Hi, I am using homekit-bridged and this works fine when I'm on the WiFi network. Now I have a apple tv, and I should be able to just acces all my homekit devices from distance (cellular network) because the apple tv is the 'hub' who is doing this and he is configured for this. But it does not wor…

Before I dive into formulating an answer I’ve to ask you the following. Are you sure about this? Opening a door lock on your phone when you’re on-premise is one thing, but being able to open a side door to a place, whether that is a garage or garden shed, or something as big as your house or office …

Hi Afelix, that's no problem here, it does not really go to an outdoor lock. But I do want to simulate a lockmechanism with node-red that I want to conenct from a cellular network. We can make the example with a lightbulb if you want :slight_smile: I just want to be able to control the simulated n…

Back to basics for a second, ignore the TV for a bit. You've set up a bridge, looking at the flow. You added a node connecting to the bridge. Have you connected to that bridge from HomeKit on your phone and is that working? Is the pin for the bridge correct? I remember having read, I believe for hom…

You don't need the mDNS config. The key is that your Apple TV actually acts as the hub. Did you add a "home" in homekit ? This "home" should show up on your ATV. After that, try adding a homekit "device" via the node. Homekit in combination with the homekit-bridged nodes is not without its issues. …

Thanks all for the feedback. So it seemed indeed that the Apple TV is doing the work, I started a whole new home. Linked the atv first, it automatically found my node red bridge with accessories and it worked.... exactly the same as I had in the begin, but then I did it not in this order. I’ll gi…

One thing to add, you’re unable to block devices from being controlled remotely if that turns out to be an issue. There’s an open issue for that on the hap-node.js, if you search in the issues for “remote” you’ll find it.

So, yesterday I tested a whole day the lock maganism, it worked every time, so I was verry happy. In the evening I added some devices on the same bridge and that was no succes, in the end they where available in my app, but nothing worked anymore. Now I'm back in the old situation that it only work…

Go back to the flow that worked and add the new stuff in small steps till you find what is causing the problem.

So, 2 weeks further: actually, it works pretty good. Only downside is when you change only a small thing in your flow, you really need to create a new bridge and add the bridge again on the home app. But once it runs, it runs.... 1 question: When is it recommneded to use more then 1 bridge in your…

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Or try something else instead. I have mentioned homebridge-mqtt here before, works flawlessly.

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