So I too have these controllers and I am using them with HA and SmartThings. However due to the fact that they do not display properly in HA as noted. This is what I did instead. Since I’ve been using HA with SmartThings since before the wonderful integration piece was completed I have the SmartThings MQTT bridge stuff working. So in my case I just added all of the controls for the fan controller to the MQTT bridge app. Yes this is not ideal but it works. I also plug the light in through the MQTT as well. I haven’t attempted to add them directly to HA yet because the zigbee side of my Nortek stick is weird. I might give this a whirl though here soon and see what my findings are.
Yeah, I was on the fence to swap back to using the MQTT bridge myself. I had that working well, but changed to the integration which also worked well until I threw in the fan controllers. I was hoping that some updates would have been done with the integration to address this shortcoming, but nothing so far. I started tinkering with the handlers to try and remove the child devices and make it all into a single handler, but I could only get it to where the devices would show up individually but not actually operate. Don’t even know if it’s possible to do that, probably why they made them child devices in the first place. If I can’t figure it out in the next month or so I’ll probably just go back to MQTT
Yeah I run hybrid lol. Local Zwave with HA, MQTT bridge and the integration lol. But hey it works. I’ve almost finished migrating all of my zwave devices from ST over to HA but I still have a few outliers that I just haven’t got around to yet. I figure for now ST will end up being my zigbee controller because the zigbee side of my USB isn’t 100%
So I have been still looking for a solution to this issue and I think I have finally found what I’m looking for, I will probably attempt this at some point in the near future, but I wanted to share my discovery for those that may want to make the move to a fully local solution. I found this website that details the setup of the fan controller in Homeassistant.
I hope this proves helpful to anyone who has come across this thread looking for answers.
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I wish I would’ve seen this post months and months ago ugh. But so happy to see that I can now control my HamptonBay ceiling fans natively in HomeAssistant. No more need for me for the MQTT Bridge. YES!!!
Can someone point me in the right direction for setting up the SmartThings MQTT bridge? I’m not ready to give up on these. maybe @dragonsoul84?
Honestly, I dismantled my smartthings hub and switched it all over the the native zwave component. Unless something has changed and someone made some improvements to the handler, I don’t even know if it can be used anymore. My memory tells me that it relied completely on the old SmartThings app to configure and that app has been deprecated (not even sure if it functions, I remember seeing an email about them shutting it down). The MQTT bridge did work ok with my locks but did almost nothing for the fan controller. Best bet is to get a zigbee controller (I used the GoControl one here: https://www.amazon.com/GoControl-CECOMINOD016164-HUSBZB-1-USB-Hub/dp/B01GJ826F8)
and then set it up natively in homeassistant. I haven’t had a single issue since doing it that way.
The listed model also supports wave so you can migrate all your zwave off the SmartThings too. The only thing I feel I’m missing is an easy to use management interface for my lock user codes.
Probably gonna have to migrate to the new OZW (Open ZWave) soon also because it looks like the standard zwave component is going to be replaced by it soon, so if you do go this route I’d look into going straight to OZW but I don’t know how well this fan controller works with it.
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THe fan controller won’t work with it.
It’s zigbee. not zwave.
But that said it will work with the zigbee portion of that controller. I’m using it right now for mine.
Well crap. I was hoping for a way to make it work, as my HA install is currently in Docker, in a Hyper-V Ubuntu VM. I have very little hope that I would actually be able to send a USB stick down to it. LOL
Doi. Yes you are right. I even specified the usb stick to be zigbee with zwave as a bonus, but then went on about zwave. Thank your for correcting that information.
I’m sure there is a way to pass the device through. maybe something like this.
It passes through a com port to the guest vm vs passing the USB port itself, but maybe it will work or get you on track. I think the stick just shows as a com port anyway, but I don’t know if that is how Windows would read it before passing it on. I have the same installation type, but using ESXI VMWare instead of Hyper-V which I know almost nothing about. VMWare is super easy to passthru.
If you are set on keeping Hyper-V, then possibly using something like this to access the usb function through the network.
https://www.amazon.com/DIGI-INTERNATIONAL-ANYWHEREUSB-PORT-OVER/dp/B002FJNH2C/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=usb+over+network&qid=1602137139&sr=8-4
Or this
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Thanks. It very well may work, but the thought of passing a device from host to vm and then from vm to Docker seems fragile. I have another project that I really need to complete to move my Windows server over to Unraid, then things would be a bit cleaner.
There is an updated handler for Smartthings for this fan that does expose both the fan and light child device to HA if using the Smartthings integration. I have this fan and can confirm it’s working in HA. If you have a Smartthings hub and want to go that route the new custom handler is here. GitHub - rafaelborja/SmartthingsKingOfFansZigbee: Smartthings device handler for Home Depot Home Decorators Zigbee Fan (and fan controller) produced by King of Fans. This device handler is based on https://github.com/dcoffing/KOF-CeilingFan, refectored to work with new Smartthing app and to provide simpler user experience.
Just want to say I just added 3 of these with no issue doing the zha.permit method that the article above mentions. HA picked them up seamlessly.
Cannot comment on a lightkit function as I don’t have one on my fans. But do note, HA registered a light even though I don’t have one, so I suspect it will work fine.
If you’re interested, I created a template so that the speeds work correctly.
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