homebridge-mqtt-eve-temp-hum

An homebridge plugin that create an HomeKit Temperature und Humidity Accessory mapped on MQTT topics. This Accessory optimized for usage with EVE including History-Support.

Installation

Follow the instruction in homebridge for the homebridge server installation. The plugin is published through NPM and should be installed "globally" by typing:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge-mqtt-eve-temp-hum

Information

This Plugin based on homebridge-mi-hygrothermograph

Release notes

VERSION 1.1.0

• updated README

VERSION 1.0.6

• minor fixes

VERSION 1.0.0

• whole redesign
• fakegato-Support

VERSION 0.1.2

• Bugfixes

VERSION 0.1.0

• Initial Release

Configuration

Remember to configure the plugin in config.json in your home directory inside the .homebridge directory. Configuration parameters:

"accessory"         : "mqtt-eve-temp-hum",
"name"              : "PUT THE NAME OF YOUR SWITCH HERE",
"url"               : "PUT URL OF THE BROKER HERE",
"username"          : "OPTIONALLY PUT USERNAME OF THE BROKER HERE",
"password"          : "OPTIONALLY PUT PASSWORD OF THE BROKER HERE",
"topic"             : "PUT THE MQTT TOPIC FOR GETTING THE DATA OF THE ACCESSORY HERE",
"fakeGatoEnabled"   : true / false,
"serialNumber"      : "Serialnumber"

Look for a sample config in config.json example

Important

The datastructure of the topic is: {"temperature":"value", "humidity":"value"} If you are using multiple accessories with historical data, you need to set a unique serialNumber in the config-file.