With all this automation taking place, I’m getting lazier by the day. Even having to unlock my phone and open the bookmark for SmartVISU to activate a mood scene it taking too long / requiring too many actions.

Since Apple added HomeKit with its iOS 8, there’s now a way to integrate this with DomotiGa so I can control my devices with Siri! Yes voice control is finally here 😎

This is how it’s done. Note: this assumes you have DomotiGa already set up and running and know your way around Linux.

Installation

Installing on a Raspberry Pi? do this first:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install libkrb5-dev

You’ll also need the Avahi package:

sudo apt-get install libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev

Homebridge is published through NPM, if npm isn’t yet installed on your system, do this first:

sudo apt-get install curl
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Then install HomeBridge “globally” by typing:

sudo npm install -g homebridge

Then install the DomotiGa plugin (Thanks Samfox2):

sudo npm install -g homebridge-domotiga

Now that HomeBridge and DomotiGa plugins are installed you need to add your own config file. Create a file called config.
NOTE: Your config.json file MUST live in your home directory inside .homebridge.
You can start by copying / pasting the below sample and update to reflect your setup:

{
"bridge": {
"name": "DomotiGa",
"username": "CC:22:3D:E3:CE:32",
"port": 51826,
"pin": "031-45-154" 
},

"description": "This is an example configuration file with one fake accessory and one fake platform. You can use this as a template for creating your own configuration file containing devices you actually own.",

"accessories": [
{
"accessory": "Domotiga",
"name": "Sensor garden",
"host": "localhost",
"port": "9090",
"service": "TempHygroMeter",
"device": "81",
"valueTemperature": "1",
"valueHumidity": "2",
"valueBattery": "4",
"lowbattery": "3000" 
},
{
"accessory": "Domotiga",
"name": "PC",
"host": "192.168.0.xxx",
"port": "9090",
"service": "Contact",
"device": "77",
"valueContact": "1",
"valueBattery": "2",
"lowbattery": "3000" 
},
{
"accessory": "Domotiga",
"name": "Printer",
"host": "192.168.0.xxx",
"port": "9090",
"service": "Switch",
"device": "79",
"valueSwitch": "1" 
} 
]
}

To run HomeBridge, type: