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Synology Surveillance Station Home Mode switch

Switches · Lighting

Partly worksApple Home issues

1 report: 1 says it partly works.

Reported with 1 integration: Synology DSM.

What people report

IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
Synology DSMPartly worksPartly in Home
Switch missing in exclude mode; appears when explicitly included
Config entity category hides it from HomeKit
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The problem The Synology DSM integration exposes a switch to toggle "Home Mode" in its Surveillance Station NVR app. This switch is used in my case to toggle my various cameras on and to have them start recording. I use HomeKit in exclusion mode and this toggle switch was passed through to HomeKit in Home Assistant as recently as 2021.12.10. After upgrading today I noticed the switch was missing in HomeKit, but still available in Home Assistant's UI. However I realized that if I change to "Inclusion" mode in my HomeKit setup, the Synology Home Mode toggle appears in the list of entities I can …

Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23.

Issue #65478 · 2022-02

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Once Home Assistant’s HomeKit Bridge shares it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.

Identifiers

BrandSynology
ModelSurveillance Station
CategorySwitches