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forty2 / hap-client-tool

CLI tool for controlling HomeKit devices
MIT License
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BLE devices? #3

Open simont77 opened 7 years ago

simont77 commented 7 years ago

Hi, is it possible to connect also to BLE devices? Thanks

forty2 commented 7 years ago

Hi @simont77 ,

Sorry it took me so long to answer; somehow my Github notifications got turned off and I had no idea there were issues pending. I've got that sorted out now so it shouldn't take so long in the future.

As of right now, hap-client (and therefore hap-client-tool) doesn't support BLE. I believe the protocol is similar, and I would be totally open to adding BLE support, but I don't currently own any HomeKit devices that support BLE, so I have nothing to test against.

If you don't mind my asking, which device were you hoping to use?

simont77 commented 7 years ago

Hi, the idea was to connect to Elgato devices, in order to try to decode their protocol for historical data and then use it in homebridge plugins, so that they are recognized by Eve.app

forty2 commented 7 years ago

Got it, thanks. I think it's an important piece of missing functionality, so I've filed a bug in hap-client to add BLE support (https://github.com/forty2/hap-client/issues/1). I will try to get my hands on a BLE device and see if I can make it work.