Supports BleBox devices on HomeBridge Platform
More information about installation homebridge on Raspberry Pi you can find: Install homebridge on raspberry
Install homebridge using:
npm install -g homebridgeInstall this plugin using:
npm install -g homebridge-bleboxUpdate your configuration file as bellow.
By default configuration file config.json is in {HOME_PATH}/.homebridge folder. If this file and folder doesn't exists create them.
Configuration sample (remove comments) :
{
"bridge": {
"name": "SomeBridgeName", // Custom bridge name
"username": "08:D4:0C:B5:DE:71", // Unique username, best solution to use bridge mac address
"port": 51826, // Don't change this
"pin": "131-45-155" // Pin must be in this format, but you can change this numbers
},
"description": "Custom description",
"platforms": [
{
"platform": "BleBoxPlatform", // Don't change this
"name": "SomePlatformName" // Custom platform name
"NEXT_SCAN_DELAY_IN_MIN" : 0 // (Optional, default: 0) How often platfrom should scan network for blebox devices( 0 - only once at startup, Other value - number of minutes beetween scaning)
}
],
"accessories": []
}Run Home app on your Iphone.
Choose "Add accessory".
Your Bridge should be found. Choose it.
Enter PIN you set in config.json.
Proceed steps in Home app. *In some IOS version during configuring accessory we may see error: "Cannot communicate with accessory". Just click OK.
Control your BleBox devices by app or voice commands (Siri).