High level, I wanted to try using siri (on my iphone) for voice commands, but do not have a homepod/appleTV/ipad to act as the hub.
Is that even possible? (I don’t think https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/homekit explicitly says that one of those those pieces of hardware is required)
Anyways, here’s where I am:
- Installed homeassistant (on FreenNAS) - seems to work well, I’ve added a few other integrations
- Added HomeKit Bridge
- Added ‘homekit:’ to configuration.yaml, checked it (it passed) and restarted homeassistant
In the notifications section there are two QR codes. One or ‘Home Assistant Bridge’ and another for: ‘HASS Bridge LE4B’
Which one should I be adding to the Home App?
If I scan either of them, I get an error message: Couldn't add <Home Assistant Bridge|HASS Bridge LE4B> / Homekit couldn't connect to this accessory
I’ve also tried manually entering the code - same behavior.
Then, I thought - well maybe I’m not supposed to be adding the bridge, that I should expose a device. So I updated my config to:
homekit:
- filter:
include_entities:
- media_player.plex_plex_for_roku_josh_s_roku_stick
After a restart I don’t see any changes. No option to add that entity to Home.
Any tips/ideas?