I am looking for a way to create a virtual device in Homey, then share it to Home Assistant and have Home Assistant be able to control it. What I am trying to do is this: I have an “alarm” set up - it’s a flow to let us know if our cat opens the screen door. I also have a button setup to where if y…

Ah I see, Rob :blush: Well, I use (advanced) virtual devices to disable flows, it works fine (not what you want to hear right now :grimacing: ). Here’s what I use The advanced virtual device on Homey (but should work with Homey virtual plug, or virtual devices app as well): [Screenshot_202505…

[image] Rob_Morris: I am looking for a way to create a virtual device in Homey, then share it to Home Assistant and have Home Assistant be able to control it. If I understand you right, you don’t have to share it from Homey to HA, you can do it the other way around - from HA to Homey, then al…

Yeah, I have that app, and it works great for getting devices from HA into Homey, but I have not found a way to make a simple virtual device (like a switch) in HA, I am actually starting to think HA lacks this basic function (like it lacks the ability to delete devices). HA seems great, but at times…

[image] Rob_Morris: but I have not found a way to make a simple virtual device (like a switch) in HA Home Assistant doesn’t have “virtual devices” per se, but you can very easily create a switch-like helper. 1) Via the UI (Helpers) Go to Settings → Devices & Services → Helpers Click Add He…

ok!! I think this was a huge step in getting what I need, so THANK YOU for that! But now my issue is I can’t seem to get to use the helper as a trigger for an automation in HA. I made it, called it “test” and I can control it from both HA and Homey, I have it assigned to an area and everything. But …

To use your input_boolean.test helper as a trigger, you need to use a State trigger (not a Device trigger). Here’s how to do it both via the UI : Go to Settings → Automations & Scenes → Automations Click + Create Automation → Start with an empty automation Under Triggers click Add Trigger,…

Thank you very much! I seem to be very close to my goal - everything works, except for my last step. What I am trying to do - which simply may not be possible - is this: I am using Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition, I have it setup as “Jarvis.” When the cat alarm is turned off for two minutes (m…

Maybe interesting: Here’s a tutorial I wrote to integrate both systems with eachother: [image] [TUTORIAL][PRO] How to integrate Home Assistant with Homey Pro and v.v Tutorials → Nederlandstalige versie → klik hier <a name="p-440060-tutorial-with-examples-of-setting-up-ha-from-scratch-extended-with-zwave-as-example-click-mehttpscommunityhomeyappthoneywell-t6-pro-zwave-help1146935upeter_kawa-2" class="anchor" href="#p-440060-tutorial-with-examples-of-setting-up-ha-from-scratch-extended-with-zwave-as-example-click-mehttpscommunityhomeyappthoneywell-t6-pro-zwave-help1146935upeter_kawa-2" aria-label="Heading link"> → Tutorial with examples of setting up HA f…

Oh, I have HA working with Homey just fine, thank you - and I mean that… I used your tutorial EXTENSIVELY lol! So yeah, the two are playing very nicely together. But as far as what I want to do in this particular case - I am starting to think it’s just not possible in the way I am trying to do it. N…

You, sir, are a bonafide genius! My settings in the MQTT hub weren’t quite right. I fixed that, according to your screen shot, and everything is working perfectly! Thank you!

Ok, so maybe “perfectly” was too strong of a word. I am having some VERY strange behavior… The first thing that clued me off to this is this: I have an LED light strip that I installed into HA. From there it goes into Homey, and from there it goes into HomeKit (HA into Homey into HomeKit). If I tur…

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Maybe interesting: Here’s a tutorial I wrote to integrate both systems with eachother:

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