Removing accessory with unique ID

[Nastras]

Hello Lukas,

I have now repeatedly observed the following problem.

If the plugin is restarted and the integrated Apple TV is not available in the network at that moment, it will be deleted by the plugin.

This causes the Apple TV to disappear from Homekit for a short time and then be added again. All automations where it has been mounted are destroyed.

In addition, the device must be renamed in Homekit.

Do you have a way to prevent this? Thank you!

Feb 7 02:26:46 SHS homebridge[618]: #033[36m[AppleTvPlatform]#033[39m Scanning for AppleTVs completed. 0 device(s) found. Feb 7 02:26:46 SHS homebridge[618]: #033[36m[AppleTvPlatform]#033[39m AppleTV with unique ID B3EDE0F6-CEAF-4E1B-B4AD-2803D9FFD3A7 (Spiegel Flur) not found. Feb 7 02:26:46 SHS homebridge[618]: #033[36m[AppleTvPlatform]#033[39m Removing accessory with unique ID B3EDE0F6-CEAF-4E1B-B4AD-2803D9FFD3A7 and kind SwitchAccessory. Feb 7 02:26:46 SHS homebridge[618]: #033[36m[AppleTvPlatform]#033[39m API started.

[lukasroegner]

Hi @Nastras,

I also have some issues with Apple TVs that don't show up when searching for them. I have to further investigate why sometimes Apple TVs are not found during the discovery process. Maybe, just increasing the timeout solves the issue.

[Nastras]

Ok, good thing you noticed the behavior.

If you have something to test, let me know 😉

[CooperCGN]

Good to know I am not alone. I have one more problem, after a few days my Apple TV stops responding when I send a URL to the API. I need to restart homebridge to make it work again.

[gtg465x]

Good to know I am not alone. I have one more problem, after a few days my Apple TV stops responding when I send a URL to the API. I need to restart homebridge to make it work again.

This seems to be happening to me now as well. Worked perfect a million times in the first few days, but suddenly the commands stopped working when I hit the API and a reboot of home bridge seems to fix it temporarily. The API still returns 200 as if the command worked though, even though it didn't.

[CooperCGN]

I moved the plugin to a separate homebridge instance for now which I restart during my good night automation shortcut using the ssh command.

[lukasroegner]

New version on the development branch, feel free to give it a try. I restructured the code, automatic reconnections are now implemented. I'll try this new version for a few days, it should solve the following issues:

• AppleTV switches are not removed from HomeKit if Apple TV is not reachable when restarting homebridge
• The plugin should reconnect if connection is lost
• The plugin explicitly calls closeConnection when homebridge is shutting down, which should prevent issues with connections "already in use"

[Nastras]

@lukasroegner Cool stuff, I'd like to try it. What is the command to install the beta?

[lukasroegner]

npm install -g https://github.com/lukasroegner/homebridge-apple-tv-remote.git#development

[Nastras]

Test has started .-) I will give you feedback within the next few days. Thank you!!!

[Nastras]

Hello Lukas, here a short feedback after 24 hours.

The plugin is running great now, I think you can publish it 👍👌👌

[lukasroegner]

@Nastras I had issues this morning and thus added some more fixes. I'll try them the next few days.

[Nastras]

Really 🤔?

I'm good so far, let me know if I can help you test it.

[Nastras]

I wanted to ask how the plugin is currently working for you?

[lukasroegner]

It seems that my issue is a particular one. I updated the master branch with the version @Nastras tested. New version is also on NPM.