Thank you, do you have control over LAN or you need to have internet access to control them via the KIG/Homekit integration?
My understanding is that HomeKit is entirely local. I haven’t tried disabling the KIG from seeing the internet, but I can tell you that once I got it paired to HA (no Apple products in sight, although I did have to do a bit of a reset dance to get it to pair properly) I’ve completely ignored the Velux app.
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I have now had both, KFL200 and KIG300.
For the setup (pairing/copying of the devices) of the KIG300 I have granted internet-access to the KIG300. I have blocked the access to the internet, and it still works well.
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Ahhhhhh Velux! The company that doesn’t want to share control or provide a professional controller… this is also worth a mention a is a simple ESP32 conversion to get a possibly better HA integration and function… for shutter position, time how long your blind takes to open in % or cm then use that to roughly equate the shutter position. Same for the window opening…I doubt anyone want to open their Velux to fully open as its very wide!
Somebody with a 3D printer and some basic electronics knowledge could fabricate a new back plate with spring contacts in the right place to avoid soldering directly on to the CLI original switch…
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Nice ! Thank you so much !
Very nice to see that it uses a remote so if anything goes sidesways, it’s not too expensive to fix the mistake. You know what, I think you might have provided the little push I need to try a first soldering project with esphome 
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