Siri / HomeKit support for Domoticz

schulpr · Post by **schulpr** » Saturday 29 August 2015 15:39

Ik have the same challenge. After a reboot it doesn't start. There is also no folder. There is an advantage using pm2. I can now close the Putty client without shutting down the process.

ivom74 · Post by **ivom74** » Saturday 29 August 2015 16:44

Anyone knows how the pin works?
I have the default configs:

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{
    "bridge": {
        "name": "Homebridge",
        "username": "CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30",
        "port": 51826,
        "pin": "031-45-154"
    },

After adding the devices to Instean+ I changed the pin and restarted the Pi. Why can I still control all the devices?

I wonder if Domotica will now be a bridge together with Homebridge for controlling everything ? You can me scenes, schedules etc in Insteon or Eve.

I had some light scenes which where added to Insteon+. If I told siri to switch all lights off it made a disco and even the garagedoor was open because it saw it for a switch

.

Anyone else now makes the scenes only in Insteon+ / Eve?

Do i have to setup a VPN to use Insteon+ outside my lan?

I know a hope questions now it works:) but it is really nice and the response is very fast. It is faster then the Pilot App which is connected directly to Domotica, very strange...Can be a problem over here:-).

wokkelp · Post by **wokkelp** » Sunday 30 August 2015 15:14

Eduard wrote:
All looks fine until it reboots...
Did you do a
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sudo update-rc.d pm2-init.sh defaults
without problems?

Does the folder /home/pi/.pm2 exist?

Yup I did, and the folder exists, it doesn't show up with ls but I can navigate to it with cd.
I have no clue why it just won't work.

Anyhow I also loaded the sonos platform, and I am figuring out how to get that working.
It found my sonos bridge and my two speakers when I loaded homebridge.
Anyone played around with this already? and maybe found some sort of tutorial?

This is starting to bug me...
Everytime I try to launch the homebridge app without PM2 my domoticz crashes and I have no idea why...
(I did a sudo apt-get update and upgrade and I removed the sonos code from my config.json to make sure that wasn't conflicting, the config file is valid)

ivom74 · Post by **ivom74** » Sunday 30 August 2015 22:16

Hello,

I connected all my devices to homebridge. When i give a siri command to switch lights on the garagedoor is opening and the doorbell is ringing,
I can't programm in Insteon+ or Eve app what type of device it is.
All the devices from domoticz are lambs;-).

Anyone has the same problem?
Really nice the commands you can give. Colorchanging will be in ios 9 i hope.

“Turn on the lights” or “Turn off the lights.”
“Dim the lights” or “Set the brightness to 50%.”
“Set the temperature to 68 degrees.”
“Turn on the coffee maker.”
If you set up homes, zones, rooms, or scenes, you can use also commands like this:

“Turn on the upstairs lights.”
“Turn off Chloe’s light.”
“Turn down the kitchen lights”
“Dim the lights in the dining room to 50%.”
“Make the living room lights the brightest.”
“Set the Tahoe house to 72 degrees.”
“Set the thermostat downstairs to 70.”
“Turn on the printer in the office.”
“Set up for a party, Siri.”
“Set the dinner scene.”
“Set my bedtime scene.”

Bikey · Post by **Bikey** » Monday 31 August 2015 10:54

ivom74 wrote:Hello,

....
All the devices from domoticz are lambs;-).

Anyone has the same problem?
....

Lambs or lamps? I hope you don't have lambs running around in your house, ha, ha;-)!

(Sorry for this comment, it was just too funny to let it go)

ivom74 · Post by **ivom74** » Monday 31 August 2015 19:34

Bikey wrote:
ivom74 wrote:Hello,

....
All the devices from domoticz are lambs;-).

Anyone has the same problem?
....
Lambs or lamps? I hope you don't have lambs running around in your house, ha, ha;-)!

(Sorry for this comment, it was just too funny to let it go)

My children will love it, lambs in the living room

.

wokkelp · Post by **wokkelp** » Monday 31 August 2015 21:27

Doing a clean install of homebridge, is this supposed to happen?
If not, why did it happen...

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> [email protected] install /home/pi/homebridge/node_modules/teslams/node_modules/                                                     mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/node_modules/kerberos
> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)

make: Entering directory '/home/pi/homebridge/node_modules/teslams/node_modules/                                                     mongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/node_modules/kerberos/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/kerberos/lib/kerberos.o
kerberos.target.mk:89: recipe for target 'Release/obj.target/kerberos/lib/kerber                                                     os.o' failed
make: Leaving directory '/home/pi/homebridge/node_modules/teslams/node_modules/m                                                     ongodb/node_modules/mongodb-core/node_modules/kerberos/build'

foggy · Post by **foggy** » Wednesday 02 September 2015 13:40

Hi All,

I hope someone can help a newbie. I have only just started to use Domoticz and I am still learning.
I understand that I need to create config.json file.

