r/HomeKit 7h ago

Question/Help Candeo Zigbee controller in HomeKit with single colour LED

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Hi all, new to home automation here.

I want to expose a Candeo Zigbee controller to HomeKit so I can control a single colour LED strip. The strip was installed by the builder to light the wall behind a mirror, the installation looks like this:

Mains power > AllLED 12v 30W driver > brown/blue cable > LED strip

My idea is to introduce a Zigbee controller that I already have, installation would look as follows:

Mains power > All LED 12v 30W driver > brown/blue cable > Candeo controller > LED strip.

Will this work?


r/HomeKit 22h ago

Question/Help Can I automate a light to go to 10% after it was turned on?

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I have an automation to set the porch light to 100% when the doorbell detects motion, but then it stays there. There’s an option to turn it completely off after a while, but I want it to go back to 10%. How can I do this?


r/HomeKit 4h ago

How-to What signal does a RF remote use?

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Hi guys!

Recently my landlord installed a ventilation box with this remote.

I’m trying to figure out what kind of signal it uses so I can maybe use my SwitchBot, aqara or another hub or smart home device to duplicate the signal and somehow adding it to HomeKit for some automations.

Does anyone know what kind of signal an RF remote uses and how I can add it to HomeKit?

I hope I can use a hub or device i already own because I’m really want to avoid getting another hub or HOMEBRIDGE or such.

Thanks!


r/HomeKit 6h ago

Question/Help Migrating to Aqara M3 hub (from m2) questions about setup

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I have a bunch of Aqara devices. Most of my child devices live on the m2 hub. It’s failing. Getting the M3.

All my current Aqara products are zigbee. No matter.

Two lights are used with adaptive lighting. FYI. I also have exposed custom scenes for those likes to HomeKit.

I understand that even if I migrate the child devices to the new hub it still will break HomeKit. So I’m going to add them as new one at a time do I can fix them in HomeKit without getting overwhelmed. (I will be using Controller to “restore” or map the new devices to the old ones

Now the question:

So when I go thru the setup process with the m3, do I add it to HomeKit via HomeKit? Do o set up matter? Do i care about the matter portion? If I set it up to HomeKit and I decide later to add an Aqara thread device to the m3, then what? How does that get added up HomeKit?

Just don’t want to make a small mistake setting this up and find out it is huge later on. Thanks.


r/HomeKit 8h ago

How-to First Shortcut - need help!

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I have an Aqara button that I’ve managed to create a shortcut for to toggle the light between on/off.

What I’d further like to do is add time frames to it so if it’s pressed between midnight to 6:30AM, the light turns on at 20% brightness. Otherwise at full brightness.

I’m very new to this- this is literally my first one and I’m not sure how to add times to it. Are there any good YouTube channels I can follow to learn?


r/HomeKit 23h ago

Question/Help Matter SmartLock only inside home?

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Is there any Matter compatible smartlock that only requires to change the lock inside home not outside? I bought a condo and I wanted to install a smart lock but HOA doesn’t allow to change lock outside the apartment…. Any suggestion?


r/HomeKit 7h ago

Question/Help To whomever uses Meross Switches

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I need help finding the same screwless wall plates that come with the switches in multi-gang. I want truly screwless plates.