Melissa
melissa
The Melissa integration is the main integration to connect to a Melissa Climate A/C control.
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 |
|---|---|---|
climate | Thermostat |
What people report
Melissa climate controllers use the cloud; an old turn_on bug was fixed in 2019.
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| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa climate controller | Works Cloud | Turn on bug fixed in 0.100Saved copy… Home Assistant release (if known): before 0.96 (most likely) Operating environment (Hass.io/Docker/Windows/etc.): Hass.io Component/platform: /components/melissa/ Description of problem: service climate.turn_on does not turn the device on. It doesn't send any command from Melissa to the HVAC unit. Tested with Lovelace Thermostat card and from Developer Tools -> Services. Problem-relevant `configuration.yaml` entries and (fill out even if it seems unimportant): [code] Traceback (if applicable): [code] Additional information: Not sure when this broke, but as no major changes to Climate or … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #27092 · 2019-10 |
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
Cloud polling
Goes through the maker’s cloud, asking it for updates every so often. Needs the internet and an account.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 14 |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Legacy |
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.63 |
| Set up in the UI | No, YAML |
| Maintainers | @kennedyshead |
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.
