Parsec

Smart Home Server based on PubNub with HomeKit integration. It serves static webpages for web control.

Features

Writtend in Node.js
Uses PubNub as message broker
Integrated with HomeKit Protocol
Servers Static web pages for web control
Offers RESTul API
Works on everyting supporting Node.js, e.g. RaspberryPi, Intel Edison etc.

Installation

To install all the dependencies please run:

npm install

It might require python 2.7.

Usage

Before running the server, please update your config.json file with your PubNub keys.

To run the server:

node parsec.js

Accessory

You can define accessories in: accessories/name_accessory.js files. All defined accessories are loaded on server start. Remember to add the channel property that refers to the PubNub channel of that accessory, to do so add

lightAccessory.channel = "channelname";

in the accessory .js file.

To see examples on several accessory please refer to HAP-NodeJS accessory examples.

RESTful API

To publish a message to a channel you can use the RESTful API. For example to publish to the "roomlight" channel you can run:

curl -X POST -H "Contentype: application/json" -d '{state:"ON"}' http://localhost:8091/channel/roomlight

The message is a raw json strinig. This is the message that will be published.

Similarly you can get the last value with the GET request. Please remember to activate Storage & Playback feature on PubNub.

curl -X GET -H "Contentype: application/json" http://localhost:8091/channel/roomlight

RESTful API client

If you want to use the RESTful API inside a nodejs project (e.g. an accessory) please use ParsecRESTClient.js.

Static Web Pages

Currently, this implementation does not support automatic web interface generation. You should build your own pages and move them to the http folder. This website will be available on http://localhost:8080/

HomeKit implementation based on

HAP-NodeJS - Node.js implementation of HomeKit Accessory Server.

pantonante/parsec-node