Velux Active (HomeKit accessory) control via Home Assistant?

Third party integrations
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@nyri81 - I just did this recently. Do the following:

  • In Apple Home app, remove the Gateway from the HomeKit home (Home Settings, Home Hubs & Bridges)
  • On the gateway device, hold the gear button on the back until the light blinks red, then release the button and press it one more time to confirm. This will reset the wifi settings on the gateway (but not the device pairings)
  • Go the the Velux Active App and choose Settings > Gateway > Setup Wifi and follow the steps
  • Once Wifi is setup, go to Home Assistant > Settings > Devices and you should see a HomeKit Controller discovery option for the Velux Gateway. Configure it and you should be good to go!

If you want to add them back into Apple Home as well, you can use the HomeKit Bridge integration in Home Assistant for that.

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Hi James,

thank you very much. Your description worked perfectly. :slight_smile:

BR

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Thanks. Iā€™ll see if that changes the behaviour in Home

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I have 2 Velux and planning to add blinds ( VELUX DML MK06 1025 Electric Blackout Blind - White | Roofing Outlet )

I was advised to buy the ā€˜KLF 200ā€™ for remote control.
Over here I can see others like the

  • KIG 300
  • KIX 300

What should I take to get the most of it with HA, and what is the difference?

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KLF 200 is an interface receiving signals from other-than-velux-products in order to control velux products (e.g. velux shutters close when your security system sends an alert), it kinda translates the language of communication used by different systems

KIG 300 is a hub/gateway used for full wireless control (e.g. close remote controllable blinds over wifi)

KIX 300 is a set consisting of 1pc hub and 2pcs remote controls

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This is how I integrated it last time, working on a new HA instance now and for the life of me I cannot get it to work. Difference is I was on HAOS now on Container, wondering if it could be a port issueā€¦

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Thanks for the pointers!! Everything worked well until I tried (am still trying tbh) to add the gateway to HA via HomeKit integrationā€¦

HA gets stuck at ā€œPlease wait, starting configuration wizard for the integrationā€ and nothing happens! If I configure HomeKit natively, I can add the bridge and import accessories natively, however they donā€™t perform well under HomeKit and are unresponsive whilst they are spot on onto their VELUX native appā€¦

Iā€™m a bit lost as Iā€™d like to control, integrate and automate those VELUX devices (28) with HA.

Can anybody help please?

THX, NW4FUN

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Just did that now after a migration from a HAOS on a pi to the docker version running on Ubuntu on a mini pc; worked like a charm.

Thanks a lot!

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Is it possible to simulate a VELUX sensor ?

I have a VELUX integra window in each room.

But I donā€™t wanna plaster each room with redundant sensors, VELUX temperature sensor, a floor heating sensor etc.

But I like the VELUX automations, so if I could create a virtual VELUX room sensor and get the data from my existing room sensors into that.

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Hello everyone, Iā€™m a bit lost. Iā€™m trying to integrate the KIG 300 (app control) gateway into HA.
How did I start? I did configure the gateway and the first shade (SSL solar shade) via the velux app and it worked.

Then I did reset the gateway, configured wifi via the velux app and added the gateway in HA via homekit integration.
I did detect the shade, but it has no connection.

Now two questions:

  1. How can I fix the device with the broken connection?
  2. How can I add another two shades (SML with KUX 110)? Do I need to reset the gateway, connect it to the velux app, add both shades there and then reset the gateway again, connect it to wifi and re-add it to HA?
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I canā€™t remember all the troubles I went through in detail, but I ended up setting up the KIG 300 as Homekit device (including all shades) and then from HA I created a switch (ā€˜shades target stateā€™) which I exposed to Apple Home. When my HA sensors (temperature, luminosity, weather) show that the shades should close, I set the target state to on. In Apple Home I then have a simple automation that will control all shades depending on the state of this switch.

What Iā€™m hoping for is that work on GitHub - Velocet/iown-homecontrol: io-homecontrol documentation & implementation progresses and we can simply ignore the Velux app and the cloud and control the shades directly.

In case someone has a waterproof description on how to natively integrate the KIG 300 into HA, Iā€™m interested too. I donā€™t have room for errors as the reset button on my shades is inside the motor, so I cannot access that without climbing on the roof (which I wonā€™t do).

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Is anyone able to help me. Iā€™ve followed the instructions (reset the velux active) and home assistant is discovering it correctly in devices and giving me the option to ā€˜configureā€™. When I select that, it gets stuck on ā€˜Please wait, starting configuration wizard for the integrationā€™. Iā€™ve tried restarting the velux hub, anything else I can try. I havenā€™t re-added it to homekit on my iphone, as once its part of apple management, I understand I canā€™t remove it. I did have it added before and removed it, but it didnā€™t show up for pairing. Any pointers much appreciated.

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Hej,
looks like we have to use the ā€˜newā€™ KIG300, ok. Is it ā€˜cloud freeā€™ ? The old KLF200 was a clean device.

Thanks for helping.

With best regards

Gerhard

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Unfortunately the KIG300 is cloud based, at least when using the iOS Velux app. Iā€™m unsure if it will work as a Homekit device locally, if it requires the internet before sending the commands to the shades with its radio.