+Overview of supported Insteon products
+The Insteon company has shut down and turned off their cloud as of April 2022. Do not factory reset your device under any circumstances. If you have factory reset your device please see the instructions Recovering After Factory Resetting The Hub for how to proceed.
+The Insteon company has shut down and turned off their cloud as of April 2022.
-This integration adds "local push" support for INSTEON Modems allowing linked INSTEON devices to be used within Home Assistant. +This integration adds support for integrating your INSTEON network with Home Assistant. It is known to work with the [2413U] USB and [2412S] RS242 flavors of PLM and the [2448A7] USB stick. It has also been tested to work with the [2242] and [2245] Hubs. Device support is provided by the underlying [pyinsteon] package. -There is currently support for the following device types within Home Assistant: - -- Binary Sensor -- Climate -- Cover -- Fan -- Light -- Sensor -- Switch - -Device support is provided by the underlying [pyinsteon] package. It is known to work with the [2413U] USB and [2412S] RS242 flavors of PLM and the [2448A7] USB stick. It has also been tested to work with the [2242] and [2245] Hubs. +_If you have factory reset your device please see the instructions Recovering After Factory Resetting The Hub for how to proceed._ {% include integrations/config_flow.md %} diff --git a/source/_posts/2022-04-19-for-insteon-users.markdown b/source/_posts/2022-04-19-for-insteon-users.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3bf1c7a5170 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_posts/2022-04-19-for-insteon-users.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Hey Insteon users!" +description: "Collection of latest information to help Insteon users transition to Home Assistant." +date: 2022-04-19 00:00:00 +date_formatted: "April 19, 2022" +author: Paulus Schoutsen +author_twitter: balloob +comments: true +categories: +- Announcements +--- + +_The US smart home company Insteon abruptly went dark and turned off its cloud. While Insteon products talk locally, the app and voice assistant integrations do not. Without this, users are not able to control and configure their hub and automations don't run._ + +If you're one of the impacted Insteon users, this post is for you. + +The good news is that Home Assistant is able to talk to your Insteon devices via the Insteon hub or modem. You will be able to pair new devices and set up links as you're used to. + +The other good news is that Home Assistant works 100% local. There is no cloud necessary for any part of it to function and no one can remotely shut it down. + +
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+Overview of supported Insteon products
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