MELCloud Home
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The MELCloud Home integration connects Home Assistant to MELCloud Home, Mitsubishi Electric's cloud service for managing their air conditioning and heat pump products.
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 |
|---|---|---|
switch | Switch or outlet | |
climate | Thermostat | |
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature) | |
water_heater | Water heater (as a thermostat) |
What people report
MELCloud Home controls Mitsubishi Electric units through the cloud; some users see connection drops that stop when the integration is disabled.
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Electric air conditioners (ATA) | Partly works Cloud | Repeated device disconnects and wrong state reported; fewer requests helpedSaved copyThe problem I've had my Mitsubishi Electric climate devices connected to MELCloud Home for about 2 months without any issues. Yesterday I added the official "MELCloud Home" integration to Home Assistant. Since then, I'm experiencing repeated connection loss between MELCloud Home and my devices. Overnight, the MELCloud Home app itself sent multiple emails stating that the connection to my devices had been lost. Additionally, according to the Home Assistant log, the MELCloud Home integration itself lost connection to the MELCloud API twice today (see attached screenshot). This strongly suggests … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #176334 · 2026-07 |
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
Cloud push
Goes through the maker’s cloud, which sends updates as they happen. Needs the internet and an account.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 953 (0.13%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Silver |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2026.7 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @erwindouna |
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.
