Hubs & protocols
Pilight
pilight
Built inLocal push
Pilight is a modular and open source solution to communicate with 433 MHz devices and runs on various small form factor computers. A lot of common protocols are already available.
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…) |
How it connects
Local push
Talks to the device on your network, and the device tells Home Assistant the moment something changes.
Details
| Quality scale | Legacy |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.26 |
| 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.
