homebridge-garage-door-switch

Homebridge plugin that supports triggering commands to open and close a garage door. Also allows setting the state from an external source using HTTP requests.

Took a lot of inspiration from apexad/homebridge-garagedoor-command, thanks!

Installation

1. Install Homebridge
2. Install this plugin using npm install -g homebridge-garage-door-switch
3. Configure the plugin as below

Configuration

Sample configuration

    "accessories": [
        {
            "accessory": "EzzGarageDoorSwitch",
            "name": "Garage Door",
            "open": "/path/to/open_command.sh",
            "close": "/path/to/close_command.sh",
            "debug": true,
            "httpPort": 8965
        },
    ]

Explanation

Field | Description ------------------------|------------ accessory | Must always be "EzzGarageDoorSwitch". (required) name | Name of the Garage Door open | Command to run to open the Garage Door. Examples: bash open.sh or node open.js (required) close | Command to run to close the Garage Door. Examples: bash close.sh or node close.js (required)

The open and close commands must return the following verbs: OPENING, CLOSING.

How Can I Use This?

This package solves a particular itch for me. I'm using it in the following way. It's cumbersome and horrible but it works. :-)

There are some more detailed instructions here.

Opening the Door

• Raspberry Pi running Homebridge
• Raspberry Pi GPIO connections to an RF garagedoor opener
• Python script to 'push' the open/close buttons on the garage door opener

Monitoring the State

• Eve Door/Window sensor mounted on the garage door

Updating the State

• HomeKit automation to run when the Eve Door sensor changes state
• The automation triggers a homebridge-http-switch that sends a request to the homebridge-garage-door-switch server to update the door's state