homebridge-edomoticz Plugin

[simon_rb]

Lol this thread makes me laugh


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[Toyman]

all working!!
nice one, as usual

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How is your "telly" listed in Domoticz? As a selector switch?
After looking at your screenshot, I've created a dummy selector switch but it doesn't appear in Eve at all

[deejc]

I'm using the homebridge-Panasonic plugin but it's not that great , can't change channel with it, I can turn it on and off tho, I also get the same functionality using the Panasonic hardware within domoticz so wondering if @marci could implement it in this plugin with the Json output and enable channel changing etc


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[Toyman]

I'm using the homebridge-Panasonic plugin but it's not that great , can't change channel with it, I can turn it on and off tho, I also get the same functionality using the Panasonic hardware within domoticz so wondering if @marci could implement it in this plugin with the Json output and enable channel changing etc


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Got it, thx

[Marci]

Throw up the json for it and I'll take a look...

[deejc]

Throw up the json for it and I'll take a look...

Yeah I thought that was the case but I haven't managed to get to it yet, not sure how channels could be done in homebridge if at all, the current panny plugin has a 1-100 slider which is ussless and Siri doesn't seem to understand change "channel" or "telly" or even "tv" even after renaming the service.



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[Marci]

Siri won't - custom characteristics and service types don't get Siri interaction.

[deejc]

shame, that would be pretty good.
not really worth doing the work on it then mate as i can turn it on and off now, using the built in switch or the panny plugin.

[deejc]

Does anyone use an External PIR ?
im looking for something reasnably reliable to use out side in the garden, i have z-wave and RFXCom receiver

[tcviper]

Maybe a stupid question, but edomoticz/homebridge is working fine for me except P1 energy and gas, homekit says Not supported while in your first post it says you support energy metering? This is a p1 cable connected from RPI2 to P1 port (energy/gas meter). In domoticz it is working fine and showing gas and energy.

[Toyman]

Maybe a stupid question, but edomoticz/homebridge is working fine for me except P1 energy and gas, homekit says Not supported while in your first post it says you support energy metering? This is a p1 cable connected from RPI2 to P1 port (energy/gas meter). In domoticz it is working fine and showing gas and energy.

What app do you use? New Home app indeed shows the meters as unsupported, but Elgato Eve should show them correctly

[Marci]

Specificity.

HomeKit = a protocol. Been around for several years.
Home app = Apple native HomeKit Client in iOS10, BETA. Only recognises Apple pre-defined characteristics. Been around in unfinished state for several months.
Home.app = Independant HomeKit Client for iOS8+ in the App Store, recognises custom characteristics but doesn't allow direct control. Been around for several years.
Eve = Independant HomeKit Client for iOS8+ in the App Store, recognises custom characteristics, allows direct control. Been around for several years.

Home app, an unfinished beta product for an unfinished beta Operating System, says something isn't supported.
All other HomeKit clients WHICH SUPPORT CUSTOM CHARACTERISTICS fully recognise and work fine as intended.

TLDR: don't bother asking me to fix things for a product that isn't finished/released.

[simon_rb]

Marci, how's the MQTT final release coming along?


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[Marci]

Does anyone use an External PIR ?
im looking for something reasnably reliable to use out side in the garden, i have z-wave and RFXCom receiver

Cheap IR module hooked up to 1-wire DS18b20 on RaspPi GPIO is how I do it... when PIR detects motion it sends power to the temp sensor. Therefore when temp sensor reads anything other than 0, there is movement... but I have a ring of cat5 going round the house and garden so I can splice sensors onto the 1-wire network wherever / whenever. 100% reliable.

Not experimented with any wire-free solutions as of yet, but when I do it'll be a Pi Mini with wifi dongle and the above, running from battery, with slave Domoticz, transmitting signal via MQTT back to master Domoticz - should cost about £15 in bits all-in, with each mini providing full compliment of gpio pins at each remote location. Ultimate expandability!

[simon_rb]

Does anyone use an External PIR ?

Did you find anything?

I'd be interested in this too. I have seen cheap Chinese things on eBay which will send a 433mhz command when it detects movement but won't send a command once the movement has stopped. I think they will work in domoticz.


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[Marci]

Marci, how's the MQTT final release coming along?

Will be working on it this afternoon. All down to disparity between domoticz http JSON & MQTT svalues depending on meter types and subtypes + outstanding GitHub issues tagged 'bug'. Once they're nailed, good to go (other than suitable simple documentation to get folks up and running with a broker).

[simon_rb]

Excellent.. looking forward to it. Appreciate all your hard work.


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[deejc]

Does anyone use an External PIR ?

Did you find anything?

I'd be interested in this too. I have seen cheap Chinese things on eBay which will send a 433mhz command when it detects movement but won't send a command once the movement has stopped. I think they will work in domoticz.


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I got a homeeasy one from the uk automation website they do an ext one which can be set to restart motion after 5 seconds and I set the off time in Domo to 5 seconds


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[simon_rb]

Do they still sell homeeasy stuff? Most of my light switches and sockets are homeeasy but I thought they stopped a long time ago


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[Marci]

(As I work as data analyst & WebDev at a U.K. SixthFormCollege, we're at the annual month-of-hell sorting census, funding & enrolment etc, so am limited to Saturday afternoons for doing any serious work on hB-eD, which has slown the pace a tad.)