[OBSOLETE] Hello, Home HomeKit (and Siri!) control via homebridge

hand typed it in nano directly on server and have the same error…

can you copy paste your config, or use jsonlint.com to validate it.

I’ve used similar instructions with the new Home app from Apple and it works well. Still trying to figure out how to get Siri working.

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yes i have two or three that validated but would not load. even the hand typed one validated. i started a new VM from scratch but i am getting all kinds of install errors so i am backing up

delete the contents of your persist folder and cached folder as well.

where are those usually located?

On my mac it’s in ~/.homebridge/

What are you using for the temp sensors?

Nest thermostats. I also have a multi sensor and a monoprice motion sensor that has the temperature functionality.

I had this working originally, but it’s throwing an error that appears to be node.js related. It looks like it loads Homebridge ok, but almost immediately it then throws this error. I’m not very code-savvy, so I’m hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I pulled this up via VNC which is why I only have a screen shot. Thanks!

Has anyone tried this with the iOS 10 beta? Lots of rumors flying around, but I haven’t heard of anyone who has actually confirmed things either way.

Public beta will be out in the next couple of weeks. I talked with the Magnolia guy at Best Buy the other day. He’s a Smartthings guy but has a couple of iDevices to play with. He said it’s really limited. He couldn’t even get his Philips tap or wall switches to work with it. That’s a shame because those Philips wall switches are pretty cheap. $24 retail.
I’m sure the number of devices will increase, but with Apple requiring a special chip, most of the compatible items will most likely be expensive with the manufacturers adding their Apple tax.

Public beta should actually be out today.

Homebridge works with the iOS10 beta. It allows you to control (some) of your non HomeKit compatible (homebridge exposed) devices with the new Home application.

Interesting. So it has the same functionality as with iOS 9?

I have not experienced any degradation in features/performance from iOS 9 to iOS 10 (beta 2) also to note, nothing really better with compatibility with existing devices… Home is nice, but I don’t see it replacing SmartTiles anytime soon.

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still only showing 9 as an option

Thanks for the heads up. Wasn’t expecting the public beta before the second week of this month. Seems stable enough, just the grayed out “waiting” app glitch for about a dozen apps. Got that taken care of, now I can play with the Home app some and checkout Homebridge.

Anyone have issues getting homebridge to connect to the SmartThings API when running through systemd? I have no problems connecting my devices if I manual start homebridge, but after reboot starting as a service I get the below error.

Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: [7/24/2016, 7:57:13 PM] Loaded plugin: homebridge-smartthings
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: [7/24/2016, 7:57:14 PM] Registering platform 'homebridge-smartthings.SmartThings’
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: [7/24/2016, 7:57:14 PM] —
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: [7/24/2016, 7:57:14 PM] Loaded config.json with 0 accessories and 1 platforms.
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: [7/24/2016, 7:57:14 PM] —
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: [7/24/2016, 7:57:14 PM] Loading 1 platforms…
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: [7/24/2016, 7:57:14 PM] [SmartThings] Initializing SmartThings platform…
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: [7/24/2016, 7:57:14 PM] [SmartThings] Fetching Smart Things devices.
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: [7/24/2016, 7:57:14 PM] Loading 0 accessories…
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: error at req: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN graph-na02-useast1.api.smartthings.com:443
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: [7/24/2016, 7:57:14 PM] [SmartThings] Invalid Response from API call
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: [7/24/2016, 7:57:14 PM] [SmartThings] Unknown Capabilities: []
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: Scan this code with your HomeKit App on your iOS device to pair with Homebridge:
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]:
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: ┌────────────┐
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: │ 031-45-154 │
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: └────────────┘
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]:
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: [7/24/2016, 7:57:14 PM] Homebridge is running on port 51926.
Jul 24 19:57:14 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 23:57:14 GMT EventedHTTPServer Server listening on port 51926
Jul 24 19:57:15 raspberrypi homebridge[421]: error at req: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN graph-na02-useast1.api.smartthings.com:443

I figured out a solution to the ‘getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN’ error when starting homebridge as a service using systemd on a Raspberry Pi3 connecting to internet via WiFi. It appears my Pi was not yet connected to the internet prior to homebridge calling the SmartThings API server. I created a systemd timer as described here that delayed homebridge auto-start by a few minutes. I can now connect my SmartThings devices to a HomeKit app when homebridge runs as a systemd service.

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