IHC Controller
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The IHC Controller integration for Home Assistant allows you to connect the LK IHC controller to Home Assistant. The controller is sold under other names in different countries - "ELKO Living system" in Sweden and Norway.
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 | |
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature, humidity, air quality…) |
What people report
IHC Visual 3 controller works locally; the controller's expired HTTPS certificate in 2026 needed an http connection without the port.
- Works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IHC Visual 3 controller | Works Local | Works over http after certificate expiry Jan 2026; drop :443 from URLSaved copyNot sure this is related to the HA upgrade. The IHC controller certificate expired on the 9th of Jan 2026 see below screenshot I use http for connection and it works on a Visual 3 controller with latest firmware 03.03.44. This is not on latest version of HA but on '2025.11.2' Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #160947 · 2026-01 |
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 push
Talks to the device on your network, and the device tells Home Assistant the moment something changes.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 277 (0.04%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Legacy |
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.62 |
| Set up in the UI | No, YAML |
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.
