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zewelor / bt-mqtt-gateway

A simple Python script which provides a Bluetooth to MQTT gateway, easily extensible via custom workers. See https://github.com/zewelor/bt-mqtt-gateway/wiki for more information.
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Homekit support? #181

Open matej86 opened 4 years ago

matej86 commented 4 years ago

Is it possible to use the bt-mqtt-gateway on Raspberry Pi to act as a homekit ble range extender for every homekit enabled device (manufacturer independent)?

Thank you

lwestenberg commented 3 years ago

bt-mqtt-gateway outputs the data on MQTT as the name suggests, not on Homekit. What you can do is install Homebridge or Home Assistant with the Homekit add-on and receive the MQTT data there and it will create Homekit devices from the data. Homebridge or Home Assistant will run as Homekit controller.

I'm currently also using it that way. I have BLE temperature sensors which are read by bt-mqtt-gateway, the data is sent via MQTT to Home Assistant which also creates Homekit temperature/humidity sensors from the data.