Case study

Halo Home for Home Assistant: reconstructing local Avi-on mesh control

Halo Home for Home Assistant controls Eaton HALO Home Bluetooth mesh lights locally and targets other Avi-on lights using the same protocol. Its CSRmesh protocol document describes GATT characteristics, encrypted packet delivery and passphrase-based key derivation for on/off, brightness and color-temperature controls.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 2
Last commit: 2026-11-05
Language: Python
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires Home Assistant 2024.12 or newer with Bluetooth enabled, plus an adapter or Bluetooth proxy within range of a fixture.
Prerequisites: Initial setup requires an Avi-on / Halo Home account, or a previously saved avion_backup.json containing the location passphrase.
Testing evidence: The author reports testing only the MicroEdge (HLB) on real hardware; transitions are unsupported.
License: MIT license.

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BibTeX

@misc{halo-home-home-assistant-case,
  title = {{Halo Home for Home Assistant: reconstructing local Avi-on mesh control}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/tinic/ha-halo-home}},
  url = {https://github.com/tinic/ha-halo-home},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/halo-home-home-assistant-case/}}
}

Plain text

Halo Home for Home Assistant: reconstructing local Avi-on mesh control. https://github.com/tinic/ha-halo-home (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/halo-home-home-assistant-case/

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docs/protocol.md GitHub · tinic/ha-halo-home · Revision 1dc4727
README.md GitHub · tinic/ha-halo-home · Revision 1dc4727
LICENSE GitHub · tinic/ha-halo-home · Revision 1dc4727