Homey integration for Home Assistant - Now Available! 🎉

[ifMike]

@Joe75

Hi Mike, the heat pump isn’t being configured correctly with the sensors. Also, the lamps that have color and temperature settings aren’t being configured correctly in the system. I can only control the color of the lamps. Otherwise, the new system is running very well and switching perfectly! Great work, Mike.

Hi Joe!

Thanks!

When you say “not configured correctly”, what exactly do you mean?

Could you please follow the “Gathering device information for troubleshooting” for the affected devices so that I can troubleshoot?

Gathering Device Information for Troubleshooting

[Undertaker]

I know, I’m having luxury problems again.
Is there a way to connect two Homeys to HA at the same time? As soon as I log in to Homey 1, Homey 2 gets kicked out and vice versa.

[Martin072]

Thanks for the extensive explanation. I will dig into it. Many thanks!

[ifMike]

@Undertaker

I know, I’m having luxury problems again.
Is there a way to connect two Homeys to HA at the same time? As soon as I log in to Homey 1, Homey 2 gets kicked out and vice versa.

Yes, it’s theoretically possible. Should already work actually.

To connect two Homey hubs at the same time, you must create a separate Homey API key on each Homey and add the integration twice in Home Assistant - one entry per Homey (different host/IP + token).

If you reuse the same token/session, one Homey will kick the other out.

[Undertaker]

I have tried several times with different IP addresses and tokens. I even changed Homey’s name. As soon as I register another Homey, the first Homey I registered is kicked out.
Please don’t stress. There’s no rush to solve the problem. It would just be nice if I could also switch off Homey 2 MQTT when I get the chance.

[ifMike]

Do you get any debug messages when you get kicked out? Good to know, and I’ll keep this in mind for troubleshooting later.

Also, make sure that the Homeys do not report the same internal ID. The name does not matter.

[Undertaker]

@ifMike

Do you get any debug messages when you get kicked out? Good to know, and I’ll keep this in mind for troubleshooting later.

No, unfortunately not. I’ll sit down again at the weekend and test it. Perhaps the error is also in front of the screen.

[Joe75]

Homey integration for Home Assistant - Now Available!

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What I meant was that not all sensors are being detected. Anything related to the heat pump compressor is not being detected. I already ran a troubleshooting step in my original post.

[ifMike]

@Joe75

What I meant was that not all sensors are being detected. Anything related to the heat pump compressor is not being detected. I already ran a troubleshooting step in my original post.

You are welcome to try the latest dev release [v1.1.6-dev.1]. Please let me know if that solved your issues. Should be visible in HACS as you go to “Redownload” and select version.

I added compressor counters (compressor_hours, compressor_starts) as sensors for heat pumps, and fixed lights to expose color temperature mode even when saturation isn’t present (so color + temp lights show both modes).

[ifMike]

FYI (Everyone)

Earlier today I released v1.1.6

This includes the real-time update over Socket.io. So no more polling. You will now get updates INSTANTLY (milliseconds).
I’ve also added a huge amount of changes, fixes and additions.

Please let me know if anything doesn’t work. And if you can, please create an issue on the GitHub. This helps me keep track of what is working and not. Always specify what version you are using before posting.

I will continue to update. And things will update in dev constantly until I’m happy. Things will crash. Things will be broken. But things will eventually be right.

For the future:

I would love to get your feedback on things that could improve, things that are missing etc.

My biggest issue right now is to get all devices and capabilities in order. Since there is no “big list of all existing devices” this requires me to google everything or get feedback from the community.

Not really sure about the best approach here. Would be awesome if I could automate this somehow…

Lastly…

Thank you all for downloading and trying/testing this integration. I made this for myself initially, because I needed it. But I have come to realize that I was not the only one.

I am not a company, I’m not doing this for any kind of profit. I’m just “one guy with too much time on his hands” - but I love it. So thank you for your patience and I hope that this integration helps in your future smart home projects - just as it has helped me!

I’v been a Homey user since the first launch of the “white orb” , and to be honest, the biggest reason I’m still sticking with Homey is the ease of use even though I’m “somewhat technical” . What really made me continue to stick with this ecosystem was when they launched “Advanced Flow”. A UX game-changer - and every product should start and end with UX design involved.

All the love from Sweden,
Mike

[Joe75]

Hi Mike,
I installed the latest dev.
The following strings are missing for the heat pump.

string"compressor_active"
string"Heizkreispumpe"
string"Kompressor-Status"
string"Kompressor beginnt"
string"Einmalige Warmwasserbereitung"

The button for the temperature is now available for the lamps, but the control is reversed. By that I mean that when I set the temperature to warm, it is actually set to cold.

[ifMike]

@Joe75

The button for the temperature is now available for the lamps, but the control is reversed. By that I mean that when I set the temperature to warm, it is actually set to cold.

What is the brand of the lights? Hue, Govee etc etc.. Does this happen for ALL different lights?

