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Homekit Controller Lite Plugin

Homeseer 4 plugin to add and control IP based homekit devices directly without intermediary. This plugin acts as a homekit controller. It does not intend to be as complete and polished as Apple's homekit controller. It creates devices in the homeseer corresponding to accessories & characteristics exposed by the homekit device.

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Features

  • Pair and unpair IP based homekit devices
  • Supports setting values in homekit devices via homeseer devices.
  • Listens to the events in the homekit devices and updates the corresponding homeseer devices & features.
  • Select which characteristics show up as feature in homeseer devices.

Tested With

  • Ecobee Thermostat
  • Philips Hue
  • Few Meross outlets
  • Various open source homekit servers.

Instructions

  • Add a new Device using Homekit Controller Lite Menu.
    • Make sure you enter the pincode in xxx-xx-xxx format.
    • You can also re-pair an existing device using same menu and selecting it in first option.
  • By default, only the primary service characteristics are added as features. If you want additional features, select them through the detail page for the device. Only the text based & number based ones are supported.

  • You can also change the polling period for the characteristics which don't support events in detail page of the device.