Wi-box Fermax integration Home Assistant (Help)

Hi, I would like to integrate Fermax video intercom in Home Assistant, but I don’t find any documents or discussion about it.
Fermax have a device called: Wi-Box and converts the usual monitor in to wifi monitor with the App WiBox.

So, someone know how to integrate Fermax intercom?
Thank you! :slight_smile:

1 Like

Hi, I have the wi-box and is just great, but i still use the Fermax app because the only available integration I know is not compatible with using both fermax and HA at the same time, and the integration currently doesnt have video/audio support, and official app has.

This is the integration I know, but it would be nice if anyone knows about any other: GitHub - duhow/wibox: Fermax Wi-Box managed locally

BTW, dont upgrade the wi-box… I did and i have lost telnet access that I used to play with to investigate

2 Likes

I would love to have this integration too. I sent an email to Fermax about having Google home/ Alexa or Home assistant integration in the future and they reply that they going to pass this to product team so they can consider it. If more ppl request this maybe we will be able to have an official integration soon of wibox or other Fermax products

1 Like

Thanks for sharing your experience with the wibox. I have a big old Fermax vds system at home I would like to domotize, the wibox was apparently the perfect solution for me, but due to the lack of complete integraton in Home Assistant I decide to move complete system to other vendor with full integration in home assistant. I have seen even that the blue app solution Fermax seems very closed to make easy the integration of its devices with Home Assistant. So I move to other vendor.

Done! I’ve sent an request e-mail too.

Just send the same request by email today and have a negative response :frowning:

“En relación a su consulta le informamos que no hay esa funcionalidad actualmente.
Hago llegar su sugerencia al departamento correspondiente.”

If anyone reading this is thinking of installing a Wibox, I would recommend thinking again! I installed one about 4 years ago and am now on my 4th one (2 replaced by Fermax and 1 I had to purchase). They all suffered from the same fault - that simultaneous loss of power and internet often sent them into a state from which the user (even with assistance from Fermax support) could not resolve. That means an expensive tech support call-out. Using instructions from Fermax (which I can post if anyone wants them) it’s possible to reset the Wibox and reprogram it to its associated monitor. At that point the power (right) LED is steady green. The wifi (left) LED should also be illuminated; but it isn’t. Also at this point it should be possible to add the device using the app; but again, it isn’t - nothing gets any response from the box. So, if anyone has experienced this state and found a resolution, I’d love to know what is is! However, as I have a disabled wife and cannot risk having a gate-opening system that I cannot work remotely, I have decided to uninstall the entire system and replace it with another supplier (I’ve selected Ezviz). Overall, I feel it is far better to buy a system which was designed and built fully integrated with wifi, instead of cobbling a wifi device into a system that was never designed to have wifi!