Homebridge-bosch-room-climate-control NPM

homebridge-bosch-room-climate-control

This Homebridge plugin implements room climate control in HomeKit through a virtual thermostat. Events from the Bosch Smart Home Controller (BSHC) are consumed via long polling, which means that all changes also from outside of HomeKit (e.g., physical control of a room thermostat or radiator thermostat, updates made via the Bosch Smart Home App, a change of the room temperature, etc.) are immediately reflected and updated in HomeKit, without a manual refresh or accessory update.

Note: This plugin has only been tested manually with Radiator Thermostats II and is at an early stage where unexpected behavior may occur

Why not use the built-in HomeKit integration?

The official and built-in HomeKit integration for Bosch Smart Home thermostats is functionally limited. Currently it is not possible to control thermostats that are grouped into a room (room climate control), to switch between manual and automatic mode, or to turn the heating on and off.

Getting Started

Set the system password and the IP address of the BSHC via the Homebridge UI
Press the pairing button
Start the plugin (restart Homebridge)

Settings

See config.schema.json

Features

Switch mode between manual and automatic
- Mode AUTO sets the operation mode to automatic (using the defined schedules for the room climate)
- Mode HEAT sets the operation mode to manual (heating to the defined target temperature)
Pause heating
- Mode OFF sets the room control mode to off (pauses heating, setting the target temperature to 5°C)
Set the target temparature
- While in AUTO mode: set until the next scheduled target temperature change
- While in HEAT mode: set until the next manual target temperature or operation mode change
Update measured temperature changes in realtime through events from the BSHC
Reflect operation mode or target temperature changes immediately through events from the BSHC, also when set from outside (e.g., through the Bosch Smart Home app, or on a physical device)
Add/remove new/unavilable room climate control devices automatically in periodic check
Set devices to unavailable if state cannot be fetched in periodic syncs, or if the current temperature is not available

Note for scenes and automations

In case you want to configure scenes or automations that switch between the thermostat modes (auto/heat/off), please make sure to use a third party app for the configuration – like Eve for Matter & HomeKit – and omit setting the target temperature in the automation.

This will make sure that the scene detects the correct state, ashe BSHC will apply your scheduled temperature changes and the scene will show as inactive/active unexpectedly
This will prevent unexpected behavior, as the target temperature cannot be set on Bosch thermostats that are turned off, but the automation will try to apply it