Hello, a very new person to this world here.
I would like to ask if anyone knows how Homeassistant communicates with the devices it connects to? Is there a singular method of communication, or does it always depend on the device at hand?
Thanks in advance for the answer and sorry if it has been answered somewhere on this forum, I unfortunately couldn’t find it.
There are many many ways to connect to devices, so there is no single answer. Many devices connect to a network and speak IP, and various protocols over that (MQTT, HTTP/REST, CoIOT, lots more), others connect via wireless radios (Zigbee, Zwave, Insteon, Bluetooth, etc.), still others connect via USB or other wired connections.
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