How to set up Divoom Devices in Home Assistant

If you love your Divoom pixel screen and you already use Home Assistant, it makes sense to bring the two together. The good news is that setting up Divoom in Home Assistant does not take long, and you only need to go through a few steps to get going.

In this guide, you will see how to:

• Get the IP address of your Divoom device
• Add the Divoom integration in Home Assistant
• Use the new switch that shows up
• Know what you can and cannot do with this setup

What you need before you start

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Before you add Divoom to Home Assistant, make sure you have:

• A Divoom device connected to your home wifi
• The Divoom phone app is installed and linked to that device
• Home Assistant is already running on your server, Raspberry Pi, Home Assistant Green, or other computer
• Access to your wifi router page or app, in case you want to find the IP there

You do not need to write code. The only key thing you must know is the IP address of your Divoom device on your home network.

Step one: find the IP address of your Divoom device

Home Assistant talks to your Divoom screen over your local network. For that, it needs a fixed target, which is the IP address of your Divoom device.

There are two common ways to find this.

Method one: from your router

Most people use this path:

• Open the router app or router web page
• Go to the list of devices on your network
• Look for a name that matches your Divoom device model or says Divoom
• Note the IP address shown next to it

Write that address down or copy it somewhere. You will need it in a moment.

Method two: from the Divoom app

In some cases the Divoom app also shows network info:

• Open the Divoom app on your phone
• Pick your device from the device list
• Look for a settings or info screen that shows network details
• Note the IP address if it is listed

Step two: add the Divoom integration in Home Assistant

Now you are ready to add Divoom in Home Assistant. Here is how to do it using the Home Assistant interface.

• Open Home Assistant in your browser
• Go to Settings
• Go to Devices and Services
• In the Integrations section, click Add Integration
• Search for Divoom in the list

If you have installed a custom Divoom integration from HACS earlier, you will see that entry here too. Pick the Divoom option that matches the guide or repo you used.

Once you click it, Home Assistant will ask you for some info.

Step three: enter the Divoom IP address

The main detail you must give is the IP address you found before.

• In the Divoom integration setup window, type the IP address of your Divoom
• Confirm and move through the prompts
• Home Assistant will talk to the device and try to add it

If all goes well, you will see a message that the device was added

After this, you should see:

• A Divoom device entry under Devices
• At least one entity, usually a switch

This is the basic link between your Divoom and your smart home hub. From now on, you can control that entity from the Home Assistant dashboard.

If the setup fails, the most common causes are:

• The IP address is wrong or has changed
• The Divoom device is turned off or not on the same wifi
• There is a typo in the IP address
• Check those points and run the setup again.

What Divoom in Home Assistant can do right now

Here is an important part many people miss. The current Divoom support in Home Assistant is very limited. In most setups you can only use Home Assistant to turn the Divoom device on and off.

That means:

• You can switch the screen on from your dashboard
• You can switch the screen off from your dashboard
• You can use that switch in scenes and automations

But you cannot:

• Change the pixel art from Home Assistant
• Edit or pick play lists of animations
• Adjust brightness through the integration
• Send text messages or graphics from Home Assistant

For those extra features, you still need the Divoom app or other tools made by the community. Think of Home Assistant here as a power switch, not a full Divoom control desk.

Even with that limit, many users still like having Divoom in Home Assistant, because it fits well into the rest of their smart home rules and routines.

Final thoughts

Adding Divoom in Home Assistant is a nice small upgrade for your smart home. The setup is short, the only tricky part is finding the right IP address, and after that you gain an extra switch you can use in scenes and automations.

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