Big Ass Fans

Integrates Big Ass Fans devices into Home Assistant.

Supported devices

  • Haiku Fans with 3.0 firmware and later (Legacy SenseME firmware not supported)
  • Discontinued Haiku Lights with 3.0 firmware and later (Legacy SenseME firmware not supported)
  • i6 Fans

Platforms

Binary sensor

For devices that support Auto Comfort and are running firmware 3.1 or later, an occupancy sensor entityAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more] is available. The sensor has a hold time of about 5 minutes and pushes state updates.

Climate

For devices that support Auto Comfort, a climate entityAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more] allows adjusting the target temperature.

Note

Climate and Climate Sensors Become Unavailable: Climate and some sensors like temperature are provided by the remote, not the fan itself on certain models. When the fan loses connection to the remote, these entities may become unavailable while the fan remains available. Consult vendor documentation on how to re-establish connectivity between the fan and remote and reload the integration to restore entities availability.

Number

Adjusting the minimum and maximum speed for devices that support Auto Comfort is available.

Timeouts for returning to auto mode or turning back off after motion use a unit of seconds.

Sensor

If the device supports it, the integration creates the following sensors, which receive push updates:

  • Temperature
  • Humidity

Additional diagnostic sensors are available, which generally do not receive push updates that need to be enabled in the UI if desired.

Switch

The integration represents Whoosh mode as a switch for fans. When Whoosh is enabled, the fan will latch to the current speed and vary the speed from the latch point.

Configuration

To add the Big Ass Fans integration to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

Big Ass Fans can be auto-discovered by Home Assistant. If an instance was found, it will be shown as Discovered. You can then set it up right away.

Manual configuration steps

If it wasn’t discovered automatically, don’t worry! You can set up a manual integration entry:

  • Browse to your Home Assistant instance.

  • Go to Settings > Devices & Services.

  • In the bottom right corner, select the Add Integration button.

  • From the list, select Big Ass Fans.

  • Follow the instructions on screen to complete the setup.