Delay Homebridge start

[Bladestar2105]

Hello,

is it possible to delay the homebridge start? The problem is, that my Zigbee Conbee2-USB-Stick is to slow when initializing after reboot so that not all accessories are loaded.

[mkellsy]

Currently there is no delayed start but there is a couple of workarounds.

1. If you edit the ~/.hoobs/etc/config.json file manually using nano. There is an autostart option in the server section. Set this to false. You will have to login to the UI and click Start Service from the menu on the top right.

2. If your USB stick uses a service, you can add it to the wait list in the /etc/systemd/system/hoobs.service or Homebridge.service.

[Bladestar2105]

Thank you the first solution works fine. Can you please implement the delay function? My stick has a service and it starts fast but the Initializing after service start is about 10 seconds before the lights are loaded.

[askovi]

@mkellsy this delay seems to also be needed for the Ikea Trafri. See trello plugin test results

[mkellsy]

I could expose some of the server section settings in the config screen.

Then I can change the autostart setting to an integer value in seconds.

Then change the code to use a setTimeout

[Bladestar2105]

This would be great :-)

[mkellsy]

Done in Beta 69

[Bladestar2105]

Is it public? It doesnt show.

[mkellsy]

Not released yet. Many changes go into a release. If we released after every change, the version would be something like Beta 2,345,321. :)

[Bladestar2105]

When will the new beta be released? Cant wait for the delay feature 😊

[mkellsy]

It is released now.

[Bladestar2105]

Thank you it works :-)

[PoppyS33d]

Would someone mind explaining how you set the delay for Homebridge? I just got a new Mac mini M2 Pro, and it loads Homebridge on startup too quickly, so quick in fact that I'm not even fully online, so it pretty much all fails. I have to restart Homebridge after boot, and then all is well. How do you set the delay? I'm using the GUI...

Thank you!