Dormakaba dKey
dormakaba_dkey
Integrates Dormakaba dKey Bluetooth Low Energy connected locks into Home Assistant.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
lock | Lock | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
binary_sensor | Sensor (contact) |
What people report
Local Bluetooth locks; setup often fails with built-in adapters or dongles and works with an ESP32 Bluetooth proxy.
- Works1
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dormakaba dKey lock | Works Local | Added in 2023.3; needs ESP32 Bluetooth proxy for reliable pairingSaved copyProposed change Add support for dormakaba dKey locks ## Type of change <!-- What type of change does your PR introduce to Home Assistant? NOTE: Please, check only 1! box! If your PR requires multiple boxes to be checked, you'll most likely need to split it into multiple PR Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #87501 · 2023-02 | |
| Dormakaba MTL 9291 lock | Partly works Local | Only worked with ESP32 Bluetooth proxy, not RPi4 or CSR8510 dongleSaved copyThe problem Similar to this closed issue, but different... The automation recognizes the lock, I enter the unused activation code and press submit, but after a while I get a dialog with "couldn't connect" error. In the HA logs I can see two warnings, "BleakError" and "Device unexpectedly disconnected; RSSI: None" I have tried the activation code both with and whitout dash (XXXX-XXXX and XXXXXXXX) and tried pressing the button in the lock during pairing, as well ass leting it be and not pressing anything... nothing helps, always the same error. The admin app says that the key is created and … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #102094 · 2023-10 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Found automatically over
- Bluetooth
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 14 |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 2023.3 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @emontnemery |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
