

[Custom component] Hafele Connect Mesh

[Custom component] Häfele Connect Mesh Hello Home Assistant Community! I’m excited to announce the release of a new custom integration: Häfele Connect Mesh. This integration allows you to seamlessly connect and control your Häfele (Haefele) Connect Mesh devices through Home Assistant. Features: Device Discovery: Automatically discovers Häfele Connect Mesh devices on your network. Control Lights: Turn on/off lights and adjust brightness. Configurable via UI: Set up the integration through the …

Maybe a mod can close the oldest thread to keep everything in one place?

[dllfpp]

@haa

Option 2: Zigbee Controller

Can someone confirm this works? Which Zigbee Controller? Maybe the Sonoff Zigbee Bridge? Maybe some Zigbee LED Controller that supports 12V or 24V DC input? Which one? Maybe Conbee?

This works 100%.
My setup:

• SONOFF Zigbee Dongle-E 3.0 (Aliexpress)
• Replaced Hafele Mesh adapter with this Zigbee led controller (Aliexpress) - Input is 24v but that’s just because my Hafele LED driver’s output is 24. If you opt for the 12v version (of course with 12v compatible led strip) you should take the 12v Zigbee LED controller option.

Of course Zigbee LED controller should match typology of LED strip you have: monochrome (dimmer only), cold/warm white, rgb multicolor.

Hope this helps.

[haa (Haan)]

@dllfpp

Replaced Hafele Mesh adapter with this Zigbee led controller

Thank you so much, @dllfpp!! You gave us all hope!

My Häfele driver is the:

Driver Constant Voltage 12V 40W
833.95.002

and I also have the:

Connect Mesh 6 way distributor
LAE3005/Mesh/WL/BLA/00
850.00.042
Input: 12V - max 5A
Output total: 12V - max 60W

I also have two:

Extension Lead
833.95.714
Loox5 extension lead 12V/2.0m
12VDC/MAX 5.0A(18AWG)

and then of course the LED strips.

So, if I understand correctly in my case I should keep the Häfele driver and add a Zigbee controller between the driver Häfele Connect Mesh distributor: the Zigbee controller will most likely have only one output and I need to split power to two LED strips. Correct?

[dllfpp]

Why would you keep the mesh distributor?
I don’t think it will work like that, because if the zigbee controller modulates output to the strip, you can’t have the mesh after it otherwise it won’t ever get enough power to work (unless your zigbee output is 100%).
I had mesh controllers before, I took them away and now I have DRIVER > ZIGBEE > LED STRIP - Nothing else.
If you want to manage at the same time multiple LED strips I’d rather attach them all to a “dummy” distrubutor like this 833.95.786 (or any compatible one with you LED strips, colouring and voltage).

[ArunGupta]

What kind of cable did you use to connect the Hafele 24V driver to the Zigbee LED controller? The Hafele driver has a proprietary connector and Zigbee LED controller is two screw in terminals.

Your information is very useful. I got the Zigbee LED controller already and it works with non-Hafele LED lights. The Hafele LEDs and driver will be installed by the kitchen remodeler later.

[hendrikhoas]

@GoatGuyGuillaume

local

There is a MQTT version available when enabling testing mode of the gateway - then the gateway connects to a mqtt-server and you can read/controll your lights