I am getting the switchbot curtain 3 and would like to connect via matter to HA. I have the matter addon in HA. Can I just have HA discover it that way or does it require a separate hub to work? Or should I just try Bluetooth? It is in a room across from the HA server but might be close enough if I can get it working.
#Do Switchbot Curtain 3 connect via matter to HA?
lone geyser
steady folio
I read online that you need the Switchbot hub to convert their protocol to matter.
May want to validate what radio they are using between the hub and the device
lone geyser
I read online that you need the Switchbot hub to convert their protocol to matte...
Ive bought the hub which should arrive tomorrow. I got the device itself today and it is working in the app at least but home assistant isnt picking it up over the bluetooth integration so will definitely be needing the hub i think.
lone geyser
Hey, any update here? I just got a hub 😄
yes it is working fine with the hub and curtains through home assistant. The curtains pair to the hub over bluetooth and the hub connects to home assistant matter integration. It also receives the temperature and humidity sensor values in HA from the hub cable. You have to make sure to add the curtains and sensor entities in the switchbot app as secondary devices in the matter setup
viral trench
I have Curtain 3's and did have them in HA over Matter via their Hub that supports Matter. But I don't use it anymore because I've had a much better experience using ESP32 BT proxies. They fail a lot using Switchbot's own hub but always work with the proxies in my experience. And they work fast too as long as the proxy is nearby. ESP32's are also far cheaper than a hub. So it's easy to buy like 4 of them and spread them all over your house if necessary.
slow cedar
Yeah I may do that
I got it working with the hub
But mine doesn’t have temp or humidity. Looks like I need something extra die that
lone geyser
But mine doesn’t have temp or humidity. Looks like I need something extra die th...
i got the switchbothub 2 which has that. It has sensors built into the cable it comes with. but can be used with a different cable without the sensors. The mini hub and older hub dont have the sensors.
Mine also has a light sensor but that doesnt get exposed outside of the switchbot app unfortunately.
slow cedar
Ohhhh I probably need to use the og cable
bright abyss
i got the switchbothub 2 which has that. It has sensors built into the cable it ...
You can get that info out into HA for sure!
I think I'm using Mqtt get that info from it it polls every 10min
lone geyser
im connected to it via matter. It doesnt appear in the switchbot app as a matter secondary device like the other two sensors do and it doesnt appear in home assistant. how do you have it connected?
bright abyss
I'm pretty sure it's coming in through the "SwitchBot-Mqtt" / "SwitchBotMqttApp"
I was using switchbot cloud previously but couldn't get the extra info out of the hub as you say
that app doesn't work perfectly, btw, every time I have to restart home assistant for an update or anything it needs its processes restarted manually
lone geyser
i did not know switchbot supported mqtt. I might look into that. But the matter integration is working fine aside from light sensor.
plucky acorn
that app doesn't work perfectly, btw, every time I have to restart home assistan...
Is it about this add-on?
https://github.com/hsakoh/switchbot-mqtt
There is an AutoStartService option in the add-on settings, so I think turning it ON might improve the situation.
bright abyss
It did! Thanks:)
slow cedar
Of course I threw the hub 2 cable out without noticing it had the sensors on it
I may ditch the hub and just use a bluetooth proxy
lone geyser
Of course I threw the hub 2 cable out without noticing it had the sensors on it
why would you do that?