Login on Hoobs

[whonilay]

I am trying to log in to my logitech account after install in Hoobs with "$ homebridge-logi-circle-controls login" but it does not recognize the command and keep getting command not found error. Tried leaving the $ but still same error.

[klanchman]

This is a duplicate of #37, but let's get some more info before I merge the two issues.

Full disclosure, I have never used HOOBS and I don't know how it works. I finally set up a manual install tonight. We're going to have to go back and forth a bit so I can figure out how you can set up this plugin. Please bear with me 😄

• Which kind of HOOBS setup are you using—the Box, SD card / image, or manual?
• Can you SSH into it and run the following: ls -l /var/lib/hoobs/logicirclecontrolsbridge. Then paste the output here?

[whonilay]

I am using a box where most of the plug ins have easier login option but first time trying the script. So not sure doing right but after pasting the command line on terminal I get below, ls: /var/lib/hoobs/logicirclecontrolsbridge: No such file or directory

[klanchman]

Ah, the Box is probably different. Can you try ls -l ~/.hoobs/etc instead?

[whonilay]

Same error "No such file or directory"

[klanchman]

Alrighty, I have no idea where the Box keeps its config files then 🙃 Try this:

find / -name 'homebridge-logi-circle-controls' 2> /dev/null

Here's what the output of that looks like on my HOOBS test environment, yours will be different:

/usr/local/share/.cache/yarn/v6/npm-homebridge-logi-circle-controls-3.0.1-520a1b8a6d96a38bee889fdcffdf5c5fef48f09e-integrity/node_modules/homebridge-logi-circle-controls
/usr/local/share/.cache/yarn/v6/npm-homebridge-logi-circle-controls-3.0.1-520a1b8a6d96a38bee889fdcffdf5c5fef48f09e-integrity/node_modules/homebridge-logi-circle-controls/.bin/homebridge-logi-circle-controls
/var/lib/hoobs/logicirclecontrolsbridge/node_modules/.bin/homebridge-logi-circle-controls
/var/lib/hoobs/logicirclecontrolsbridge/node_modules/homebridge-logi-circle-controls

The ones we're interested in are the ones are the ones not related to yarn, .cache, or other stuff like that. You'll want to cd into the directory that contains node_modules, so following my output above that's

cd /var/lib/hoobs/logicirclecontrolsbridge

Again, yours will be different, but you get the idea.

Once you've done that, run:

touch permissionTest

You'll either get a failure like "Permission denied", or no output.

If you get no output, run:

npx homebridge-logi-circle-controls login -d .

Otherwise if touch failed, run:

sudo npx homebridge-logi-circle-controls login -d .

At that point, follow the instructions like usual[^1] and it should hopefully work.

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Side note: the other night when I was testing out HOOBS, my Logi Circle suddenly stopped working. It's stuck in a reboot loop and I can't get it to connect to the Logitech app anymore, even after factory resetting it.

Therefore, my ability to help at this point is severely limited, and it's quite possible that I will no longer be able to work on this plugin since I have no cameras to test with 😞

[^1]: I found the other night that newer versions of Safari don't work for the login process anymore. Use Firefox or a Chromium-based browser instead. Refer to the wiki page for help getting through the login process.