Newbie Guide

[haavarda]

Thank you for this plugin. This looks very promising.
I started to play around with this. But I am not sure if I am doing it the right way.

After installing xcode and command line tools, I was able to install macports. And after that I installed homebridge, and homebridge-indigo. So far so good.

I was also able to run the command below and the folder came up with the expected files.

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mkdir -p ~/.homebridge
cp /opt/local/lib/node_modules/homebridge-indigo/sampleconfig.json ~/.homebridge/config.json
open ~/.homebridge

But now I am wandering. Do I need to do any more "manual" editing? Or can the rest be done with Homebridge Buddy?
I was able to add the homebridge device to the ios app, but no devices shows up. And by then it was quite late, so I had to leave it for the day.
When I checked this morning the plugin was in a start/restart cycle, so I just stopped it. Planing on giving it a new try this evening.

Any tips?

[Bollar]

It looks like you're close. A couple of things:

- You need to have Homebridge running, either from the command line in Terminal, or as a daemon, as documented in the Homebridge instructions.
- If you haven't created a Homebridge-Buddy server device, do so now. That will let you manage and items to the config.json.

I believe that will complete your installation and populate your devices in HomeKit.

Also, note that Homebridge-buddy only starts/stops Homebridge if it's running as a daemon. If it's running from the command line, you need to start/stop it yourself.

[Colorado4Wheeler]

Thank you Bollar for guiding him in the right direction .

Haavarda, as Bollar said, please be sure to follow the instructions that Webdeck has laid out, which are really detailed, in getting Homebridge up and running first. I will be bundling Homebridge and Homebridge Indigo together with this plugin soon but we aren't there yet.

[haavarda]

Thank you. I was able to get it to work. Now starts the fun part on adding devices and building the system .
Is there any tips on strategy on rooms, names and so on? I ran in to a funny situation with my harmony off action group.

Hey Siri, Turn on Turn off TV

[Colorado4Wheeler]

Hey Siri, Turn on Turn off TV

LOL, I had a few of those too. As I've become more Siri-centric in my home I've changed the names of a lot of things so that Siri makes sense, i.e., "Hey Siri, turn off the kitchen"... "OK the kitchen are off". Hey Siri, learn grammar .

By the way, ask Siri to open the pod bay doors...

As for naming rooms, I mirrored what I did in Indigo mostly. Since we can't pre-define rooms before you use HomeKit, I just went through each device and assigned it to the proper room.

[haavarda]

I have a strange issue. One of my lights is not responding to commands. When I turn it on/off in iOS nothing happens. And nothing happens when I turn on or off the alias device as well. When I operate from the original zwave device it is working. Any ideas?


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[haavarda]

I have been able to narrow it down a bit. When i create an alias for my fibaro relay it is not working to turn on or off. If I just include it as a normal device with the orginal name, it is working. So it has something to do with the alias function... Any tips?

[Colorado4Wheeler]

It may be that the device doesn't answer to On/Off commands in a normal fashion. Please post the debug log and which device name for me to examine and I'll see if I can determine the issue.

[haavarda]

Thanks for the quick reply.
How do I post the debug info, and do I expose any sensitive information?

[Colorado4Wheeler]

Menu -> Plugins -> EPS Homebridge Buddy -> Support Comprehensive Data Dump.

It's certainly possible, although unlikely, that sensitive information may be posted so if you want to just PM it to me that's fine.

[haavarda]

I have sent you a PM with the requested data dump. Hope this helps

[Colorado4Wheeler]

I don't see anything in the debug that raises a red flag. Can you try reloading HBB and see if that works? If not then please do the following and post the results:

• Go to the HBB plugin configuration in the menu and select Configure
• Set the debug level to Thread
• Clear your event log by clicking the button at the top
• Try to toggle the HBB device on and off so the log can pick up what is going on
• Post the log here or PM it to me
• Return to step 1 and set your log back to normal

[haavarda]

I have sent you the requested logs. Lets hope this helps

[haavarda]

I have the same issue with similar devices, as I have tested with several identical devices. But a work around is to create a wrapper device. Then it works...

[haavarda]

I have updated to the latest version, but I am still seeing this "bug". Not able to use alias devices for my on/off light switches. Defining them as a wrapper is a work around.