I anyone else experiencing this? I can’t seem to replicate this issue. Asking everyone that reads this.

What I think is happening:

Homey devices probably don’t all expose color temperature the same way. Some drivers use a normalized 0–1 scale, others use Kelvin, and at least a few drivers interpret the normalized value in the opposite direction (0=cold, 1=warm vs 0=warm, 1=cold). Home Assistant assumes 0=warm → 1=cold, so when a device uses the opposite convention the slider feels “reversed.” That’s why it only affects some users/devices.

What I’ve done in the latest dev release - 1.1.6-dev.2

Add an option so users can invert normalized color‑temperature values:

Settings → Devices & Services → Homey → Configure → Connection & Polling

Toggle for:

“Invert normalized light temperature (fixes warm/cold reversal)”

This should then only affect normalized light_temperature (0–1 range), not Kelvin devices.
I’ve changed the default inversion, so install the new dev and test before you toggle anything.

[ifMike]

@Joe75

The following strings are missing for the heat pump.

string"compressor_active"
string"Heizkreispumpe"
string"Kompressor-Status"
string"Kompressor beginnt"
string"Einmalige Warmwasserbereitung"

There was an indentation bug in binary_sensor.py that prevented generic boolean capabilities from being created at all. That’s why compressor_active, circulation_pump, hot_water, etc. never showed up. (#Google Translate as I don’t speak German)

Fixes applied in v1.1.6-dev.2

• Fixed the indentation so generic boolean capabilities are created.

• Added explicit mappings for:

  • compressor_active
  • circulation_pump
  • hot_water

This should make those heat‑pump entities appear.

New dev release to try (can be downloaded from HACS by “Redownload”:

Release v1.1.6-dev.2

Changelog:

Added:

• Capability reporting notification with prefilled GitHub issue link (auto-labeled enhancement)
• Option to invert normalized light temperature for warm/cold reversal fixes
• Generic sensors for getable numeric/string capabilities beyond measure_/meter_

Fixed:

• Heat pump boolean entities restored (compressor_active, circulation_pump, hot_water)
• Curtain stop error (UnboundLocalError) on enum-based covers
• Service setup error caused by vol import scoping
• Light temperature normalized inversion enabled by default

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If the integration detects a new Homey capability it doesn’t recognize, Home Assistant will show a notification with a one‑click link that opens a GitHub issue already filled in and tagged as “enhancement,” so you can report it without writing everything manually. I think this can improve future situations and improvements quite a lot.

[Peter_Kawa]

@ifMike

Does this happen for ALL different lights?

I anyone else experiencing this? I can’t seem to replicate this issue. Asking everyone that reads this.

True, I grabbed a random Tuya RGBW light: the light’s temperature responds inverted to the temperature slider.
Version 1.1.6-dev.2

[ifMike]

@Peter_Kawa

True, I grabbed a random Tuya RGBW light: the light’s temperature responds inverted to the temperature slider.
Version 1.1.6-dev.2

Hmm, even in the dev.2, that’s weird. I changed the default and for me everything is as it should.
Just to be 100%, after installing dev.2 (please redownload again as you might have caught the dev.2 release that I messed up for 5 minutes) - can you restart and reload the integration and test again when you have the time.

And if it does not work, then try the toggle in the settings and tell me which case is correct. (On/Off)

I wonder if this is for all brands or if just some has it inverted in Homey.

[Joe75]

It affects all my lights, regardless of whether they’re Hue, Govee, etc. My lights are also grouped together in Homey. I’m installing the new dev version and testing it.

[Joe75]

After updating to version 2, the lights are now working for me. Thanks, Mike.

[ifMike]

@Joe75

After updating to version 2, the lights are now working for me. Thanks, Mike.

Glad to hear it! I’ll bring that fix into the stable version when I have the time!

[Peter_Kawa]

I missed the update about the toggle, Mike
It’s a Kelvin 6500-2000 operated light.
Enabling the inverse toggle (turned on) solved the issue, even before redownloading v1.1.6-dev.2 (and after ).

Observation: once enabled, the inverse toggle can’t be disabled anymore. It toggles off when operating it, but it’s back on again when opening the settings again.
Reload and H.A. restart doesn’t make a difference.

[Peter_Kawa]

@Undertaker

I have tried several times with different IP addresses and tokens. I even changed Homey’s name. As soon as I register another Homey, the first Homey I registered is kicked out.

First of all I agree this issue has no priority, as long as the integration is being tested & improved.
But I also tested with a second Homey with it’s own API key, and can confirm a similar phenomenon, but:

1. It doesn’t get kicked out, only the devices disappear, the flows don’t
   

   

2. When I enable Homey1 devices again, the situation reverses
   

   
   
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3. When I don’t enable Homey2, after a H.A. restart Homey1 has dissappeared devices (except for flows) as well.

Reconfigure solves it, but it’s peculiar