Matter Server in home assistant

Matter over Thread

docker matter server  official container image

If you still prefer a self-managed container installation, we do offer an official container image.

https://github.com/home-assistant-libs/python-matter-server

Before the 2024.7 release,
one could not use iOS HA Companion App to commission thread based Matter devices.

2024.7 release
Now one can use use iOS HA Companion App to commission thread based Matter devices. , but must first get the credentials from HA into the iOS Comapnion App.

According to the docs:

To share the credentials with your iPhone, open the Home Assistant Companion app.
Go to Settings > Devices & Services, select the Thread integration.
At the bottom of the preferred network box, select Send credentials to phone.

How to use Bluetooth in Matter?

A: As of now, Bluetooth is only used for commissioning Matter devices with OTBR. For BLE Commissioning, first, you need to build the Android app, and then with the app, you scan the QR code on the LCD screen on the WSTK. This will provide the App with the needed information to find and connect through BLE to our device. It starts the Secure Rendez-vous exchange with SPAKE2+. Once the secure key is created the app sends the OT provision to the device. The device starts a thread with that network info and joins the network. It will then send the global IP it received back to the phone.


https://community.silabs.com/s/article/connected-home-over-ip-chip-faq?language=en_US

Matter over Thread

Thread network

The Matter Hub needs a 15.4 Radio Co-Processor (RCP) in order to create and interact with the Thread network.

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Requirements to communicate with Wi-Fi/Ethernet based Matter devices

Make sure you run the container on the host network. The host network interface needs to be in the same network as the Android/iPhone device you are using for commissioning. Matter uses link-local multicast protocols which do not work across different LANs or VLANs.

The host network interface needs IPv6 support enabled.

https://github.com/home-assistant-libs/python-matter-server


Home Assistant, as a Matter controller, only supports **control** of Matter devices.

Home Assistant is not a bridge itself and it cannot turn existing devices within Home Assistant into Matter compatible devices.



1.The Matter implementation in Home Assistant is built on-top of the open source Matter SDK developed by members of the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA). This is the same SDK that powers Matter for Google and Apple products.


Today Home Assistant can control the basic operation of most Matter devices. You can add both Wi-Fi and Thread based devices, and the most common device types work.



Announcing SL Web Tools . It allows users to use their browser to update Zigbee/Thread sticks based on SiLabs chips, like the Home Assistant SkyConnect.


https://community.home-assistant.io/t/matter-thread-where-we-re-at/532452

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