You are talking about just adding the “HomeKit Integration”, right? No additional actual HomeKit device on your network?
It pulled in my Backyard Floodlight Cam:21065, Front Door Video Doorbell:21066 and Sony Living Room TV:21067 but no switches.
I have 15 of these switches all using HA HomeKit integration.
Bump. I do not have nor do I want an Apple HomeKit device. Is this jut the “HomeKit” integration with HA or do I need additional equipment to do this?
If you own an Ecobee Switch+ then you already own an Apple Homekit device. The Switch+ supports Apple’s Homekit protocol.
Home Assistant has two integrations that work with Apple’s Homekit protocol.
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Homekit integration makes almost any of Home Assistant’s entities appear as a Homekit accessory ready for use with iphones, ipads, etc. This is not the integration you require to make an Ecobee Switch+ controllable by Home Assistant.
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Homekit Controller integration allows Home Assistant to detect and control devices that support Apple’s Homekit protocol, such as the Ecobee Switch+. That’s the integration I have suggested you use to integrate an Ecobee Switch+.
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Thank you so much…figured it out. Calling Ecobee support…I only kept 1 of the manuals so I need to get the other code.
Again, thank you so much!
If you were a noob like me trying to figure out ecobee switch+ and your eyes glazed over trying to follow the discussion, here’s how i got mine working.
If your switches are already installed and paired to homekit: Delete them from homekit. They can’t be added to HA if they are already in homekit, so you need to delete them from homekit first. Press and hold the switch+ button down until it starts reading the configuration menu, and select reset homekit. After a few minutes, HA will start to find them if they are on the same subnet as HA. Discovery can be slow. Give it 30 minutes.
If you still want to use them in apple homekit later, then use the HA bridge integration for apple homekit which will let you add your HA devices into homekit directly from HA.
If you are installing switch+ for the first time or if you factory reset them, the switches must have a working internet connection before HA can find them. There are two options.
- Add them to the ecobee app using the ecobee app process. Once they are working in the ecobee app, HA should be able to find them. Discovery can be slow. Give it lots of time.
- Add them to apple homekit first (so they can get the wifi information). Then, delete them from homekit. The switch+ will keep the wifi connection even after it is deleted from homekit, and HA should be able to discover them after 30 minutes or so. Discovery can be slow. Give it lots of time.
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Thank you. You are the best i have been trying to get this to work for years. You are the only one that would break it down for me.