How To Guide on controlling a SOMA Smart Shade
with Apple's Home App using Homebridge on a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
Items needed for this project:
- 1x iOS 10 device running Apple's Home App
- 1x Roller Blind (Example: LINK
)
- 1x SOMA Smart Shade (you can buy them from: LINK
- 1x Raspberry Pi 3 Model B (you can buy them from: LINK
Mount your Smart Shade.
Install and setup your Smart Shade into your desired location as normal using the Smart Shades app, a guide for doing this can be found here: https://youtu.be/9DTAcZiiFYU
Setup Your Raspberry Pi & Install Homebridge.
Follow this step by step guide to install the HomeBridge service on your Raspberry PI which is used to connect/bridge your non-HomeKit accessories and make them HomeKit enabled
https://github.com/nfarina/homebridge/wiki/Running-HomeBridge-on-a-Raspberry-Pi
Configuration.
Copy the files to the Raspberry Pi.
- Download and place the control.py, blinddown.sh & blindup.sh files in your /home/pi directory.
Find the Bluetooth MAC address of the Smart Shade.
You need to find the Bluetooth MAC address of the SOMA Smart Shade so your Raspberry Pi can communicate with it.
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Enable your Bluetooth adaptor on the Raspberry Pi using the command:
sudo hciconfig hci0 up -
Now scan for your Smart Shade (it will normally be identified with the name RISExxx) using the command:
sudo hcitool lescan -
Make a note of the Smart Shades MAC address.
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Open the blinddown.sh and blindup.sh files and edit the MAC address codes (00:00:00:00:00:00) so that they match the MAC code of the Smart Shade that you just found.
Configure Homebridge to create a switch to move the shades up and down.
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Install the Script2 homebridge plugin using the command:
sudo npm install -g homebridge-script2 -
Configure the plugin to create a switch, on your Raspberry Pi go to your /home/pi/.homebridge folder and edit the config.json file
Add in the following code under the accessories section.
"accessories": [
{
"accessory": "Script2",
"name": "Blind",
"on": "./blinddown.sh",
"off": "./blindup.sh",
"fileState": "./script.flag",
"on_value" : "true"
}
]
Finish
Now that everything is installed and configured you should be able to run Homebridge on your Raspberry Pi with the command:
homebridge
And if you did everything correctly a new Blind accessory switch will show up in your Home.app on your iPhone or iPad
Turning the Switch OFF will raise your blind and turining it ON will lower it.
Guide created by SkyJohn on March 25th 2017
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