#Tado V3 Internet Bridge not showing up as HomeKit Device

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tame verge
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Hi! I'm new to HA and installed it via DietPi (the only distro I found that would run on my old ODROID C1. I bought a ZBDongle-E that's working fine to connect some smart plugs which are coming soon, but the other thing I wanted to get working is my tado V3 wired thermostat.

I read this blog post that says it should work: https://basontech.com/blog/tado-smart-thermostat-in-home-assistant-without-internet-or-cloud-app/#tado°-bridge-installation (cw: AI image)
However, I'm not seeing the HomeKit Device that the blog post shows as an option, just the Tado integration (which I don't want as it depends on the cloud). When I try to manually add a "HomeKit Device" from the add integration screen, I see this:

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Do I need Bluetooth to use this integration? My understanding was that the bridge works either via USB or the network connection, I never saw anything mentioned about Bluetooth.

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Help setting up Tado V3 Internet Bridge as HomeKit Device

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The termostat is paired and working in the Tado app, perhaps I need to unpair it? But I'm worried that the bridge isn't seen at all.

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In my openwrt dashboard I see a device called "tado" that has a DHCP lease, and I can ping that IP address without issues (I know very little about networking, though happy to learn):

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Also confirming my desktop, which is on the same network, can see the device via (as I understand) mDNS:

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tame verge
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Figured out how to run netdisco as explained in the HomeKit Device troubleshooting steps, and it indeed doesn't see the device. So: OpenWrt can see it, Avahi on my desktop can see it, but not netdisco on the Home Assistant machine or on my desktop.

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tame verge
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Searching the log file, here's some bits that might be related. Though still not sure why bluetooth is required for HomeKit (my device has no bluetooth support):

📎 bluetooth-logs.txt
tame verge
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Tado V3 Internet Bridge not showing up as HomeKit Device

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I believe there's a fundamental issue with the HomeKit integration, but as I am new to Home Assistant I'm quite lost on how to debug this. I'm comfortable with the command line so if someone could point me to any steps / where to look this would be extremely helpful!