Homekit location to trigger automations in Home-assistant, using a software switch. Requires no Homekit-hardware!

jono · June 22, 2017, 11:33am

Thanks, I’ll give it another try.

mbonani · June 29, 2017, 1:51pm

Thank you Jonatan, I’m testing it today.

RitteT · June 29, 2017, 1:59pm

I must say that I found this to be working pretty good and is very reliable. Well worth to get it working.

badstraw · August 23, 2017, 5:53am

When I try to save the file with input_boolean in Home assistant I get this error, I appreciate any help.

2017-08-23 00:51:56 ERROR (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.util.yaml] YAML file /Users/memo/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml contains duplicate key “group”. Check lines 63 and 85.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 ERROR (SyncWorker_0) [homeassistant.util.yaml] YAML file /Users/memo/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml contains duplicate key “automation”. Check lines 64 and 119.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up introduction
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain introduction took 0.1 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up recorder
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up http
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain recorder took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain http took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up history
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up websocket_api
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up api
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain history took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain websocket_api took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain api took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up frontend
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain frontend took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up sensor
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up group
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up sun
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up updater
2017-08-23 00:51:56 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.config] Invalid config for [input_boolean]: [USERishome] is an invalid option for [input_boolean]. Check: input_boolean->input_boolean->USERishome. (See /Users/memo/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml, line 14). Please check the docs at https://home-assistant.io/components/input_boolean/
2017-08-23 00:51:56 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup failed for input_boolean: Invalid config.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up discovery
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up binary_sensor
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain sensor took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain group took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain sun took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain updater took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain discovery took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up zone
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain binary_sensor took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up conversation
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up config
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up tts
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up logbook
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up media_player
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain zone took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up light
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up switch
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up automation
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up zeroconf
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain conversation took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain config took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain tts took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain logbook took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain media_player took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up device_tracker
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain light took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain switch took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain automation took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain zeroconf took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain device_tracker took 0.0 seconds.
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setting up ios
2017-08-23 00:51:56 INFO (MainThread) [homeassistant.setup] Setup of domain ios took 0.0 seconds.
Failed config
input_boolean:
USERishome: [source /Users/memo/.homeassistant/configuration.yaml:15]
icon: mdi:home
name: Home

General Errors:
- Setup failed for input_boolean: Invalid config.

Successful config (partial)
input_boolean:

RitteT · August 23, 2017, 7:52pm

Can you share all the code you use?

mbonani · August 23, 2017, 9:03pm

Has anyone managed to configure this on Hassio?

rtenklooster · August 24, 2017, 8:36am

Well I am wondering whether it’s possible to use a simple MQTT “dummy” sensor.

You can create as much MQTT sensors as you wish without dealing with command line stuff and shells and scripts.

RitteT · August 25, 2017, 6:34pm

Is the homebridge plugin fixed for hassio? If so I can’t see why it wouldn’t work.

mbonani · August 25, 2017, 8:21pm

This one is working fine.

I just don’t know the right place to put the scripts for cmdswitch2.

RitteT · August 26, 2017, 4:50am

Isn’t there any documentation stating where to put the config-file?

mbonani · August 26, 2017, 11:43am

I mean the scripts for “on_cmd”, “off_cmd” and “state_cmd”.

No matter where I put them, there’s always a ‘not found’ error.

RitteT · August 26, 2017, 12:01pm

Do you have ssh to hassio? Can you write
ls /path-to-cmds/

Also check that homebridge hass correct permissions for that path

mbonani · August 26, 2017, 1:37pm

I moved the scrips to /config/homebridge, now they can be found

# ls -la /config/homebridge
total 32
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root          4096 Aug 26 09:10 .
drwxr-xr-x    7 root     root          4096 Aug 26 09:22 ..
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          4096 Aug 26 09:21 accessories
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          1002 Aug 26 09:18 config.json
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root           189 Aug 23 16:41 mbonani_away.sh
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root           188 Aug 23 16:41 mbonani_home.sh
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root           142 Aug 23 16:42 mbonani_status.sh
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          4096 Aug 25 20:52 persist

But now I have an error with curl

[8/26/2017, 9:21:28 AM] [CMD switch] Initializing cmdSwitch2 platform...
[8/26/2017, 9:21:28 AM] Loading 0 accessories...
[8/26/2017, 9:21:28 AM] [CMD switch] Initializing platform accessory 'Mauricio is Home'...
[8/26/2017, 9:21:28 AM] [CMD switch] Failed to determine Mauricio is Home state.
[8/26/2017, 9:21:28 AM] [CMD switch] /config/homebridge/mbonani_status.sh: line 1: curl: not found

curl exists

# which curl
/usr/bin/curl

I changed curl to /usr/bin/curl in the scripts but

[8/26/2017, 9:29:39 AM] [CMD switch] Initializing cmdSwitch2 platform...
[8/26/2017, 9:29:39 AM] Loading 0 accessories...
[8/26/2017, 9:29:39 AM] [CMD switch] Initializing platform accessory 'Mauricio is Home'...
[8/26/2017, 9:29:39 AM] [CMD switch] Failed to determine Mauricio is Home state.
[8/26/2017, 9:29:39 AM] [CMD switch] /config/homebridge/mbonani_status.sh: line 1: /usr/bin/curl: not found

