[Question] Custom vito.xml required when connecting over network?

[kagehisa]

I am sorry if this is not the place for it but I don't know where else I could ask this. I run a vcontrold instance with a modified vito.xml on a raspberry pi. I installed the Homeassistant addon according to the documentation and connected it via the vcontrold host setting. This works fine, i can do the basic commands and it pushes everything to my mqtt broker. But what got me thinking is the last part of the documentation:

Custom vito.xml configuration file

The module use the config option (refer to https://developers.home-assistant.io/docs/add-ons/configuration/#add-on-advanced-options) for mounting a custom configuration file. It verifies the existence of a 'vito.xml' file during startup.

Ensure the file is placed in the specified path:

config/vcontrold/vito.xml

Do the vito.xml on the raspberry and the vito.xml for the addon need to match? Is the vito.xml in the addon even required when connecting to a remote vcontrold instance?

This part really confuses me, could someone please help me with this question?

[dk1305hb]

If you use your own Vcontrold Host in the Vcontrol add-on config this part of the documentation has got no impact. It is not required for you to place a vito.xml in this path. It is a possibility for all users that use the add-on included vcontrol instance (Vcontrold Host=localhost) to overwrite the standard delivered vito.xml.

[kagehisa]

Ok, thank you very much for this answer!