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[APP IDEA] HomeBridge

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  • JschuetzJschuetz Member
    No one with IOS devices und Node.JS experience? I mean you will get a better solution than Alexa (multi language, virtual device groups etc.). Watch and widget support out of the box! 
  • jordenjorden Member
    I have a lot of IOS devices here and some Node.js experience but it isn't so easy to get started with this HomeBridge stuff. I already looked into it and didn't understand much of it yet, so I was just thinking to leave this one to someone who has more knowledge and more time :)

    I would love it, however. I sometimes use Siri to turn off all lights when I am in my bed by just using speech and I love the speed of it.
  • JschuetzJschuetz Member
    jorden said:
    I have a lot of IOS devices here and some Node.js experience but it isn't so easy to get started with this HomeBridge stuff. I already looked into it and didn't understand much of it yet, so I was just thinking to leave this one to someone who has more knowledge and more time :)

    I would love it, however. I sometimes use Siri to turn off all lights when I am in my bed by just using speech and I love the speed of it.
    I know what you mean. The plugin development isn't really documented. But i think with the examples of samsung smart or home-assistant it should be possible to build something.
  • SommoSommo Member
    Any news? Is there any dev that could Work on it and ofcourse be payed for that?
  • jordenjorden Member
    edited April 2017
    I have tried to use the Homebridge plugin and start it by using Homey. However, it tries to run a part of mdns (a required module) that is an executable file. That won't run on Homey.

    It is too far above my javascript/Homekit knowledge level to try to figure this stuff out myself, even though I would really love to be able to run Homebridge on Homey (Homeybridge?) and automaticly add all devices there. But I guess I will have to make it work with a Raspberry pi or my Mac Mini instead :)
    Perhaps I can make a "HomeyBridge" that simply exports all devices to HomeBridge on a RPi/Mac/whatever and makes them accessable by Siri that way.
  • SommoSommo Member
    I use homebridge on a rpi, a homey plugin for that could be enought for me, to edit the config json with homey ip, the barer token (Like the hue plugin) and a way to control device configured on homey.. without the need to install an app on homey... i think that all the trigger (on,off,status) could be executed via http request 

  • SommoSommo Member
    jorden said:
    I have tried to use the Homebridge plugin and start it by using Homey. However, it tries to run a part of mdns (a required module) that is an executable file. That won't run on Homey.

    It is too far above my javascript/Homekit knowledge level to try to figure this stuff out myself, even though I would really love to be able to run Homebridge on Homey (Homeybridge?) and automaticly add all devices there. But I guess I will have to make it work with a Raspberry pi or my Mac Mini instead :)
    Perhaps I can make a "HomeyBridge" that simply exports all devices to HomeBridge on a RPi/Mac/whatever and makes them accessable by Siri that way.
    if you can create that plugin i think (me in first place) i Will pay u
  • anneanne Member
    @jorden, there's mdns code in the Athom github repository, see https://github.com/athombv/node-mdns-js that could possibly be of use, perhaps you have already seen it.

    Looking at it implementing it someday in the amplifier app I made is somewhere on my 'Stuff I Could Possible Do When I Have Time And Feel Like It List' ;)  The native amp control application uses it to discover the amplifier's IP address, it sends a multicast packet the amplifier responds to with its IP address (quite straightforward). 
  • swtttswttt Member
    A work-around might be using HA-Bridge, there you can add homey his devices using an UI. HA-Bridge creates a fake Hue bridge that can be added to other services. Having it running for 2 weeks already to control my lights directly with Amazon Echo. (so i don't need the "ask homey" part) Then you could add the "fake" hue bridge to homebridge :smile:
  • JschuetzJschuetz Member
    Or you use openhab2 with the http binding. Then you have Alexa and HomeKit! I am using both in my home with Sonos group commands and max-eq3 thermostats. Both isn't supported by homey but by openhab. The harmony binding in openhab is also stable
  • jordenjorden Member
    @anne thanks, I will look into that. I think there are some more programs that are executables on my Mac but perhaps there is a replacement available for Homey environment as well.
  • SommoSommo Member
    Jschuetz said:
    Or you use openhab2 with the http binding. Then you have Alexa and HomeKit! I am using both in my home with Sonos group commands and max-eq3 thermostats. Both isn't supported by homey but by openhab. The harmony binding in openhab is also stable
    I think there will be too much point of failure.. homebridge homey openhab2... could be much light have homebridge talking to homey via http request with a dedicated plugin (like it is for other stuff like harmonyhub)... but openhab could remain a solution (not the first choice )
  • CelticWebsCelticWebs Member
    I currently use Homebridge with a few of my other controllers, it works extremely well.  

    Would be great to see Homey receive a plugin to allow it to work with HomeKit too, It's a bit of given requirement as I'm an apple user at home.  I don't have the experience to develop the plugin myself but I'm sure somebody here has the ability to do it, especially when Homey has open source software too :)
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