Supports https devices on the HomeBridge Platform and provides a real time polling for getting the "On" and brightness level characteristics to Homekit. Includes Switch, Light, Door, Smoke and Motion sensor polling.
- Install homebridge using: npm install -g homebridge
- Install this plugin by cloning this repo.
- Update your configuration file. See sample-config.json in this repository for a sample.
The configuration for this plugin is the same as homebridge-http but includes an additional method to read the power state of the device and the brightness level. Specify the status_url in your config.json that returns the status of the device as an integer (0 = off, 1 = on). Specify the brightnesslvl_url to return the current brighness level as an integer.
Switch handling and brightness handling support 3 methods, yes for polling on app load, realtime for constant polling or no polling
Configuration sample:
"accessories": [
{
"accessory": "Http",
"name": "Alfresco Lamp",
"switchHandling": "realtime",
"http_method": "GET",
"on_url": "http://localhost/controller/1700/ON",
"off_url": "http://localhost/controller/1700/OFF",
"status_url": "http://localhost/status/100059",
"service": "Light",
"brightnessHandling": "yes",
"brightness_url": "http://localhost/controller/1707/%b",
"brightnesslvl_url": "http://localhost/status/100054",
"sendimmediately": "",
"username" : "",
"password" : ""
}
]
Each service shows up as a specific HomeKit device.
| Service | URL Type | Data format | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lux | brightnesslvl_url | JSON: { "lightlevel": 94.00 } | Ambient light sensor |
| Occupancy | status_url | Integer: 1 or 0 | Occupancy Sensor |
| Motion | status_url | Integer: 1 or 0 | Motion Sensor |
| Light | status_url | Integer: 1 or 0 | Switch status for the light |
| Light | brightnesslvl_url | Integer: 0 to 100 | Current brightness percentage for the light |