Home Assistant adding Overkiz
I’ve just finished setting up a new Home Assistant (HA) install on my Debian server using Docker Compose, replacing my older setup that used the Home AssistantSupervisor version on a standard PC.
Since Supervisor support is stopping, this felt like the right moment to rebuild. again installing the HA version and not the HAS version
It seemed too complicated to export and import from my old HAS to this HA setup. Instead, I just re-added all my devices, and it didn't take long.
Basically, all went well; I recreated all my devices using Zigbee2MQTT. But buggered if I could install Overkiz, which I need to run my Somfy blinds, as it's not a device but an add-on. And you can't just install add-ons in HA like you do in HAS.
Tahoma app
Reading up, I kept seeing "just use the Tahoma app on the phone" (which I have), tap on a certain line in settings 7 times to get an API generated. Now I tried this, but it never worked. After a lot of reading on the forums, I later found out that this is rubbish. It just doesn't work.
So I finally found on the link below how to add it manually.
👉 https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/overkiz/
But when I tried to import the Overkiz device into HA, it asked whether you want a local or a cloud setup. Local says me as I don't have an Overkiz cloud, but nothing works WTF ?
Cloud setup
If you chose the Cloud setup. It says that you need :
Username for your Overkiz cloud account (account you use in your IoT app).
Password for your Overkiz cloud account (account you use in your IoT app).
Again, I don't have a cloud account, so logically I don't have a IoT account
The Solution
Then I wondered, and rather than using the suggested "account you use in your IoT app", I tried just using my Somfy website Login and Password and FMG (bad language here), it worked 🎉
It finally works
Many hours later. All I really needed was to log in to Overkiz (Cloud API) using my
👉 Somfy website login and password, NOT anything else. 'IoT' my ass ........
That’s it. Forget about IoT accounts, app API keys, or tapping settings seven times on the phone.
It works. It is very simple, but the explanations make it extremely difficult
Update: I have now added the device Cozytouch and can finally controlling my Sauter radiators. Attention, one thing I noticed when doing this, as it took a long time to get it to work.... Sometimes you'll need to reload the Overkixz as it seems to get 'stuck' occasionally.
It's far better than the Cozytouch app, as I can link in my automation to the device RTL Tempo and so when EDF have the day in tempo RED I can get it to not use radiators, saving money.
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