How does one add HomeKit appliances to Xtension?

[Thomas Arman]

Hi Brian,

There may be a better way and James can fill us in if so, but I have found that one way to do it is to add a device (pseudo device) in XTension and share it as a switch with HomeKit.
Now when XTension  turns the device on and off, you can have HomeKit run automations of your blinds based on that device changing state.

Works for me, Tom

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> On Jun 23, 2021, at 2:17 PM, Brian Williams <brwill at me.com> wrote:
> 
> Good afternoon,
> 
> Today 4 Hunter Douglas windows shades were installed. We opted for the PowerView option, which provides remote control of the shade. In addition to the included remote, the HD PowerView app (iPad/iPhone) has full control of the blinds. And to go further, these blinds are now added to my Home (i.e. HomeKit) along with all the other devices from XTension, and are controllable with the Home app (Mac/iPad/iPhone). 
> 
> How do I add these blinds to XT so that I can integrate them with everything else (i.e. XT control of these blinds)? I created a pseudo, with the Home name of one shade (Shade 1), made it variable, and added the unit to my HomeKit list, then configuring it as a switch, then updated the config.
> 
> 2021-06-23 13:17:31.9961 Home Kit: publishing configuration change (Home Kit)
> 2021-06-23 13:34:13.4155 Shade 1: is now being shared as hap.switch (Home Kit)
> 
> But that did provide XT control of the blind.
> 
> How does one add HomeKit appliances to Xtension?
> 
> Regards, Brian
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