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{
    "description": "Configuration file for Domoticz platform.",
    "platforms": [
        {
            "platform": "Domoticz",
            "name": "Domoticz",
            "server": "127.0.0.1",
            "port": "8080"
        }
    ],
    "accessories": [
    ]
}

However I am not sure if I need to include my lights(accessories) in this file? or if they are picked up once I start the program and then I configure them in the IOS app?
If I need to add them in the config file, can some one assist in showing me how I should enter these parameters. I would be most grateful.
I am using LightwaveRF devices attached is a snip from my Devices section.

Best wishes.

G3rard · Post by **G3rard** » Wednesday 02 September 2015 14:13

You do not need to add the lights in the config.json file. They will be available through Domoticz in the iOS app.

There has been a change in Homebridge recently, so I think you have to add some extra information in the config.json, see my earlier post http://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic ... 864#p52627. (I have Domoticz running on my Synology NAS so therefore I am using another ip and port.)

foggy · Post by **foggy** » Wednesday 02 September 2015 15:22

Thank you for replying G3rard,

Could you give the date of the your post. Your link takes me to the 1st post of this topic.

Best wishes.

G3rard · Post by **G3rard** » Wednesday 02 September 2015 15:38

Strange, link is working here with the right post.
It is the post from 27 August.

foggy · Post by **foggy** » Wednesday 02 September 2015 18:03

Thank you for your patience G3rad.

So I just need to enter this into a config file (with the comments I have made). As I don't have many lights. I assume I can just remove the room ID entry or as I have seen it somewhere else just put "0"?

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{
    "bridge": {
        "name": "Homebridge",
        "username": "CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30",
        "port": 51826,
        "pin": "031-45-154"
    },

    "description": "Configuration file for Domoticz platform.",
   
    "platforms": [
        {
            "platform": "Domoticz",
            "name": "Domoticz",
            "server": "192.168.1.102",       //Change to Raspberry Pi IP address 192.168.0.x
            "port": "8084",                        // Change to port number 8080
         "roomid": "11"                            //Can I remove this line or should I make it "0" ?
        }
    ],
    "accessories": [
    ]
}

Once again. Thank you for your help.

Best wishes.

G3rard · Post by **G3rard** » Wednesday 02 September 2015 20:24

If you don't use a room then indeed use 0.
Also check the Homebridge GitHub site for instructions as the software is still being improved which also can impact the config file (I saw a functionality was added recently to determine if you want to load scenes). Of course this depends on when you have installed the software from GitHub, best way to check this is having a look at the content in Domoticz.js in the platforms folder.

foggy · Post by **foggy** » Wednesday 02 September 2015 22:28

Thank you G3rard.

I am hoping to get my Raspberry Pi on Friday and then I can start setting things up.
I will be using the latest Raspberry Pi SD image.

I'll let you know how I get on.

Once again thank you for your assistance.

Best wishes.

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Friday 04 September 2015 1:33

Hi all,

I struggled my way through a Homebridge installation on a Windows server. Not an ideal situation, but eventually the installation ran smoothly.
Now when I try to start Homebridge, I get:

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> [email protected] start C:\Users\Administrator\homebridge
> DEBUG=* node app.js || true

So my 2 questions,

1. Where do I go from here? Since I don't get any error messages..
2. Is it possible to install Homebridge on a Sinology NAS? Untill now I failed in getting nodeJs v0.12.+ installed.

I hope someone can point me into the right direction

Cheers!

G3rard · Post by **G3rard** » Friday 04 September 2015 10:31

I tried to install it on my Synology NAS but it didn't work (although NodeJS is available as a package in the package center). Depending on which NAS you have you can install Docker and run Debian on it. Then you can try to install Homebridge on Debian which should be working.
I will try this myself in the coming period.

foggy · Post by **foggy** » Friday 04 September 2015 21:20

Just wanted to thank G3rard.

I got it working.

Best wishes.

G3rard · Post by **G3rard** » Friday 04 September 2015 21:29

Great that it is working. Credits go to the guys who made Homebridge and added the possibility to link it with Domoticz.

NewFolk · Post by **NewFolk** » Friday 04 September 2015 23:44

Hello everybody,

I need your help. I can`t connect to homebridge.
After typing the pin code. Insteon+ say "Connection Lost. Unable to communicate with device". Eve just broke the connection without message.

