# Home Assistant Device appears as wrong type? **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Created:** [July 23, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/home-assistant-device-appears-as-wrong-type/66411 "2022-07-23T08:32:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/home-assistant-device-appears-as-wrong-type/66411/17 "2022-08-11T13:18:16Z")
> [@vaderag](#): > > seem to be in a reboot loop Power Homey off, (optional: wait for 11 minutes), power it on, turn it up-side-down, Wait for aprox. 1 minute, Open mobile app, Goto …More Select your Homey name (at the top), Select ‘Add new Homey’, Connect it with your wifi, You can try the ‘Full software download’, Or restore a backup of an earlier date . > [@vaderag](#): > > unable to install any apps via the HCS Sure you are logged in? For mobile Firefox: enable ‘Desktop mode’ Hit the green thing on the upper right . > [@vaderag](#): > > is there a way to reveal Homey devices to Home Assistant? (Note: The MQTT broker can be installed as add-on in HomeAssistant, instead of on the NAS): > [@\[TUTORIAL\] Setting up MQTT on Homey for configuring Home Assistant for dashboard purposes](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-setting-up-mqtt-on-homey-for-configuring-home-assistant-for-dashboard-purposes/10880): > > Hi, i would like to share instructions of how to setup MQTT on Homey to make your devices visible in Home Assistant with a Synology NAS. Thanks a lot to @HarriedeGroot for creating the MQTT Hub, @scanno for the MQTT Client (and Broker, which unfortunately will not be included in this tutorial since my setup is on a Synology NAS with Mosquitto as a broker) and @Gustav_Tillback for initially sharing the first steps in creating this setup which will be explained in further detail below DISCLAIMER\*… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/home-assistant-device-appears-as-wrong-type/66411)._