BAChome

This is a project for my diploma. It converts BACnet objects into HomeKit accessories. To create the HomeKit accessories this project works as a Homebridge plugin.

Contributions are welcome after the 30th of August 2020 are welcome. Until then pull requests won't be processed until then.

Configuring the plugin

This plugin supports visual configuration using the Homebridge Config UI X web interface.

If you want to create the configuration manually, you have to register the platform and accessories in your config.json file. An example may look like this:

{
    "platforms": [
        {
            "name": "BAChome Dynamic Platform",
            "switch": [
                {
                    "name": "Bedroom",
                    "manufacturer": "Caserage",
                    "model": "Caserage's switch",
                    "serial": "ABC"
                }
            ],
            "thermostat": [
                {
                    "name": "Kitchen",
                    "manufacturer": "Caserage",
                    "model": "Caserage's thermostat",
                    "serial": "DEF"
                }
            ],
            "cooler": [
                {
                    "name": "Living room",
                    "manufacturer": "Caserage",
                    "model": "Caserage's cooler",
                    "serial": "GHI"
                }
            ],
            "platform": "bachome"
        }
    ]
}

Install Development Dependencies

Using a terminal, navigate to the project folder and run this command to install the development dependencies:

npm install

Build Plugin

TypeScript needs to be compiled into JavaScript before it can run. The following command will compile the contents of your src directory and put the resulting code into the dist folder.

npm run build

Link To Homebridge

Run this command so your global install of Homebridge can discover the plugin in your development environment:

npm link

You can now start Homebridge, use the -D flag so you can see debug log messages in your plugin:

homebridge -D

Watch For Changes and Build Automatically

If you want to have your code compile automatically as you make changes, and restart Homebridge automatically between changes you can run:

npm run watch

This will launch an instance of Homebridge in debug mode which will restart every time you make a change to the source code. It will the config stored in the default location under ~/.homebridge. You may need to stop other running instances of Homebridge while using this command to prevent conflicts. You can adjust the Homebridge startup command in the nodemon.json file.