homespun / homebridge-platform-aqe

An Air Quality Egg platform for Homebridge

homebridge-platform-snmp

An Air Quality Egg platform plugin for Homebridge.

Installation

Run these commands:

% sudo npm install -g homebridge
% sudo npm install -g homebridge-platform-aqe

On Linux, you might see this output for the second command:

npm ERR! [email protected] install: node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!

If so, please try

% apt-get install libpcap-dev

and try

% sudo npm install -g homebridge-platform-aqe

again!

NB: If you install homebridge like this:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge

Then all subsequent installations must be like this:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge-platform-aqe

Homebridge Configuration

This is a "dynamic" platform plugin, so if you're already running homebridge on your system, then you already have a ~/.homebridge/config.json file and no configuration is needed!

If this is your first time with homebridge, this will suffice:

{ "bridge":
  { "name": "Homebridge"
  , "username": "CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30"
  , "port": 51826
  , "pin": "031-45-154"
  }
, "description": ""
, "accessories":
  [
  ]
, "platforms":
  [
  [
    { "platform" : "homebridge-platform-aqe"
    , "name"     : "AQE"
    }
  ]
}

AQE Configuration

Connect your Egg's USB cable to your computer, and launch Serial Monitor program. Make sure that EOL is set to Carriage Return1, and that the Baud Rateis set to115200`.

Type aqe when the Egg starts and, after initialization, you'll be in configuration mode. Type these three commands:

mqttsrv mqtt.example.com
mqttauth disable
exit

where mqtt.example.com is the domain-name of the machine that is running Homebridge. (It would be better if the Egg would allow an IP address for the MQTT server, but it requires a domain-name.)

Personally, I also like to set these as well prior to the exit command:

backlight alwayson
use ntp
ntpsrv pool.ntp.org