Homebridge-switchbot-for-mac NPM

Homebridge SwitchBot

Homebridge SwitchBot is plugin for Homebridge that allows you to manage SwitchBot (the Bot) like a switch accessory on the Home app.

Supported SwitchBot devices

SwitchBot (the Bot)

Supported OS versions

macOS

macOS version 10.15 or later
Install Xcode

Raspbian(Linux-based OS)

Kernel version 3.6 or later
libbluetooth-dev

sudo apt-get install bluetooth bluez libbluetooth-dev libudev-dev

If @abandonware/noble is installed properly, this module might work well on other Linux-based OSes, such as Ubuntu, Debian and so on. See the document of the @abandonware/noble for details.

Dependencies

Installation

Install the npm package:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge-switchbot-for-mac

How to Use

Find your SwitchBot's MAC address (BLE MAC) with the official iOS/Android app, and add an accessory definition to ~/.homebridge/config.json:

e.g. Use one SwitchBot

{
    "accessories": [
        {
            "accessory": "SwitchBot-For-Mac",
            "name": "Switch",
            "delay": 5000,
            "retries": 3,
            "macAddress": "01:23:45:67:89:AB",
            "ping": {
                "ipAddress": "127.0.0.1",
                "interval": 2000,
                "retries": 1,
                "timeout": 1000
            }
        }
    ]
}

e.g. Use two SwitchBots

{
    "accessories": [
        {
            "accessory": "SwitchBot-For-Mac",
            "name": "Switch",
            "delay": 5000,
            "retries": 3,
            "on": {
                "macAddress": "CD:E0:12:34:56:78"
            },
            "off": {
                "macAddress": "9A:BC:DE:01:23:45"
            },
            "ping": {
                "ipAddress": "127.0.0.1",
                "interval": 2000,
                "retries": 1,
                "timeout": 1000
            }
        }
    ]
}

Settings

Property	Type	Required	Default Value	Description
accessory	String	Required	-	This value is "SwitchBot-For-Mac"
name	String	Required	-	Set the name of the switch.
delay	Integer	Optional	0	Set a delay between 0 and 30000 milliseconds for waiting for Bluetooth initialization.
retries	Integer	Optional	3	Set the turn retry times to more than 0 times.

Use one SwitchBot Settings

Settings for switching on/off using one SwitchBot.

Property	Type	Required	Default Value	Description
macAddress	String	Required	-	Set the MAC address of the SwitchBot.

Use two SwitchBots Settings

Settings for switching on/off using two SwitchBots.

Property	Type	Required	Default Value	Description
on.macAddress	String	Required	-	Set the MAC address of the SwitchBot for on.
off.macAddress	String	Required	-	Set the MAC address of the SwitchBot for off.

Advanced - Ping Settings

Settings for update the status with ping communication.

Property	Type	Required	Default Value	Description
ping.ipAddress	String	Required	-	Set the IP address of the target device.
ping.interval	Integer	Optional	2000	Set the ping interval to more than 2000 milliseconds.
ping.retries	Integer	Optional	1	Set the ping retry times to more than 0 times.
ping.timeout	Integer	Optional	1000	Set the ping timeout to less than `interval / (retries + 1)` milliseconds.