How do I connect Home Assistant to my Sensi Thermostat

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I just finished installing my first Home Assistant server (running in a Hyper-V VM) and in the Discovered devices it found my two Sensi thermostats. However trying to configure these seems to require HomeKit. I found and entered what appears to be the correct pairing code printed on a label on my Sensi devices but HA rejects it saying “Incorrect HomeKit code. Please check it and try again.”

AFAIK HomeKit is an Apple specific product. I do not have any Apple stuff in my house (personal preference). So am I out of luck? Do I need to setup something else to get this working? Can it be done without HomeKit?

I must say that it seems funny that HA can detect my Sensi thermostats but won’t actually connect to them.

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I’m in the same boat and have the exact same setup. In fact, I could have written your post, right down to HA discovering the Sensis and no Apple stuff. Did you get your Thermostats paired up in HA?