Homebridge

Modern heat pumps are most efficient and eco friendly when they work with flow temperatures under 40°C. If you factor in the pipes from the heat pump to your tap, the water becomes rather “warmish”. …

In my Previous Blog, I explained setting up and running with Homebridge on the TP-LINK Tapo C200 RTSP IP camera. Although I am using C200 with homebridge for a couple of months with nearly no issues, However in this blog, I will share my experiences working with non-Homekit supported RTSP…

In this blog, I will guide you through setting up and running with Homebridge on the TP-LINK Tapo C200 RTSP IP camera. Apple announces HomeKit Secure Video, available on iOS 13.2 and later. By enabling HKSV you can integrate Homekit compatible camera in the HOME app, and see recording clips…

Apple HomeKit is one of the services from which you can get notifications on your phone using Notify.Events. …

Unlocking HomeKit Support for non-HomeKit Devices — I love dabbling in smart home devices. Hardly anyone needs a smart home and mostly the smart element is voice and app control rather than automation-based but it’s great fun and can be pretty useful. But many of my smart home devices aren’t HomeKit compatible. They are either from companies…

Lately Philips Hue lights have an issue of intermittently ‘not responding’ in HomeKit. Of the various fixes suggested, restarting, and resetting etc, none seems to work for me. What finally helped was adding Philips Hue bridge to Homebridge, and configuring it. Had no further issues after that. Homebridge.io is an…

A one-line Homebridge configuration to control your Somfy RTS devices using the TOST Corp Box — Why? Somfy TaHoma is a very powerful product, but also very expensive for its service. In this post, we’ll implement an alternative solution using a TOST Corp Box Compatible Somfy RTS and a Homebridge plugin developed on my own: “Homebridge TOST Corp Somfy RTS Web”. Homebridge If you already use Homebridge, you…

Homebridge and Node-RED Chat Actions, Elastic Stack Integration, Zabbix Configuration + A Few More Updates — What’s New? Chat Actions: Homebridge and Node-RED Source Configuration Feature: Zabbix New Source: Elastic Stack Homebridge Integration: Final Verification Changes in the Telegram Message Template Chat Actions: Homebridge and Node-RED The most important update of February is a feature that we have been planning to release for a long time. We’re talking about actions in the chat…

How to use an old webcam as a modern security camera — Introduction Home automation systems are becoming nowadays more and more popular. One thing one can implement in a smart home is a security camera. I choose not to spend money on a brand-new camera, but to use a simple webcam and stream it to the remote control app. The interesting stuff…