homebridge-pisense

This Homebridge plugin can be used integrate your Raspberry Pi Sense Hat into HomeKit. It also requires Flask PiSense which is a Flask-based HTTP server that interfaes with the Sense Hat.

Installation

First of all you need to have Homebridge installed. Refer to the repo for instructions.
Then run the following command to install homebridge-pisense

sudo npm install -g homebridge-pisense

Configuration

The configuration can contain the following properties:

Basic configuration options:

• accessory <string> required: Defines the plugin used and must be set to "HTTP-HUMIDITY" for this plugin.
• name <string> required: Defines the name which is later displayed in HomeKit
• getUrl <string | urlObject> required: Defines the url (and other properties when using and urlObject) to query the current humidity from the sensor. By default it expects the http server to return the humidity in percent.

{
    "accessories": [
        {
          "accessory": "HTTP-HUMIDITY",
          "name": "Humidity Sensor",
          "getUrl": "http://ADDRESS_OF_FLASK_SENSE"
        }   
    ]
}

Advanced configuration options:

• statusCache <number> optional (Default: 0): Defines the amount of time in milliseconds a queried value of the CurrentRelativeHumidity characteristic is cached before a new request is made to the http device.
  Default is 0 which indicates no caching. A value of -1 will indicate infinite caching.

• pullInterval <integer> optional: The property expects an interval in milliseconds in which the plugin pulls updates from your http device. For more information read pulling updates.

• debug <boolean> optional: Enable debug mode and write more logs.

{
    "accessories": [
        {
          "accessory": "HTTP-HUMIDITY",
          "name": "Humidity Sensor",
          
          "getUrl": {
            "url": "http://ADDRESS_OF_FLASK_SENSE",
            "method": "GET"
          }
        }   
    ]
}