homebridge-http-advanced

Supports https devices on the HomeBridge Platform and provides a real time polling for getting the "On" and brightness level characteristics to Homekit. Includes Switch, Light, Door, Smoke and Motion sensor polling.

Installation

1. Install homebridge using: npm install -g homebridge
2. Install this plugin by cloning this repo.
3. Update your configuration file. See sample-config.json in this repository for a sample.

Configuration

The configuration for this plugin is the same as homebridge-http but includes an additional method to read the power state of the device and the brightness level. Specify the status_url in your config.json that returns the status of the device as an integer (0 = off, 1 = on). Specify the brightnesslvl_url to return the current brighness level as an integer.

Switch handling and brightness handling support 3 methods, yes for polling on app load, realtime for constant polling or no polling

Configuration sample:

"accessories": [ 
   {
   	"accessory": "Http",
   	"name": "Alfresco Lamp",
   	"switchHandling": "realtime",
   	"http_method": "GET",
   	"on_url":      "http://localhost/controller/1700/ON",
   	"off_url":     "http://localhost/controller/1700/OFF",
   	"status_url":  "http://localhost/status/100059",
   	"service": "Light",
   	"brightnessHandling": "yes",
   	"brightness_url":     "http://localhost/controller/1707/%b",
   	"brightnesslvl_url":  "http://localhost/status/100054",
   	"sendimmediately": "",
   	"username" : "",
   	"password" : ""					    
      } 
   ]

Services

Each service shows up as a specific HomeKit device.

Service	URL Type	Data format	Description
Lux	brightnesslvl_url	JSON: { "lightlevel": 94.00 }	Ambient light sensor
Occupancy	status_url	Integer: 1 or 0	Occupancy Sensor
Motion	status_url	Integer: 1 or 0	Motion Sensor
Light	status_url	Integer: 1 or 0	Switch status for the light
Light	brightnesslvl_url	Integer: 0 to 100	Current brightness percentage for the light