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Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) – Updated Jan 2021

HACS is a repository of community-driven custom components that can be installed into Home Assistant. It offers a GUI-driven interface that simplifies the installation process. I have already installed two custom components from HCAS – Meross Cloud IoT and WyzeSense, and they went smoothly. However, instructions on setting up HCAS itself are scatter over a few places, so I consolidated the instructions here for the … Continue reading Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) – Updated Jan 2021

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Update: Meross Smart Wifi Switch

This is an update to my previous post on Meross wifi switch. Thanks to the work done by Alberto Geniola, there is now a simpler way to integrate Meross smart devices to Home Assistant. The Meross Custom Component is now available in Home Assistant Community Store (HACS). This custom component is based on the Meross IoT library and thus supports all Meross smart devices. Here … Continue reading Update: Meross Smart Wifi Switch

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Meross Smart Wi-fi Switch

Meross markets a suite of connected devices. The MSS110 Smart Wi-fi Plug Mini is an inexpensive wireless power switch. In this post, I’ll describe integrating this device into Home Assistant. Integration with Meross devices is achieved with the excellent custom component developed by Vincenzo Suraci based on the work done by Alberto Geniola and Chris Hurst. The custom component uses MQTT Discovery service. Thus an … Continue reading Meross Smart Wi-fi Switch

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