Advantage Air
advantage_air
The Advantage Air integration allows you to control Advantage Air Air Conditioning controllers into Home Assistant.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
light | Light | |
switch | Switch or outlet | |
cover | Garage door, blind | |
climate | Thermostat | |
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion) | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature) | |
select | Mode picker (as switches) |
1 report below say how a device from this integration behaves in the Home app.
What people report
Advantage Air ducted AC controllers work locally; whole-system current temperature was missing on some multi-zone setups.
- Works1
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advantage Air climate system | Works | Partly in Home Without current temperature the climate tile doesn't show in Home | Missing current_temperature fixed by maintainerSaved copyThe problem Advantage Air integration doesn't set a current_temperature value. See example below. For multi zone or other setups, I think the integration should either set the current_temperature as the main zone temp sensor or take an average of all the zones temps. The homebridge integration of this same integration here https://github.com/mitch7391/homebridge-cmd4-AdvantageAir takes the approach of setting the current_temperature as the main zone which I think is good approach. Reason for this need is in homekit if there no current_temperature it doesn't show up on climate item, and it's … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #96750 · 2023-07 |
| Advantage Air climate controller | Partly works Local | current_temperature null on systems without a main sensorSaved copyThe problem Advantage Air integration doesn't set a current_temperature value. See example below. For multi zone or other setups, I think the integration should either set the current_temperature as the main zone temp sensor or take an average of all the zones temps. The homebridge integration of this same integration here https://github.com/mitch7391/homebridge-cmd4-AdvantageAir takes the approach of setting the current_temperature as the main zone which I think is good approach. Reason for this need is in homekit if there no current_temperature it doesn't show up on climate item, and it's … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #96750 · 2023-07 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 689 (0.1%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.117 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @Bre77 |
Brands that work through it
Home Assistant lists these brands as supported by Advantage Air.
- Fujitsu anywAIR
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
