I would like Hubitat developers reach Mercerdes, in order to jointly develope Hubitat integration on Mercedes Me environment as there is today Bosch smarthome, philips hue and Smarthings.
Thank you.
This is the type of thing most likely to come from someone in the community, probably from someone who uses Hubitat, knows how to code in Groovy, drives a Mercedes, uses Mercedes Me, and has time to spend integrating it. Apparently that hasn't happened yet, and I don't think the demand for it would reach levels of a built-in integration.
Hubitat is the best in my view, but the only thing better is adding Home Assistant to it just for integrations like this. These are the types of very specific integrations that makes it worth adding HA to Hubitat, using the community Home Assistant Device Bridge app. That app will create devices in Hubitat based on your entities in your HA device integrations.
So, I suggest you spin up HA on a Pi and link it to Hubitat, because there is a Mercedes Me HA integration, but I wouldn't wait around for anything to be written for Hubitat anytime soon.
You will probably find many other integrations on HA you didn't know existed. A used Pi3, or new, is plenty for running HA with a few integrations and no radio devices. Download the image for the PI3 from the HA download site. Install Raspberry Pi Imager on a PC, and write the HA image to the SD Card. Put the SD card in the PI and boot it up. From there you just follow online instructions to set it up and learn how to find and install integrations.
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Thank you for your prompt response. If Hubitat expects the Community to take the full responsibility on such a topic, I believe is a wrong decision. Mercedes Me only has today integrated the three systems I've mentioned. If Habitat would rush to be the fourth would be in a very good showcase and connected with a worldwide class brand. But I am no manager on Hubitat, just an user.
I totally agree - This isn't likely to come from the Hubitat staff or be a built in integration (unless some of the staff own a Mercedes and use Mercedes Me). The real reason it's not likely to get built in, is the same reason that alot of EV auto interfaces aren't built in. And the EV car functions seem a bit more logical to tie into Home Automation (HA or HE).
The main reason this isn't likely to happen is that Merecedes Me is cloud based, and the HE staff generally focus on LOCAL integrations (either via Z-Protocols, Matter, or WiFi). They also integrate locally with HomeKit and Home Assistant (HA). - That is not to say HE doesn't tie into clouds, it does, but most of that integration is typically done by the community or 3rd party developers. And given that an HA integration already does exist, it's likely possible to port that to HE, but given that this is a cloud integration, and somewhat of a niche one at that, and the HE focus on LOCAL integration - I don't see this happening by the staff.
That all said, I don't have any insider info, I'm just somewhat repeating the HE mantra of a bias towards LOCAL control, so I don't see this cloud being a priority. But perhaps some of the staff own a Mercedes, and decides to make it a personal project. - Stranger things have happened.
