So far I’ve got 11 of the current 12 switches installed and connected but the last one is proving problematic.
It’s the only switch in a 3 way setup (with a dumb switch). It’ll light up and control the actual light correctly but whenever I try and add it to home assistant it goes through all of the steps except adding it to the matter controller.
If I start by scanning the QR code with my camera I’ll connect to the switch, generate thread credentials, check network connectivity and then show that the device is connected. But after pressing “done” the screen just goes away. Going into home assistant from here shows no new devices. Same goes for the matter controller addon.
If I instead launch home assistant on my phone, go to my list of matter devices and choose to add it from there I’ll go through all the same steps above and then show a “adding to home assistant screen…” After when it takes me to the device page but there’s no configuration options. At least with this option a new node does get added to the matter controller addon.
The switch is also the only switch I have in a multi-gang box with another Inovelli White switch. The switch directly next to it works just fine.
I’ve had issues with HA as well as iOS where they refuse to add devices for a period of time, then allow them again after a few hours. It is not just a Inovelli issue, but affects multiple brands (Inovelli, Eve, Aqara are ones I’ve seen this on). I think (unproven theory) maybe its a border router issue or the mesh network needs to reconfigure routes after a certain number of additions and that takes a bit of time.
I’m having trouble adding a Inovelli Red switch to my HA. It’s installed in the wall and working to control the lights via the switch. My instance of HA is not finding the device. Searching for it times out. The switch times out as well. When I tried to scan the QR code, HA says it’s been loaded but I need to turn it on. I don’t think that’s a thing with these switches.
It’s my third switch, the other two were added quickly without issue. They are both located on the same floor and just outside the room with HA. This one is physically located on another floor but immediately below the HA computer.