I tried:
To reset HomeKit data on iphone.
Deleting data at persist folder.
And recompiling homebridge.

Spoiler: show

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{
    "bridge": {
        "name": "Homebridge",
        "username": "CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30",
        "port": 51826,
        "pin": "031-45-154"
    },

    "description": "Configuration file for Domoticz platform.",
   
    "platforms": [
        {
            "platform": "Domoticz",
            "name": "Domoticz",
            "server": "192.168.1.50",
            "port": "8080"    
        }
    ],
    "accessories": [
    ]
}

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root@Kitchen:/home/pi/homebridge# npm run start

> [email protected] start /home/pi/homebridge
> DEBUG=* node app.js || true

*** WARNING *** The program 'node' uses the Apple Bonjour compatibility layer of Avahi.
*** WARNING *** Please fix your application to use the native API of Avahi!
*** WARNING *** For more information see <http://0pointer.de/avahi-compat?s=libdns_sd&e=node>
*** WARNING *** The program 'node' called 'DNSServiceRegister()' which is not supported (or only supported partially) in the Apple Bonjour compatibility layer of Avahi.
*** WARNING *** Please fix your application to use the native API of Avahi!
*** WARNING *** For more information see <http://0pointer.de/avahi-compat?s=libdns_sd&e=node&f=DNSServiceRegister>
Starting HomeBridge server...
_____________________________________________________________________
IMPORTANT: Homebridge is in the middle of some big changes.
           Read more about it here:
           https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge/wiki/Migration-Guide
_____________________________________________________________________

Loading 1 platforms...
[Domoticz] Initializing Domoticz platform...
[Domoticz] Fetching Domoticz lights and switches...
Loading 0 accessories...
[Domoticz] Initializing platform accessory 'Hall Motion'...
[Domoticz] Loaded services for Hall Motion
[Domoticz] Initializing platform accessory 'Hall_LED'...
[Domoticz] Loaded services for Hall_LED
[Domoticz] Initializing platform accessory 'Hall_Light'...
[Domoticz] Loaded services for Hall_Light
[Domoticz] Initializing platform accessory 'Kitchen Light'...
[Domoticz] Loaded services for Kitchen Light
  Accessory [Homebridge] Creating new AccessoryInfo for our HAP server +0ms
  Accessory [Homebridge] Creating new IdentifierCache +95ms
  EventedHTTPServer Server listening on port 51826 +369ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] New connection from client +10s
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP server listening on port 54826 +16ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP request: /pair-setup +96ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] HAP Request: POST /pair-setup +6ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] Pair step 1/5 +36ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP Repsonse is finished +458ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP request: /pair-setup +28s
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] HAP Request: POST /pair-setup +11ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] Pair step 2/5 +18ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP Repsonse is finished +359ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP request: /pair-setup +43ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] HAP Request: POST /pair-setup +9ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] Pair step 3/5 +17ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] Pair step 4/5 +180ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] Pair step 5/5 +23ms
  Accessory [Homebridge] Paired with client 2902A8F3-E586-414F-8EE4-D7F977899242 +51ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP Repsonse is finished +106ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] Client connection closed +58ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] New connection from client +71ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP server listening on port 54827 +13ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP connection was closed +48ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP server was closed +10ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP request: /pair-verify +45ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] HAP Request: POST /pair-verify +4ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] Pair verify step 1/2 +25ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP Repsonse is finished +153ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP request: /pair-verify +38ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] HAP Request: POST /pair-verify +4ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] Pair verify step 2/2 +18ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] Client 2902A8F3-E586-414F-8EE4-D7F977899242 verification complete +35ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP Repsonse is finished +19ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP request: /accessories +91ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] HAP Request: GET /accessories +4ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP Repsonse is finished +61ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] New connection from client +597ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP server listening on port 54826 +14ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] Client connection closed +17ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP connection was closed +42ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP server was closed +8ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP request: /pair-verify +29ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] HAP Request: POST /pair-verify +3ms
  HAPServer [CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30] Pair verify step 1/2 +15ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP Repsonse is finished +94ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] Client connection closed +37ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP connection was closed +16ms
  EventedHTTPServer [192.168.1.107] HTTP server was closed +5ms

Thank you!

PS After the 100500 attempt of the cleaning siri DB and persist folder it connects.

supermax · Post by **supermax** » Friday 11 September 2015 13:27

Can anyone help me. Have followed the guide and retried many times.

When i run npm run start

it just stay in EventedHTTPServer Server listening on port 51826 +28ms and never move on from there.

I have tried finding the device in eve and insteon without any luck.