Am I looking for a standard, accessible API, commitment standards to access?

I have to buy into battery and inverter tech soon…before I get up to speed with HA but I want to ensure I can link them

  • Squizzy@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Yeah, I am having trouble grasping what is integration, app or accessible. I am dreading buying something big only for it to not connect.

    • Claude Flammang@dju.social
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      10 days ago

      @Squizzy
      While an integration is a piece of software running in Homeassistant, Apps come into play when things get complex, for example you need a server handling a protocol stack like MQTT or MATTER . Those run in a dedicated virtual machine and can even be installed on another physical machine.