Velbus for Home Assistant (built-in integration)

About

Velbus is a built-in integration that connects Home Assistant to Velbus home automation modules locally. It adds binary sensors, buttons, climate, covers, lights, selects, sensors and switches for the modules it finds. The connection can be made over TCP/IP, with optional password and secure connection support, or through a USB serial port, and a VLP file can optionally be supplied. Actions cover scanning the modules, clearing the cache and rescanning, syncing the module clocks to Home Assistant, and setting memo text on display modules. Home Assistant can discover the interface on the network, and its connection settings can be changed later without removing it. Setup is done in the UI.

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Supports

Works locally Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
Set up in the UI Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
Found by itself Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it.
Change settings later Its connection settings can change without removing it.
Silver quality Home Assistant's own rating of its code and setup experience.
Updated with Home Assistant Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

Provides

Lights
Climate
Covers
Switches
Sensors

Setting it up

Home Assistant usually finds it on the network and offers to add it. It can also be added by hand under Settings, Devices and services.

TCP/IP configuration

HostThe IP address or hostname of the Velbus interface.
PasswordThe password of the Velbus interface, this is only needed if the interface is password-protected.
PortThe port number of the Velbus interface.
Use TLS (secure connection)Enable this if you use a secure connection to your Velbus interface, like a Signum.

USB configuration

PortSelect the serial port for your Velbus USB interface.

Optional VLP file

Path to VLP fileSelect the VLP file from your filesystem.

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, Apache License 2.0.

Actions

Clear cacheClears the Velbus cache and then starts a new scan.Fields: Address, Config entry
ScanScans the Velbus modules, this will be needed if you see unknown module warnings in the logs, or when you added new modules.Fields: Config entry
Set memo textSets the memo text to the display of modules like VMBGPO, VMBGPOD. Be sure the pages of the modules are configured to display the memo text.Fields: Address, Config entry, Memo text
Sync clockSyncs the clock of the Velbus modules to the Home Assistant clock, this is the same as the 'sync clock' from VelbusLink.Fields: Config entry

Troubleshooting

DiagnosticsDownloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report.
Repair noticesNotices it can show in Settings, Repairs:Deprecated 'interface' parameter