Tado-x via matter or homey/bridge

Devices
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Hi there

If I want to connect my first tado-x heating thermostat to Homey, it suggests 2 options:

#1. connect via Homey pro

#2. connect via iOS

I have a tado-x bridge in use and have only connected one thermostat to it so far.

Perhaps someone here can briefly explain to me in advance what the advantages/disadvantages of operating the valves via the tado x-Bridge are compared to using Matter. Do I then not need a bridge but connect the valves via my Homekit? Can I then still use the tado app without any restrictions or will everything only work via Homekit?

And back to the initial question, integration in Homey:

Which option (#1 or #2) fits best to which setup and what are the advantages/disadvantages.

I would be super grateful if someone could explain this to me

2

I invested a few hours at the weekend and got it right.
The tado-x heating thermostats are now integrated via Apple Homekit/Matter and are available in Apple Home, the tado app and in Homey and can be used with the full range of functions. The entire setup is implemented without the tado-x bridge.

3

I purchased the Tado X thermostate (which should be communicating with Matter over Thread) with the idea to directly connect it to the Homey Pro 2023.
However, when trying to connect it it constantly get an unknown Matter error 0x00ac. have you tried this as well? i’ve tried several things such as:

  • connecting homey to a 2.4 GHZ wifi-channel
  • restarting homey
  • restarting the wifi
  • resetting the Tado X to factory settings

I’ve reached out to Tado and they say that connecting the device to the Homey Pro is not supported (Which is weird when its using the Matter protocol).

4

This points to an internal Homey error (see this thread).

You have to contact Athom: https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/360015784034-Submitting-a-support-request

5

Can you describe what you did to achieve this? Mine are also connected to the Tado X Bridge, but at the moment I’m hesitating to put them in learningmode to connect them to Homey. And did you use option #1 or #2?

6

OK, i managed.

For adding devices to Homey (And most likely any other border router) after adding the devices to the Tado bridge, you have to make a new Matter code.

In the tado app, go to ‘instellingen’ (settings), then to ‘Kamers & Apparaten’ (Rooms & Devices). There, choose ‘Apparaat koppelen’ (connect device). Choose ‘code’, and cut and paste that code to the Homey app.

Don’t use the original matter-code on the device, or the card which it came with.

You can use either ‘connect with Homey’ or ‘connect using IOS or Android’.

7

Also connected Thermostat X and 2 radiator Valves to Homey Pro today without any issues, without bridge. Controlling them, changing temperature, all is fine.

But now I have a silly question. Since I am not using the Tado app at all, and only the Homey Pro, do the valves still work the ‘smart’ way? In other words, when I set the desired temperature in Homey (through a flow), do they close when this temperature is reached? Or do I need te Tado logic for that?

Just to double check. Thanks.

8

Thank you for the tip.

Eventually i was able to succesfully connect the Tado X thermostat to the Tado X bridge in a seperate wifi network (did this to isolate it from my own wifi network and check if it was my network that was causing the problem).
After that i did a factory reset of the thermostat (which i ofcourse also tried before) and tried to connect it to the homey again on my own network. This was finally succesfull!