pimatic-homegear-ws v0.1.8

Pimatic Homegear WebSocket Plugin

Plugin to interface with homegear (https://www.homegear.eu) to control Homematic Switches/Thermostates.

Configuration

You can load the plugin by editing your config.json to include (host = Homegear IP port=Homegear Port (default:2001)).

{
   "plugin": "homegear-ws",
   "username": "your-username", // (blank string if auth none)
   "password": "your-password", // (blank string if auth none)
   "host": "127.0.0.1",
   "port": 2001
}

Use the debug output in pimatic to find out the peerId and channel of the devices. Or use homegear -r to bring up the homegear console, select the bidcosfamily families select 0 and show up your peers with peers list.

Switches can be defined by adding them to the devices section in the config file. Set the class attribute to HomematicSwitch or HomematicPowerSwitch. For example:

{
  "id": "switch-1",
  "class": "HomematicSwitch",
  "name": "TV Switch",
  "peerId": 1
}

{
  "id": "power-switch-1",
  "class": "HomematicPowerSwitch",
  "name": "Light Power Switch",
  "peerId": 2
}

Thermostates also can be defined by adding them to the devices section in the config file. Set the class attribute to HomematicThermostate. For example:

{
  "id": "thermostate-1",
  "class": "HomematicThermostate",
  "name": "Thermostate kitchen",
  "peerId": 3
}