iRobot hasn’t shut anything down here. This page is for owners who would rather their robot not phone home at all, or want to schedule cleans without opening an app. Every Wi-Fi Roomba and Braava has a local API sitting on your own network already, and iRobot documents a way to get the password for it.
What to do
- Put the robot on its dock and hold the CLEAN or HOME button until it beeps. Models without a HOME button use DOCK plus SPOT instead.
- Run dorita980’s password tool on a computer on the same network to pull the credential the robot just exposed.
- Use that password with dorita980 directly, or hand it to the Home Assistant Roomba integration if that’s what you run.
Newer Matter-based models like the Combo Max 705 use a different protocol that isn’t supported yet, so check your exact model against dorita980’s list before counting on this.