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AVM FRITZ!SmartHome

The AVM FRITZ!SmartHome integration for Home Assistant allows you to integrate AVM Smart Home (former AVM FRITZ!DECT) devices like plugs, thermostats or shutter drivers as also trigger so called smart home templates (contains settings for Smart Home devices of the same type).

Tested devices

Prerequisites

It is recommended to create a separate user to connect Home Assistant to your FRITZ!Box. To create a user, in the FRITZ!Box go to System > FRITZ!Box Users > Users > Add User. Make sure the user has the Smart Home permission.

Note

If you still want to use the predefined user, please note that as of FRITZ!OS 7.24, the FRITZ!Box creates a random username for the admin user if you didn’t set one yourself. This can be found after logging into the FRITZ!Box and visit System > FRITZ!Box Users > Users. The username starts with fritz followed by four random numbers. Under properties on the right it says created automatically. Prior to FRITZ!OS 7.24, the default username was admin.

Configuration

To add the AVM FRITZ!SmartHome hub to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

AVM FRITZ!SmartHome can be auto-discovered by Home Assistant. If an instance was found, it will be shown as Discovered. You can then set it up right away.

Manual configuration steps

If it wasn’t discovered automatically, don’t worry! You can set up a manual integration entry:

  • 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 AVM FRITZ!SmartHome.

  • Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.

Host

The hostname or IP address of your FRITZ!Box router.

Username

Name of the user to connect Home Assistant to your FRITZ!Box (see prerequisites)

Password

Password for the user to connect Home Assistant to your FRITZ!Box (see prerequisites)

Data fetching and limitations

Since the API of the FRITZ!Box does not provide a push mechanism, this integration polls the data every 30 seconds from the FRITZ!Box. Because of this, the integration can’t support the main features of event-based devices like the FRITZ!DECT 350 door/window contact sensors or the FRITZ!DECT 440 buttons (see the other devices section for details).

Devices

Light bulbs

Light bulbs like the FRITZ!DECT 500 or Magenta SmartHome LED E27 Color will be integrated as lightA light has a brightness you can control, and optionally color temperature or RGB color control. [Learn more] entities.

Note

The FRITZ!DECT 500 light bulb supports only 36 colors. When a color is picked in Home Assistant that is not supported by the device, a color that comes close will be activated.

Plugs

Plugs like the FRITZ!DECT 200 or FRITZ!DECT 210 will be integrated as switchSwitches are things that have two states you can select between, such as turning on or off a socket. [Learn more] entities.

Further there are additional sensorSensors return information about a thing, for instance the level of water in a tank. [Learn more] and “binary sensor”A binary sensor returns information about things that only have two states - such as on or off. [Learn more] entities created for each device, based on its capabilities:

  • Button lock via UI
  • Button lock on device
  • Electric Current
  • Power Consumption
  • Temperature
  • Total Energy
  • Voltage

Shutter drivers

Shutter drivers like the Rademacher RolloTron DECT 1213 will be integrated as coverCovers are devices such as blinds, garage doors, etc that can be opened and closed and optionally set to a specific position. [Learn more] entities.

Templates

Self defined templates within the FRITZ!Box smart home configuration menu, will be integrated as buttonA button entity can fire an event, or trigger an action towards a device or service. It can be compared to a physical push button. The button entity does not have a state like on or off, but keeps the timestamp of when it was last pressed in the Home Assistant UI or via an action. [Learn more] entities and those can be triggered from within Home Assistant.

Thermostats

Thermostats like the FRITZ!DECT 301, FRITZ!DECT 302 or Eurotronic Comet DECT will be integrated as climateThe Climate entity allows you to control and monitor HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) devices and thermostats. [Learn more] entities.

These entities can have several attributes that can be useful for automationsAutomations in Home Assistant allow you to automatically respond to things that happen in and around your home. [Learn more] and templatesA template is an automation definition that can include variables for the action or data from the trigger values. This allows automations to generate dynamic actions. [Learn more]:

Attribute Description
battery_low The low battery state indication.
battery_level The battery level (only available since Fritz!OS 7).
holiday_mode The state of the holiday mode (only available since Fritz!OS 7).
summer_mode The state of the summer mode (only available since Fritz!OS 7).
window_open The state of the window open detection (only available since Fritz!OS 7).

Further there are additional sensorSensors return information about a thing, for instance the level of water in a tank. [Learn more] and “binary sensor”A binary sensor returns information about things that only have two states - such as on or off. [Learn more] entities created for each device, based on its capabilities:

  • Battery
  • Button lock via UI
  • Button lock on device
  • Comfort Temperature
  • Current Scheduled Preset
  • Eco Temperature
  • Next Scheduled Change Time
  • Next Scheduled Preset
  • Next Scheduled Temperature

Other devices

Some devices like the FRITZ!DECT 350 or the FRITZ!DECT 440 can’t be controlled via this integration, but its sensors can still be integrated.

The availability of these sensorSensors return information about a thing, for instance the level of water in a tank. [Learn more] and “binary sensor”A binary sensor returns information about things that only have two states - such as on or off. [Learn more] entities depends on the features and capabilities of the connected device and can be one or multiple of:

  • Battery
  • Button lock via UI
  • Button lock on device
  • Humidity
  • Temperature

Troubleshooting

In any case, when reporting an issue, please enable debug logging, restart the integration, and as soon as the issue re-occurs stop the debug logging again (download of debug log file will start automatically). Further if still possible, please also download the diagnostics data. If you have collected the debug log and the diagnostics data, provide them with the issue report.

Remove the integration

To remove an integration instance from Home Assistant

  1. Go to Settings > Devices & services and select the integration card.
  2. From the list of devices, select the integration instance you want to remove.
  3. Next to the entry, select the three-dot menu. Then, select Delete.

If you don’t use the separate created FRITZ!Box user anymore, than remove it from the FRITZ!Box under to System > FRITZ!Box Users > Users.