Tonewinner
tonewinner
The Tonewinner integration allows you to control Tonewinner AV processors, receivers, and amps from Home Assistant over an RS-232 serial connection.
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 |
|---|---|---|
media_player | Receiver | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
What people report
Tonewinner receivers work over serial; the AT-500 can misreport for a few seconds at boot.
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonewinner AT-500 receiver | Partly works Local | Serial; ignores commands for a few seconds after power-upSaved copyLimitations: At least for the AT-500, there is a period of a few seconds during startup when the device may not accept commands, and may report incorrect information. Status should be correct once the boot sequence completes. The device should be powered on and connected to the serial port before setting up the integration in Home Assistant. Excerpt saved from home-assistant.io on 2026-10-23. | Docs |
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
| Quality scale | Silver |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 2026.9 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @emma-sg |
Limitations from the docs
- At least for the AT-500, there is a period of a few seconds during startup when the device may not accept commands, and may report incorrect information. Status should be correct once the boot sequence completes.
- The device should be powered on and connected to the serial port before setting up the integration in Home Assistant.
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.
