[App][Pro] HomeKitty šŸ˜ø (aka HomeyKit 3.0)

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I have a question that I hope there is a ā€œgood answerā€ to:

I am migrating from a 2019 to 2023 Homey Pro, and I expose most of the connected devices to Apple Home using HomeKitty. Is there any chance that they will be working as is in Apple Home after the migration, or must I set up the 2023 HP as a new hub and then fix all the devices?

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Assume it wonā€™t work and you have to set things up again.

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I feared as much, but thanks for confirming!

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I will receive my Homey Pro tomorrow and Iā€™ve been reading about the different types of HK integrations.

Is HomeKitty still (December 2024) the best / preferred way compared to the experimental feature ?

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Yes :grin: Do make sure to install the test version of HomeKitty (see first post of thread).

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Hi, Iā€™m experiencing an issue with the SONOFF Thermostat TRVZB. It appears in HomeKit, but not as a thermostatā€”it only displays the room temperature. Has anyone encountered this problem or have any suggestions to fix it? Thanks in advance!

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Please consult the first post of the thread.

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Thanks, iā€™mā€™on 2.2.7ā€¦ Iā€™ll wait. Thanks for this great app.

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If youā€™re going to wait for me to upgrade the test version to stable, it may be a while.

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Hi, I just installed HomeKitty. Thanks for all the effort you put in this app!
I was hoping I could start a shortcut using a FlowStarter device. But the only automation options I see in my Home app are for starting scenes or operating other Home devices. Am I missing something within the Home app? Is it possible to start a shortcut when the FlowStarter device is pressed in a Homey flow?

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As far as I know you canā€™t use Shortcuts in HomeKit automations at all.

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Hi, I just installed the Homekitty app. When Iā€™m on wifi, everything is ok but if I switch to my phoneā€™s network, no device communicates. Do you know what Iā€™m doing wrong in the installation?

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Remote access only works if you have Home Hub devices (like an Apple TV or HomePod), thatā€™s how the HomeKit protocol works. HomeKitty itself doesnā€™t deal with any of that.

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Thanks for the info

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Hi. Can you add the possibility to add robot vacuums to HomeKit? :slight_smile:

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Hello, Iā€™m trying to add a driveway gate to HomeKit, which I control using SwitchBot (it physically presses a button on the remote). I want to create a virtual device in Device Capabilities and then sync it with HomeKit, hoping that it will recognize the gate as a proper gate or garage door and display it on CarPlay. Iā€™m not sure if this will work, but I canā€™t figure out what parameters HomeKitty needs to pass the device as a garage door or gate in HomeKit. Can anyone help me?

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For a garage door it requires a device of class garagedoor that has the capability garagedoor_closed (and optionally the capability alarm_generic to flag an obstruction has been detected).

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Thank you! I tried your configuration, adding garagedoor_closed both as a Yes/No field and as a Button (assuming that HomeKitty ignores unsupported capabilities), but unfortunately, HomeKitty still says itā€™s unsupported.

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Find the device here: Homey Developer Tools

And make a screenshot of the capabilities for it. Perhaps AVD doesnā€™t make the correct ones.