After kicking the Google Nests (gens 1 & 2) out of my house last week, I realized I don't really need to run #Homebridge anymore. I am so glad it exists, and it really helped me run my IoTs from Home app for many years.

On today's episode of Tom Is A Big Fat Geek Who Has Too Many Old Macs And A Bit Too Much Free Time On His Hands, I will be repurposing a 2010-era #MacMini with #Ubuntu #Budgie so it can run #Homebridge in place of the 2014-era Mac Mini that is currently running Homebridge under #macOS Monterey (which hasn't been supported in years).

But first: ☕️

Homebridger, une app chargée de superviser Homebridge depuis un iPhone ou iPad http://dlvr.it/TQJxNM #Homebridger #Homebridge
Homebridger, une app chargée de superviser Homebridge depuis un iPhone ou iPad

Homebridger (gratuit) est une app sortie récemment qui est pensée pour contrôler une instance de Homebridge depuis un iPhone ou iPad. Si vous utilisez ce système destiné à ajouter des appareils connectés à Maison alors qu’ils ne sont compatibles ni...

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Alright, got #HomeAssistant set up on my #RPi3 and got it connected through my browser and iOS app. Added a few devices but have to find a way yet to connect my #Carrier #Infinity thermostat, #Flair smart vents, #Leviton no-neutral switch wifi hub, #Nest thermostat, #Orbit #Bhyve sprinkler controller, #Hubitat, and #Roku.

You know, just a few things 😆

Also got Ring connected but the cams don't work. They weren't working in #Homebridge/#Homekit anyway, so whatevs.

I am SO tired of bridges & devices disconnecting from #HomeKit & breaking my scenes & automations, forcing me to periodically reinstall & reconfigure them.

Today may be the day I begin migrating from #HomeBridge on my #RaspberryPi to #HomeAssistant on #Linux #Ubuntu. First thing first, gotta learn wtf #Docker is.

#SmartHome #automation

I may soon be venturing into the realm of running #Jellyfin on my #raspberrypi #RPi3 alongside the existing #HomeBridge installation… wish me luck!

But not tonight. I am le tired.

@utopiah @yaroto98 re #HomeAssistant integrations, you can also look at what is available under #HACS library, search or ask for help in any of the community forums for #HA such as https://community.home-assistant.io or on reddit, discord , git hub. It integrates nicely with #homebridge and also with containerized systems e.g., docker, portainer.
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Well #samba, #pihole and #homebridge survived and work on this new #debiantrixie release of #raspberrypi os. But no matter how hard I tried I was unable to get #airprint or #qbittorrentnox to work as they did on #DebianBookworm 😔
#Homebridge decided to implode on my #RaspberryPi and refuses to work again. Multiple reinstall later, on two different Pi’s, and still nothing. Gave up and decided to install it on my Mac only to run into more issues…It’s working again, but don’t like having to keep my machine awake, also have to redo all my automations 🙃
Habe ich meine #Homebridge von meinem #Dateiserver (#OpenMediaVault) auf meinen neuen Proxmox-Server, der Router, Pi-Hole usw. Hostet umgezogen. War super easy. Ich liebe #Docker !
Jetzt sind alle Container, die zum Betrieb meines #SmartHome nötig sind auf dem Haupt-Server. Dieser sollte nun nach Stromausfall neu starten, so dass eigentlich alles ziemlich gut ist jetzt. Brauche immer nocv eine USV für meinen Server und das Glasfaser-Modem, aber erst mal ist alles gut.
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