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Hey
I have HA on pi, with velbus addon…connection worked via TLS:…
This stopped working, all entities not available anymore…
So the user decided to update velbus from openhab to HA…so now there are 2 HA instances…and the one on the PI with the velbus addon still does not connect. The HA on the velbus itself, works, and i see all things there, but due to the fact this is a lite edition, i want to use the HA on the PI…

Does the connection still would work, and where in the updated velbus i need to see if the connections from other sources are available, because i don’t know what connection i need to set in the velbus addon on the HA installed on the PI.

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Hi

This has been posted about a few times.

Plenty of info on this forum.

The short answer

Just edit the connection details in the PI instance of HA to look at the Signum install IP address.

You’ll need to check if TLS security has been activated, to know exactly the address to use.

Might be something like

For the VMBSIG module: tls://192.168.1.9:27015

tls://{signum_IP}:27015

If you set a token in the configuration of the Signum, this will need to be added to that line

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Thnx for the answer.
I have come across all of these things…
Before in the openhab interface of velbus, i could see if tls had been enabled or not. but the problem is now that the velbus is installed with the homeassistant software, i don’t see to find any place where i can enable/disable the tls security …

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I think I understand

Are you confusing the setting option in the Signum with the Velbus bridge settings in your PI instance of HomeAssistant?

I think. by default, the Signum does NOT have the token enabled

In your PI, I’m not 100% sure where you need to edit the bridge setting (HA Confuses me and I just can’t get my head around it)

Does this “manual steps” link help you?

Velbus - Home Assistant.

If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:

Browse to your Home Assistant instance.

Go to  Settings > Devices & Services.

In the bottom right corner, select the  Add Integration button.

From the list, select Velbus.

Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.

The million dollar question is…

Can you access the 27015 port from VelbusLink?

What you need to put in there for the TCP/IP settings will help you work out what you need to enter into your PI instance of HA
(I do mean the TCP/IP connection option, not the Signum option)

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I need to try it out…
as i mentioned…i have now 2 HA instances.
with the HA on the PI i need to set the ip address (or tls) of the velbus to get the integration working.
Is this the same ip that i browse to if i go to the HA instance on velbus, or is this still something else.

I tried to make the connection for the velbus integration via tls and ip address (of the HA on velbus), none of these have any reaction.

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I think I totally understand your setup.

  • 1 x SIGNUM directly connected to the Velbus network and your LAN (with an IP address that you use to access the trimmed version of HomeAssistant)
  • 1 x Raspberry Pi with a full instance of HomeAssistant (NOT connected directly to your Velbus network, only to the LAN)

The Signum should be working well with the Velbus system as it is connected internally.

IF The signum is NOT working with Velbus, this needs to be corrected before you can proceed.

The next thing is to confirm that VelbusLink can connect to your Velbus hardware via the SIGNUM.
This will prove there is LAN access.

The final step is to edit your HomeAssistant Velbus settings on the PI to use the SAME IP address that you use to access your Signum, but using port 27015, instead of the WEB port of 80.

There is an active thread dedicated to Velbus on the HomeAssistant forum

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  • Signum is working well with the velbus system, everything available and controlable
    how can i check that the velbuslink can connect to velbus hardware via signum?
    I know that on the openhab interface previously i could setup users/tls etc…but i’m not seeing this options now that HA is on the signum…and i suppose there is some problem (maybe tls dsabled…)
    That’s maybe the reason why i cannot connect to the velbus from the pi…i tried there already the tls and ip settings using the correct ports and ip address of the velbis.
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There’s a tab on the left called “Velbus”, then click the cog of the local connection to see the settings.
Please note that from VelbusLink, you can also use the connect to Signum.

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Hi,

How was this solved? Currently, I am running HA on the signum smoothly.
Because there are no add-on possiblilities due to the ‘core’ version, i recently purchased a ‘home assistent green’. This is a pre built rbpi especially for HA.

However, i was not yet able to integrate velbus in this setup.

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What am i doing wrong this time?

Thanks!

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???

Whatever connection details you need for Velbuslink, will be the same needed to connect your HA Velbus bridge.

For example, do you need a TLS Token?

tls://your_token@192.168.0.157:27015

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according to the screenshot above there is no authentication enabled on his signum, so i do not expect this to be the problem.

Most likely a network problem between hass and the signum

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I just found the solution. It may be obvious, but I had to check this box:

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I didn’t know about it’s existence and it’s kind of hidden in home assistant. Apparently there’s a dashboard ‘velbus’ in the side panel where you can change the settings.

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hello

i was able to add my velbus to a new ha green
but now it keeps saying no devices or entities

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is there something that i need to do extra ??

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What connection details did you enter into the add-on?

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hello

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this is what i enterd

the wierd thing is now i reload and it is now

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inside my velbus i have mutch more

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do i need to instal an extra add on ??

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i whas wrong ip adres whas 192.168.0.60:27015

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this is the setting inside the velbus ha

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Also

It’s

tls://

Not, tsl

And apparently, there is a TLS checkbox that needs a tick somewhere within HomeAssistant

As shown here

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i deleted the one i installed and try to instal it again like you said
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but now i cannot find any way to log in always say unknown error

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the box is checked

any idea whats wrong here ??
i also restarted my signum multiple times via de reset switch

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Just as a benchmark,

What are the exact details you need to enter into Velbuslink’s TCP/IP connection option in order to get it working?

We don’t need to know here, just for your reference, as that is exactly what you need to put into any other software to get it up connect.

But, I see from some of your screenshots that you have had a working connection, so are you asking why HomeAssistant is showing less assets than signum?