Problem with HomeKit Component on New Hass.io Install

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hey folks, got my Pi 3 yesterday, flashed the SD card using Etcher with the latest version of Hass.io and started adding components.

However, I’m struggling with HomeKit and it’s kind of driving me nuts. Wanted to see if you guys had any ideas…

I have homekit: in my configuration.yaml file but when I go to the Overview page in Home Assistant, I’m not seeing the HomeKit Setup box with the 8-digit pin:

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I’ve deleted homekit: from my configuration.yaml + the entire .homekit.state file with a restart before re-adding homekit: to configuration.yaml multiple times without any luck.

I’m a n00b. Any idea what’s up or what’s going wrong here?

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There are two homekit parts; one exposes entities to the Homekit app (which you are trying with homekit: marker, the other discovers Homekit compatible devices to add them to Home Assistant. You sound like you want to enable Homekit Controller.

discovery:
  enable:
    - homekit
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I actually have both integrated, but the post above is specifically per the homekit: component—I want to get some non-HK lights to show in my HomeKit.

Got the lights in HASS, got homekit: in my configuration.yaml… what I don’t have is an Overview screen that looks like this (so I can connect and expose devices in Home Assistant to my HomeKit):

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Any ideas?

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Have a look top right, the bell icon. You have an alert, it may be there.

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Oh, man… that was it. It was hiding in there. THANK YOU!

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6

Glad to help. Same thing happened to me when I was searching for Apple TVs !

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I can’t thank you enough—I was about to pull my hair out. Such a simple solution that was completely eluding me. Thanks again!!

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i am struggling with this homekit on homeassistant. i have added it “homekit:” to the config but get a notification on the ui saying
Invalid config

The following components and platforms could not be set up:

Please check your config.

pls help cannot find the homekit.state file either