Siri / HomeKit support for Domoticz

[simon_rb]

maybe we can add an optional parameter (room plan).
this way we can create a room, just for siri/homebridge, and put all devices in there that you want to control ?
it is an extra json query parameter to request devices from a room, so this should not be to hard to implement

That would be fantastic!

[SwordFish]

I have it up and running and it is working very well. But i notice that when i add a device and on the same time the connection with the homebridge is lost you also lose your device. is there a way to get the device back?

[simon_rb]

I have it up and running and it is working very well. But i notice that when i add a device and on the same time the connection with the homebridge is lost you also lose your device. is there a way to get the device back?

I have had the same behaviour. Only way I found of getting the device back was to reset HomeKit settings and start again.

[gizmocuz]

maybe we can add an optional parameter (room plan).
this way we can create a room, just for siri/homebridge, and put all devices in there that you want to control ?
it is an extra json query parameter to request devices from a room, so this should not be to hard to implement

That would be fantastic!

If you place the attached file in the homebridge/platforms folder, and then you can specify a roomplan in the config.json file

config.json example:

// "platforms": [
// {
// "platform": "Domoticz",
// "name": "Domoticz",
// "server": "127.0.0.1",
// "port": "8080",
// "roomid": 123 (0=no roomplan)
// }
// ],

[SwordFish]

I know, but is there no other option

[simon_rb]

I know, but is there no other option

Not that I've found. Going to try what Gizmocuz has said above and only try a couple of devices and see if it's more reliable and post my findings..

[simon_rb]

maybe we can add an optional parameter (room plan).
this way we can create a room, just for siri/homebridge, and put all devices in there that you want to control ?
it is an extra json query parameter to request devices from a room, so this should not be to hard to implement

That would be fantastic!

If you place the attached file in the homebridge/platforms folder, and then you can specify a roomplan in the config.json file

config.json example:

// "platforms": [
// {
// "platform": "Domoticz",
// "name": "Domoticz",
// "server": "127.0.0.1",
// "port": "8080",
// "roomid": 123 (0=no roomplan)
// }
// ],

Thanks mate, will try this later.. Fast working there!! Cheers.

[pepijn]

Nice work!
HomeKit integration was running here for several months based on HAP-NodeJS (viewtopic.php?f=38&t=6170&p=40433), but i needed to manually add every switch to my HomeKit configuration so this rocks!

2 additions:

1) NodeJS Repository
You can install NodeJS 0.12 by adding the NodeJS repository to your apt sources.

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curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_dev | sudo bash -

and use

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apt-get install nodejs 

or

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apt-get upgrade nodejs

2) Use PM2 so start on system boot
I use PM2 https://github.com/Unitech/pm2 to manage my NodeJS apps like HomeKit and NodeJS.

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pm2 start /opt/homekit/app.js  --name HomeKit --node-args="--max-old-space-size=64" -- -v
pm2 startup
pm2 save

Will add HomeKit to PM2 and will start on system boot.

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pm2 logs HomeKit

will show the HomeKit logs ... etc

[gizmocuz]

is 'forever' not a better way to auto start nodejs applications?
(almost done with a new stable release, and installed forever on the sdcard image)
(homebridge is installed, but not active when you burn the sdcard image)

npm install forever
cd homebridge
forever start app.js

[simon_rb]

maybe we can add an optional parameter (room plan).
this way we can create a room, just for siri/homebridge, and put all devices in there that you want to control ?
it is an extra json query parameter to request devices from a room, so this should not be to hard to implement

That would be fantastic!

If you place the attached file in the homebridge/platforms folder, and then you can specify a roomplan in the config.json file

config.json example:

// "platforms": [
// {
// "platform": "Domoticz",
// "name": "Domoticz",
// "server": "127.0.0.1",
// "port": "8080",
// "roomid": 123 (0=no roomplan)
// }
// ],

Sorry for being daft. I can't get this to work. When I add "roomid": to it I get syntaxerror unexpected string..

[pepijn]

is 'forever' not a better way to auto start nodejs applications?

Forever will also work.

[gizmocuz]

Sorry for being daft. I can't get this to work. When I add "roomid": to it I get syntaxerror unexpected string..

double check if you got a 'comma' after the port

[simonrg]

Sorry for being daft. I can't get this to work. When I add "roomid": to it I get syntaxerror unexpected string..

Have you replaced ~/homebridge/platforms/Domoticz.js with the version in the zip file which gizmocuz supplied in his post?

[pvm]

I don't get you? To my howto?
That is possible, but it is system specific, so I have to figure all system start-up parameters out first.

Thats true Maybe you could add a how-to to the domoticz wiki ?

i created a pull request:

https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge/pull/25

Implemented:
- Added support for RGB lights
- Added support for Scenes
- Sorting device names

What is the dutch command to start a scene?

[simon_rb]

double check if you got a 'comma' after the port

This is what I have tried. Also tried "123", also..
"platforms": [
{
"name": "Domoticz",
"server": "127.0.0.1",
"port": "8080",
"roomid": 123
}
],

[simon_rb]

Sorry for being daft. I can't get this to work. When I add "roomid": to it I get syntaxerror unexpected string..

Have you replaced ~/homebridge/platforms/Domoticz.js with the version in the zip file which gizmocuz supplied in his post?

I have done

[gizmocuz]

could you try

"roomid": "123"

and please post the output when running homebridge

[simon_rb]

I had a comma after "123"

Thank you for your help. It still loaded my scenes but that's ok. Although my living room wall lights are not showing up.. I tried to set that device up last night and it disappeared. Is there a file that stores all the sync info so I can delete it all and start again? Cheers

Update:- just turned on my first scene, I like the eve app as it allows you to pick a Siri name for each device. (Didn't see that on the insteon app).

Still have some devices missing - would love to start fresh with all the syncing.

Update:- Found the persist folder, deleted the contents and that seems to have done the trick to start fresh however still no switches, only scenes are showing up.

[simon_rb]

For some reason it is only importing my scenes and none off the switches from the room. I called the room 123 just like in the code above. I have since removed the " from the 123 and that hasn't made any difference. Am I right in thinking its the room name and not some other ID like the IDX for the switches. Sorry I've taken some much of every bodies time up on here. I do sincerely appreciate it.

[Eduard]

For some reason it is only importing my scenes and none off the switches from the room. I called the room 123 just like in the code above. I have since removed the " from the 123 and that hasn't made any difference. Am I right in thinking its the room name and not some other ID like the IDX for the switches. Sorry I've taken some much of every bodies time up on here. I do sincerely appreciate it.

I think you have to use the room idx...