Hi all,
I’m using several shelly devices via mqtt and everything is working fine. Some month ago home assistant starts supporting shelly devices natively via shelly integration (https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/shelly).
I did some tests with this “new” integration and for now everything is working fine. But I could not found many technical details. Could someone answer the following questions?
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What protocol is used for the native shelly integration?
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Do I need static IP-adresses within the shelly devices?
(And if so: Could I adjust the IP in Home Assistant if the IP changed?)
And furthermore: Are there any pros and cons using mqtt vs. native shelly integration? For me a pro is, that I could save a lot of manual configuration. Are the more arguments?
Thanks
Martin