Hi,
I’m moving my smart home over to Home Assistant and I just wanted to double check compatibility. I’m super excited to finally get the the Inovelli White Fan Switch. I’m using an Apple TV for my Home Assistant Thread Border Router. I assume this is supported by Inovelli for the White Fan Switch but wanted to double check. I went looking through every hub compatibility article I could find on Inovelli’s support site but couldn’t find the article mentioned in the Home Assistant section of the Compatible Hubs article (Hub Platform Compatibility Chart | Inovelli Help Center). The HA section says: “ Please click here for a full compatibility list.” But there is no clickable link to find the full compatibility list.
If anyone could confirm that the White series switches will work with Home Assistant using an Apple Thread Border Router (as supported within HA), I would truly appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
My 2-1 White series switch works fine from Home Assistant using an Apple HomePod Mini as the TBR.
Note that some of the earlier generations of Apple TV 4K (like the one that I have) do not support functioning as a TBR, so check that compatibility if yours isn’t the latest model…
Perfect! Thank you so much for confirming. I really appreciate it. 
I thought/hoped that the setup I had would work but wanted to double check. I was a little worried when the links listed didn’t actually work to check the Inovelli knowledge base further. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond.
Yes, the AppleTV units I have do support the TBR function - and I am grateful for your recommendation to double check. That would be a sad surprise if my ATV didn’t have the TBR. It is strange that the lower-tier, but newer AppleTV doesn’t offer the TBR function while the ATV 4K 2nd Gen and 3rd Gen w/Ethernet both do. I also have a couple of HomePod Minis, too. I finally got my Thread network setup today in Home Assistant so I know that’s working now.
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I could not make my Apple TV 4K thread network as preferred network.
Is there a trick. I bought Aqara Hub Gen3 and make it preferred thread network without any problem
It’s a confusing question. Are you saying you can’t add the white fan switch to apple home? You say you can make Aqara hub the “preferred thread network” by that do you mean you can add them to Aquara hub using their commissioning processes? What model Apple TV 4k do you have. They don’t all support being a Thread Border Router even though they all support matter.
I am not saying that I can’t add white fan - I do not have white fan switch. What I am saying - I can’t make Apple TV 4K network as a preferred thread network.
Sorry, my bad I didn’t see your question was about home assistant. Is that screen from your phone or from your computer?
You should have 3 dots and a button to send credentials. I think you have to have an iOS device to set it up.
