Homebridge-nodemcu-roomba876 NPM

This project is to add iRobot roomba 876 (or others without smart/WiFi capabilities) controlls over Apple Home.

homebridge-nodemcu-roomba876

This Homebridge plugin adds switch, battery level and charge status intrefaces via REAT API calls underneath.

API calls go to nodemcu (esp8266) WiFi microcontroller connected to iRobot roomba to read its status and control it.

See Hardware requirements to make it work for you and your roomba.

Credits

This code was built upon the work in the following projects:

Prerequisities

iRobot romba without WiFi capabilities (otherwise, you don't need nodemcu and extra code), my model is 876 but most of robots are having the same open interface (OI) spec so should work well
Raspberry Pi or any other Mac/PC to host homebridge software
Nodemcu microcontroller to run HTTP REST API server and proxy homebrdge commands to roomba

Features

Start/stop Roomba `Hey Siri, start Roomba*
Check on/off status Hey Siri, is the Roomba on?
Check charging status Hey Siri, is the Roomba charging?
Check battery status Hey Siri, is the Roomba charged?

Installation

npm install -g homebridge-nodemcu-roomba876

Homebridge configuration

Add to your config.json's accessory section (add only accessories entry, don't copy whole code shippet):

{
    "bridge": {
		"name": "Homebridge",
		"username": "CD:22:3D:E3:CE:30",
		"port": 51826,
		"pin": "123-45-678"
    },
    "description": "My Homebridge",
    "platforms": [],
    "accessories": [
		{
			"accessory": "Roomba876",
			"model":"876",
			"name": "Roomba",
			"hostname": "http://mdns-host-or-ip-address-of-your-roomba-nodemcu",
		}
    ]
}

The Model and Name options can be set to whatever you'd like. Hostname is an IP address of nodemcu's microcontroller or its mDNS host name used