Native Homekit custom pincode trouble

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Hey All,

I’ve just upgraded to HASSIO 0.65 and it seems the new HomeKit component is finally ready to start using with the addition of switch integration.

I can get the integration running if I simply add

homekit:

to my config but as soon as I try and add a custom pin code as per the docs… nothing.

Even with a direct copy/paste out of the docs:

homekit:
  pincode: '123-45-678'

The home app simply won’t find my accessory.

I’ve tried various combinations of codes and zero/single/double quote marks to try and get something.

Has anyone successfully added their own pin code in 0.64+?
I didn’t try to do native HomeKit in 0.64 before 0.65

any help would be great thank you

Cheers,

Linton

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Push - same problem here!

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I am having trouble seeing any components with either homekit: only and with pincode:. I did try last month and it worked but I removed it as it didn’t have switches yet.

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I’m seeing similar issue, HA just isn’t showing up in the Home iOS app.

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just saw this pop up in the logs

 Error doing job: Future exception was never retrieved
 Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 55, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/homeassistant/components/homekit/__init__.py", line 134, in     start_driver
from pyhap.accessory_driver import AccessoryDriver
File "/root/.homeassistant/deps/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pyhap/accessory_driver.py", line 41, in <module>
from pyhap.hap_server import HAPServer
File "/root/.homeassistant/deps/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pyhap/hap_server.py", line 19, in <module>
from Crypto.Protocol.KDF import HKDF
ImportError: cannot import name 'HKDF'
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I’ve solved this by running
pip3 install pycryptodome

apparently the pycrypto (2.6.1) package is old and insecure, and pycryptodome is the replacement for it.

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Well that’s a shame. Guess us Hassio users will just have to wait then. Good find though

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I had to delete .homekit.state to get it to work.

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Yep between deleting that file and the 0.65.2 update we’re good to go :slight_smile: Cheers Rob

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I’m running hassio. I removed the add in to use the native Homekit. I’ve followed the instructions on stopping hassio and remove the file. When hassio starts up, I see the code that I need to enter on my IOS devices. On the IOS devices it sees the home assistant bridge. I enter the code, it hangs for a while then fails. I try it again and the home assistant bridge fails to show up again… Anyone know whats happening? Last thing to note, I also delayed the home kit service from starting until my z wave devices have loaded. I’m running 0.77.3

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Thans a lot.You are great.How do you find it?