homebridge-platform-rcswitch

RCSwitch plugin for the awesome Homebridge project.

Currently supports

Etekcity Tap 5 port Power plug
other 433 Mhz remote plugs should work.

Installation

Install libuv-dev using: apt-get install libuv-dev
Install homebridge using: npm install -g homebridge
Install this plugin using: npm install -g homebridge-platform-rcswitch
Update your configuration file. See the sample below.

Configuration

Configuration sample:

send_pin, sniffer_pin is the gpio pin you are using to send/receive signal. it is different than the physical pin you are using. see wireingpi.com for details.

switches is the list of the "buttons" codes on your remote. start without any switch configed, press the button on your remote, you should get your code in homebridge log console.

{
   "bridge": {
       "name": "#####",
       "username": "",
       "port": 51826,
       "pin": ""
   },

   "description": "",

   "platforms": [
       {
         "platform": "RCSwitch",
         "name": "RCSwitch Platform",
         "send_pin": 0,
         "sniffer_pin": 2,
         "tolerance": 90,
         "switches": [
               {
                       "name" : "Zap Plug Port 1",
                       "on": {
                               "code":xxxxxx,
                               "pulse":188
                       },
                       "off": {
                               "code":xxxxxx,
                               "pulse":188
                       }
               }
         ]
       }
   ]
}

The module should work on raspberry pi. due to raspberry pi and linux is not real time os/device, you might get different result on different device/time.

I'm using this 433Mhz kit from ebay, include MX-FS-03V and MX-05V

Credits

Credit goes to

wireing pi
433 control codes ported from 433Utils
rfoutlet project and his blog post
http://scottfrees.com/ for his great tutorial for asynchronous call.
inspired by [homebridge-platform-wemo] https://github.com/rudders/homebridge-platform-wemo

License