homebridge-blebox

Supports BleBox devices on HomeBridge Platform

Installation

More information about installation homebridge on Raspberry Pi you can find: Install homebridge on raspberry

Install homebridge using:

    npm install -g homebridge

Install this plugin using:

    npm install -g homebridge-blebox

Update your configuration file as bellow.

Configuration

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": []
}

Usage

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).