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What to look for in appliances and devices (lemmy.world)

submitted 15 hours ago by Squizzy@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Am I looking for a standard, accessible API, commitment standards to access?

I have to buy into battery and inverter tech soon...before I get up to speed with HA but I want to ensure I can link them

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I think some tech can speak open protocols like MQTT. Other than that you'll have to google whether they require some cloud, and if there's HA support.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I am having trouble grasping what is integration, app or accessible. I am dreading buying something big only for it to not connect.

[–] claude_flammang@dju.social 1 points 6 hours ago

@Squizzy
While an integration is a piece of software running in Homeassistant, Apps come into play when things get complex, for example you need a server handling a protocol stack like MQTT or MATTER . Those run in a dedicated virtual machine and can even be installed on another physical machine.