homebridge-mqttgaragedoor

An homebridge plugin that create an HomeKit Garage Door Opener accessory mapped on MQTT topics

Installation

Follow the instruction in homebridge for the homebridge server installation. The plugin must be cloned locally (git clone https://github.com/iomax/homebridge-mqttgaragedoor.git ) and should be installed "globally" by typing:

npm install -g ./homebridge-mqttgaragedoor

Release notes

Version 1.0.2

Configuration

Remember to configure the plugin in config.json in your home directory inside the .homebridge directory. Configuration parameters:

{
  "accessory": "mqttgaragedoor",
  "name": "NAME OF THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER",
  "url": "URL OF THE BROKER",
  "username": "USERNAME OF THE BROKER",
  "password": "PASSWORD OF THE BROKER"
  "caption": "LABEL OF THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER",
  "lwt": "OPTIONAL: DOOR OPENER MQTT LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT TOPIC",
  "lwtPayload": "lwt Payload",
  "topics": {
                "statusSet":    "MQTT TOPIC TO SET THE DOOR OPENER"
                "openGet":      "OPTIONAL: MQTT TOPIC TO GET THE DOOR OPEN STATUS",
                "openValue":    "OPTIONAL VALUE THAT MEANS OPEN (DEFAULT true)"
                "closedGet":    "OPTIONAL: MQTT TOPIC TO GET THE DOOR CLOSED STATUS",
                "closedValue":  "OPTIONAL VALUE THAT MEANS CLOSED (DEFAULT true)"
                "openStatusCmdTopic": "OPTIONAL: MQTT TOPIC TO ASK ABOUT THE OPEN STATUS",
                "openStatusCmd": "OPTIONAL: THE OPEN STATUS COMMAND ( DEFAULT "")",
                "closeStatusCmdTopic": "OPTIONAL: MQTT TOPIC TO ASK ABOUT THE CLOSED STATUS",
                "closeStatusCmd": "OPTIONAL THE CLOSED STATUS COMMAND (DEFAULT "")",
            },
  "doorRunInSeconds": "OPEN/CLOSE RUN TIME IN SECONDS (DEFAULT 20"),
  "pauseInSeconds" : "IF DEFINED : AUTO CLOSE AFTER [Seconds]"
}

Credit

The original homebridge MQTT plugins work was done by ilcato in his homebridge-mqttswitch project.

The original homebridge GarageDoor plugin work was done by [belamonica] (https://github.com/benlamonica) in his [homebridge-rasppi-gpio-garagedoor] (https://github.com/benlamonica/homebridge-rasppi-gpio-garagedoor) project.