The scripts work fine where they are

# pwd
/config/homebridge
# ./mbonani_status.sh 
{"attributes": {"friendly_name": "Mauricio at home"}, "entity_id": "input_boolean.mbonani_home", "last_changed": "2017-08-26T11:57:19.829657+00:00", "last_updated": "2017-08-26T11:57:19.829657+00:00", "state": "on"}

RitteT · August 27, 2017, 7:48am

Can you ssh to hassio and try
curl google.com

I think curl should be placed in the homebridge container. I haven’t used hassio, but in my server where I use docker and want to install a new script, I do it to the container.

Try this

cp /path-to/curl /path-homebridge-container-root/

And when running the curl-command:
/path-homebridge-container-root/curl yoururl-etc

mbonani · August 27, 2017, 12:00pm

core-ssh:~# curl google.com
<HTML><HEAD><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
<TITLE>301 Moved</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>
<H1>301 Moved</H1>
The document has moved
<A HREF="http://www.google.com/">here</A>.
</BODY></HTML>

I definitely need to learn how to manage docker and containers. This still confuses me.

BTW, a change in the homebridge container wouldn’t be overwritten in an addon update?

RitteT · August 27, 2017, 12:53pm

The curl response tou pasted suggest you have curl working in your system, but the homebridge-container doesn’t have access to it.

I don’t how similar hassio is to a docker-setup, but the file should be there even if you update the container. I don’t upgrade homebridge often though, if it’s stable why fix it?

mbonani · August 31, 2017, 9:10pm

The problem is I don’t know how to enter the homebridge-container and give curl access to it.

RitteT · September 1, 2017, 8:09am

It’s usually a folder in the home-directory or somewhere else. Doesn’t the manual specify where they are stored?

jarrah · September 3, 2017, 6:20pm

Does anyone else see the “Cannot add a bridged Accessory with the same UUID as another bridged Accessory:” error in the logs after a restart of the home bridge service? I’m using HASSIO and am using the Homebridge add-on (yes I too have the curl problem but still looking into that).

To fix I have to delete the cachedAccessories file, but it does this everytime I restart home bridge.

rm accessories/cachedAccessories

[9/3/2017, 7:09:51 PM] Loaded plugin: homebridge-cmdswitch2
[9/3/2017, 7:09:51 PM] Registering platform ‘homebridge-cmdswitch2.cmdSwitch2’
[9/3/2017, 7:09:51 PM] —
[9/3/2017, 7:09:52 PM] Loaded plugin: homebridge-homeassistant
[9/3/2017, 7:09:52 PM] Registering platform ‘homebridge-homeassistant.HomeAssistant’
[9/3/2017, 7:09:52 PM] —
[9/3/2017, 7:09:52 PM] Loaded config.json with 0 accessories and 2 platforms.
[9/3/2017, 7:09:52 PM] —
[9/3/2017, 7:09:52 PM] Loading 2 platforms…
[9/3/2017, 7:09:52 PM] [HomeAssistant] Initializing HomeAssistant platform…
[9/3/2017, 7:09:52 PM] [HomeAssistant] Fetching HomeAssistant devices.
[9/3/2017, 7:09:52 PM] [CMD switch] Initializing cmdSwitch2 platform…
[9/3/2017, 7:09:52 PM] Loading 0 accessories…
[9/3/2017, 7:09:52 PM] [CMD switch] Initializing platform accessory ‘User isHome’…
/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/node_modules/hap-nodejs/lib/Accessory.js:256
throw new Error("Cannot add a bridged Accessory with the same UUID as another bridged Accessory: " + existing.UUID);
^
Error: Cannot add a bridged Accessory with the same UUID as another bridged Accessory: 3dd34efe-097b-4b8b-a688-352f08cd38d6
at Bridge.Accessory.addBridgedAccessory (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/node_modules/hap-nodejs/lib/Accessory.js:256:13)
at Bridge.Accessory.addBridgedAccessories (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/node_modules/hap-nodejs/lib/Accessory.js:282:10)
at Server._handleRegisterPlatformAccessories (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/lib/server.js:437:16)
at Server. (/usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/lib/server.js:36:10)

mbonani · September 4, 2017, 1:38pm

The manual says nothing.

I’m almost giving up on Hassio for now and going back to a Python Virtual Env install on a Debian.