News about HomeKit and Vera

[Don Phillips]

+1 for the Pi instructions.  I was able to install it on my QNAP last year but with only 1GB of RAM, my NAS barely runs the VM to run HomeBridge so it is disabled.

Maybe this winter I'll get my Pi out of the garage and install this.  I packed it away 2 years ago - I hope I can remember where I put it.

[Grubsy]

Just thought I would post what worked for me.

Installed Raspbian on my RPi 3
-Downloaded RASPBIAN STRETCH LITE from: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
-Followed these instructions to install: https://github.com/oznu/docker-homebridge/wiki/Homebridge-on-Raspberry-Pi

Step 5 - Method 1 I changed:
docker-compose exec homebridge yarn add homebridge-platform-wemo
to
docker-compose exec homebridge yarn add homebridge-vera

Step 6 - Customising config.json I copied the platforms config from:
https://github.com/damianxd/homebridge-vera

Changed the VeraIP to my Vera's IP
    "platforms": [
        {
            "platform": "Vera",
            "name": "Vera",
            "veraIP": "10.0.1.5",
            "includesensor": false,
            "ignorerooms": [20,21,22],
            "securitypoll": 2000,
            "includethermostat": false,
            "includeRGB": false,         
            "garageLocks": [23],
            "ignoredevices":[24,25],
            "ignorescenes":[26,27],
            "houseModes": false
        }
    ]

Added the HomeBridge to my iPhone and all working great 

[Peren]

Hi

tried this one...

I cloud in the step after installing home bridge cadd it in homekit..
Removed it from home kit and followed the rest of the guide.

Now when trying to add it to homekit nothing happens...

(really hop Vera adds the support for homekit and that some one until that happens has the time and energy to build a pi image with a stable homebridge.. tried so many time to get this working with out luck ) 

[Peren]

check the loggs could it be....


|     throw err;
homebridge_1  |     ^
homebridge_1  |
homebridge_1  | SyntaxError: Unexpected token , in JSON at position 684
homebridge_1  |     at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
homebridge_1  |     at Server._loadConfig (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/homebridge/lib/server.js:201:19)
homebridge_1  |     at new Server (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/homebridge/lib/server.js:57:38)
homebridge_1  |     at module.exports (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/homebridge/lib/cli.js:26:16)
homebridge_1  |     at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/share/.config/yarn/global/node_modules/homebridge/bin/homebridge:17:22)
homebridge_1  |     at Module._compile (module.js:635:30)
homebridge_1  |     at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:646:10)
homebridge_1  |     at Module.load (module.js:554:32)
homebridge_1  |     at tryModuleLoad (module.js:497:12)
homebridge_1  |     at Function.Module._load (module.js:489:3)
homebridge_1  |     at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:676:10)
homebridge_1  |     at startup (bootstrap_node.js:187:16)
homebridge_1  |     at bootstrap_node.js:608:3
homebridge_1  | Got SIGTERM, quitting.


and

Unhandled rejection RequestError: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 192.168.1.65:3480
homebridge_1  |     at new RequestError (/homebridge/node_modules/request-promise-core/lib/errors.js:14:15)
homebridge_1  |     at Request.plumbing.callback (/homebridge/node_modules/request-promise-core/lib/plumbing.js:87:29)
homebridge_1  |     at Request.RP$callback [as _callback] (/homebridge/node_modules/request-promise-core/lib/plumbing.js:46:31)
homebridge_1  |     at self.callback (/homebridge/node_modules/request/request.js:186:22)
homebridge_1  |     at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
homebridge_1  |     at Request.emit (events.js:211:7)
homebridge_1  |     at Request.onRequestError (/homebridge/node_modules/request/request.js:878:
homebridge_1  |     at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
homebridge_1  |     at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:211:7)
homebridge_1  |     at Socket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:387:9)
homebridge_1  |     at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
homebridge_1  |     at Socket.emit (events.js:211:7)
homebridge_1  |     at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:64:
homebridge_1  |     at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:138:11)
homebridge_1  |     at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)

[Falcogeorge]

Just thought I would post what worked for me.

Added the HomeBridge to my iPhone and all working great  😊

Grubsy, you made my day!  I?d spent three days trying various ways of installing the Vera plugin. I couldn?t get it to install. Started from scratch countless times. While your method didn?t work 100% for me (I had to install docker a bit differently) it did finally get me up and running and what?s more it?s a far superior system having the web interface for the management.
Thanks!


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[garycooper]

Can someone point me in the right direction to get homekit to see the scenes in the Vera?  I have the homebridge installed and talking to a couple of devices, but i cannot figure a way for it to recognize the scenes in vera.  i tried modifying the config.json with a scenes section:

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{
"bridge": {
"name": "Homebridge",
"pin": "987-65-432",
"username": "CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30"
},
"scenes": [{
"active": 0,
"name": "Welcome Home Ida",
"id": 9,
"room": 3
}, {
"active": 0,
"name": "Welcome Home Sebastian",
"id": 8,
"room": 3
}],
"platforms": [{
"platform": "Vera",
"name": "Vera",
"veraIP": "10.10.10.15",
"includesensor": false,
"securitypoll": 2000,
"dimmertest": false
}]
}
i've also tried adding a "loadscenes" variable i found in a forum elsewhere to include scenes:

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"platforms": [{
"platform": "Vera",
"name": "Vera",
"veraIP": "10.10.10.15",
"includesensor": false,
"securitypoll": 2000,
"dimmertest": false,
"loadscenes": 1,
}]

none of these have worked.

Seby

I got the exact problem, i could see devices but can't see any scenes.

did u finally found how to fix it ?

thanks