homebridge-rachio-platform

Rachio plugin for Homebridge

Installation

1. Install homebridge using: npm install -g homebridge
2. Install this plugin using: npm install -g @leehendricks/homebridge-rachio-platform
3. Update your configuration file. See config.json snippet below.

Webhook Support

homebridge-rachio-platform uses webhooks to update Homekit accessory status in real time when a Rachio schedule is executing.

In order to support webhooks, you must know your external network IP address and have the ability to open/forward a port from that IP address to your internal Homebridge server (typically a modem or router on your local network). Please do not file issues to this repository related to network configuration issues.

Consult the log during setup. The plugin will print out a URL that can be used to test and confirm port forwarding is set up correctly.

If you see log messages like Webhook received from an unknown external id, you may set the clear_previous_webhooks flag to true to remove previous webhooks before creating or updating the webhook for this plugin. Note: this will clear all webhooks tied to your Rachio API key, so be careful if you rely on Rachio webhooks apart from this plugin.

API Key

You can acquire your API key from Rachio using this documentation.

Configuration

{
  "platform": "Rachio-Platform",
  "name": "Rachio Controller",
  "api_key": "{API_KEY_OBTAINED_FROM_RACHIO}",
  "internal_webhook_port": 27546, 
  "external_webhook_address": "http://173.452.132.342:12453",
  "clear_previous_webhooks": false
}