Having a few issues and can use guidance on how to solve them.
Desire - Publish backyard temperature to HomeKit so that a HomePod can audiable tell me the temperature. A stretch would be rain fall.
Install - I have an Ambient Weather station, with Ambient Integration all working and showing the Temperature of the back yard in HA
Issue - I go to the homekit bridge add the identity to the bridge, and it does not become part of apple’s HOME. As a trouble shooting step, I added another entity (indoor fan on Instion) and it did get added to HOME but not the Ambient Temperature. None of the sensors seem to go to HOME.
Other Distracting Information - I was using both MQTT and EcoWitt for this in previous installs. The MQTT Broker (not on HA) and Unix Script was destroyed with an external server rebuild.
I can send them to AMAZON cloud via Voice assistants configuration of the entity, and ALEXA will report “yard Temperature”
From the Home Bridge
"options": {
"filter": {
"include_domains": [
"alarm_control_panel",
"humidifier",
"lock",
"remote",
"vacuum",
"water_heater",
"button",
"cover"
],
"exclude_domains": [],
"include_entities": [
"light.backyard_camera_light",
"light.cabinet",
"light.driveway_camera_light",
"light.hue_play_1",
"light.hue_play_2",
"light.keypad_with_dimmer_3c_44_ce_main",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3c_f7_45",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3c_ff_b9",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_09_01",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_0d_2c",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_0d_31",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_0f_ea",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_10_d2",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_11_d4",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_13_fd",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_14_9c",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_14_e0",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_17_a1",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_17_e3",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_19_8f",
"light.switchlinc_dimmer_3d_19_f5",
"switch.backyard_camera_siren",
"switch.basement_camera_siren",
"switch.deck_siren",
"switch.driveway_camera_siren",
"switch.front_hall_camera_siren",
"switch.i_o_linc_15_e4_bc_relay",
"switch.i_o_linc_3d_4f_0a_relay",
"switch.keypadlinc_on_off_19_21_2b_main",
"switch.on_off_module_4e_0a_bd",
"switch.on_off_module_4e_0b_3c",
"switch.on_off_module_4e_10_05",
"switch.on_off_module_4e_10_11",
"switch.switchlinc_relay_dual_band_3d_23_d1",
"switch.doll_cabinet",
"switch.turntable_light",
"switch.records",
"switch.sunroom_picture",
"switch.outdoor_plug_1",
"switch.outdoor_plug_1_2",
"switch.outdoor_plug_1_3",
"switch.outplug_2",
"switch.outplug_2_2",
"switch.outplug_2_3",
"switch.mss110_f871",
"climate.main_floor",
"media_player.sunroom_amp",
"sensor.smart_sensor_temperature_2",
"light.speaker_lights",
"sensor.backyard_temperature",
"fan.fanlinc_3f_91_58_fan",
"light.fanlinc_3f_91_58_light",
"sensor.backyard_daily_rain",
"sensor.backyard_max_gust",
"sensor.backyard_temperature_1"
],
Following are not showing
"sensor.backyard_temperature",
"sensor.backyard_daily_rain",
"sensor.backyard_max_gust",
"sensor.backyard_temperature_1"