Hi Everybody, I have a problem with homekit module - accessories are "not responding" after a random time. The same happens after each restart of node-red. The reason I am writing this here is that my problems started after updating everything: node.js, node-red and the appropriate homekit module.…

If you have the same issue with several nodes the chances are there's an issue with the underlying library. But one thing to check... Have you re-installed the library following the instructions node-red-contrib-homekit-bridged? Have you rebooted your device? There was an issue with the avahi mo…

This issue occurred so often in my setup that I got rid of homekit in node-red and moved over to homebridge-mqtt and never looked back (it requires homebridge and a different mindset), extremely fast to add/remove/update devices with custom "services" and all done using MQTT and the "not responding"…

Hi ukmoose I did re-install from within palette-manager, manually from the command line and even did erase what was left behind in .node-red folder etc. As far as I understand, under windows bonjour does what avahi under linux. That was my first suspect therefore I rebooted the machine but also re…

Hi bakman2 I was using homebridge prior to switching to node-red. I wanted some more control over the behavior of my devices and hard code some automations. Since then I became a fanboy :slight_smile: I will look into packages roaming on my network perhaps there are some issues similar to what I f…

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bakman2 29 June 2019 20:50 6

I know, I am the same way, I only use homebridge for homebridge-mqtt, which is fully controlled via node-red. tbh I cannot recommend this enough for homekit as the homekit nodes simply don't work as smooth and stable as this.

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