supported_hardware:homekit
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supported_hardware:homekit [2019/02/21 16:35] – [Setup:] James Sentman | supported_hardware:homekit [2021/05/20 18:49] – added fix information for not needing a separate python install James Sentman | ||
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====Requirements: | ====Requirements: | ||
- | The Home Kit plugin absolutely requires Python 3.7 or newer. As of MacOS 10.14 this is not included in the standard software like Python 2.7 is. You must install it separately. The easiest way to do this is via one of the binary installers available from [[https:// | ||
- | If you use the above installer then the binary positions will be correct and you can ignore this paragraph. If you already have Python3 installed or decide to instead build from source please make sure that the python3 binary file, or a symbolic link to it, is available at / | + | As of version 9.4.40 a separate python install is no longer required. No other work is needed to run the homekit plugin. If you are working with a version prior to 9.4.40 |
- | The plugin | + | The Home Kit plugin |
+ | Xtension versions prior to 9.4.35 required python 3.7 be the “active” version of python meaning that typing “python3” from the command line would bring up the python 3.7 version even if others were installed. Versions 9.4.35 and later only require that the install be present in the default location but do not need it to be the default version on the system anymore. | ||
====Setup: | ====Setup: | ||
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As of this moment Home Kit doesn’t seem to support running more than one bridge plugin instance on the same machine. Additional instances fail to pair properly. | As of this moment Home Kit doesn’t seem to support running more than one bridge plugin instance on the same machine. Additional instances fail to pair properly. | ||
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+ | Any battery operated device currently reports a low battery status all the time to Home Kit and not just when the battery is low. This will be sorted out in the next release for now ignore the low battery flags. | ||
====History==== | ====History==== | ||
* The first beta of the Home Kit plugin was included in XTension version 9.4.16 in Feb of 2019 | * The first beta of the Home Kit plugin was included in XTension version 9.4.16 in Feb of 2019 | ||
+ | * As of XTension 9.4.35 it was no longer necessary that Python 3.7 was the “active” version on the system but it still requires that 3.7 be installed in the default / | ||
+ | * As of XTension 9.4.40 a separate python version install is no longer required. |
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