Using HomeBridge on a Raspberry Pi to control devices from HomeKit
If you’ve got a selection of devices that you’d like to control using iOS HomeKit, setting up homebridge might be a good solution. In short, it’s a platform which acts as a “bridge” between your devices and “HomeKit”. There are MANY plugins available for it: https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=homebridge. Here’s how I use it: I have a Broadlink RM Mini that controls my AC, TV, Radio and a digital photo frame using homebridge-broadlink-rm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-broadlink-rm I have it enable/disable an indoor camera using MotionEye using homebridge-script2: https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-script2 With all those plugins, the options are almost endless if the device is connected to the network. To do this I use a Raspberry Pi 2. To get started, you’ll need to have raspbian installed and running. To do this, there are various guides available, including this official one: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/raspberry-pi-getting-started. Now we c