Getting HomeKit paired

womble · January 5, 2017, 12:57pm

I wanted to join the community with some information rather than a question for once.
I was having trouble getting the homekit module to pair with my phone. Here is what i did to get it working. Feel free to comment if any of these steps are redundant / wrong / could be better.

stop openHAB2 & launch karaf console using

sudo systemctl stop openhab2.service
sudo /usr/share/openhab2/start.sh

once in Karaf, view logging status and enable more logging

log:list 
log:set TRACE com.beowulfe.hap

log:set TRACE org.openhab.homekit

watch the logs

tail -f /var/log/openhab2/openhab.log

OpenHAB appear in my iOS Home app as an accessory, but pairing always timed out. Nothing showed up in the logs even. If i accessed the default port (9124) with a browser lots happened in the logs as you can imagine.

The fix.

All the above was really to consolidate when i found from many hours messing around into one place. the fix (i think!) was to change the port from 9124 to 51826. You can do this in the Paper UI via
Configuration> Services> (HomeKit)CONFIGURE. This is the port that the Hombridge project uses, i’ve not tired any other.

my setup for reference.
tvOS 10.1
iOS 10.2
Ubuntu 16.04
openHAB 2.0.0.b5
HomeKit Integration (misc-homekit - 2.0.0.b5)

splatch · January 5, 2017, 2:17pm

Hey @womble,
While it is not said directly in homekit integration nor beowulfe library, there are additional ports involved in communication. Discovery of OpenHab is done via UDP (you can use any bonjour browser to verify that), and then Home application connects over configured port which also needs to be visible from your local network. Timing out of pairing could be related to HTTP connectivity issue.

womble · January 5, 2017, 7:00pm

Thanks for the additional insight @splatch

Given its working i won’t spend too much more time on it. Everything is on the same subnet with any ACLs or FWs, although there are 3 switches involved.

sillyfrog · January 27, 2017, 10:01am

I had the same issue with v2.0.0-1. It would just sit there spinning while “Joining” the device. What worked for me was to change the interface to the actual IPv4 address of the server (it only has one interface, but I’m guessing this stopped using the IPv6 port).

On a previous snapshot I did not have this problem, but working now so I’m happy!

yogson · March 28, 2017, 4:42pm

Nothing works for me

Maxwell · April 14, 2017, 7:05pm

I have the same problem but I can’t solve it.
Changed port but the new connection is terminated immediatelly.

2017-04-14 20:57:42.922 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Resetting connections
2017-04-14 20:57:42.923 [INFO ] [ap.impl.jmdns.JmdnsHomekitAdvertiser] - Registering _hap._tcp.local. on port 51826
2017-04-14 20:57:42.923 [INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot ] - Added accessory null
2017-04-14 20:57:42.927 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Resetting connections
2017-04-14 20:57:42.928 [INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot ] - Added accessory null
2017-04-14 20:57:42.931 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Resetting connections
2017-04-14 20:57:42.932 [INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot ] - Added accessory Wally
2017-04-14 20:57:42.936 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Resetting connections
2017-04-14 20:57:42.937 [INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot ] - Added accessory Kitchen Light
2017-04-14 20:57:42.941 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Resetting connections
2017-04-14 20:59:26.651 [TRACE] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - READ UnpooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 125, cap: 1024) [/192.168.8.2:63467]:
2017-04-14 20:59:26.651 [INFO ] [.hap.impl.http.impl.AccessoryHandler] - New homekit connection from /192.168.8.2:63467
2017-04-14 20:59:26.665 [INFO ] [ulfe.hap.impl.pairing.PairingManager] - Starting pair for openHAB
2017-04-14 20:59:28.953 [INFO ] [ap.impl.http.HomekitClientConnection] - 200 /pair-setup
2017-04-14 20:59:28.957 [TRACE] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - WRITE UnpooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 512, cap: 512) [/192.168.8.2:63467]:
2017-04-14 20:59:29.031 [INFO ] [.hap.impl.http.impl.AccessoryHandler] - Terminated homekit connection from /192.168.8.2:63467
2017-04-14 20:59:51.087 [INFO ] [.hap.impl.http.impl.AccessoryHandler] - New homekit connection from /192.168.8.2:63468
2017-04-14 20:59:51.088 [TRACE] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - READ UnpooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 125, cap: 1024) [/192.168.8.2:63468]:

Maxwell · April 14, 2017, 7:28pm

This Bound homekit listener to /0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:51826 looks strange to me or is it ok?

[INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot        ] - Added accessory openHAB
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.115 [INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot        ] - Added accessory null
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.144 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Bound homekit listener to /0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:51826
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.173 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Resetting connections
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.195 [INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot        ] - Added accessory null
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.201 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Resetting connections
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.202 [INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot        ] - Added accessory null
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.209 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Resetting connections
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.211 [INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot        ] - Added accessory Wally
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.220 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Resetting connections
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.222 [INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot        ] - Added accessory Kitchen Light
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.232 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Resetting connections
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.410 [INFO ] [ap.impl.jmdns.JmdnsHomekitAdvertiser] - Advertising accessory openHAB
    2017-04-14 21:22:21.412 [INFO ] [ap.impl.jmdns.JmdnsHomekitAdvertiser] - Registering _hap._tcp.local. on port 51826

Boby · May 3, 2017, 6:58pm

Don’t know if it helps for this problem, but I was unable to pair homekit because I had some items defined homekit doesn’t like for some reason. Just try to remove the tag for homekit at some/all items and add them piece by piece watching, if homekit stops working.

Cheers,
Boby

timbow · July 6, 2017, 6:48am

Hi,

what do you mean with ip v4 of the device?
BR

TImo

sillyfrog · July 6, 2017, 7:00am

On the configuration screen for HomeKit (Paper UI > Configuration > Services > Homekit) there is a “Network Interface” field, in that I put the actual IP address of my OpenHab server (I think it was blank by default).

timbow · July 6, 2017, 8:14am

Ah Okay thats what i did already I get the follwoing issue

06:15:35.304 [INFO ] [.hap.impl.http.impl.AccessoryHandler] - New homekit connection from /192.168.0.10:58591
06:15:35.318 [TRACE] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - READ UnpooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 125, cap: 1024) [/192.168.0.10:58591]:
00000000 50 4F 53 54 20 2F 70 61 69 72 2D 73 65 74 75 70 POST /pair-setup
00000010 20 48 54 54 50 2F 31 2E 31 0D 0A 48 6F 73 74 3A HTTP/1.1…Host:
00000020 20 6F 70 65 6E 48 41 42 2E 5F 68 61 70 2E 5F 74 openHAB._hap._t
00000030 63 70 2E 6C 6F 63 61 6C 0D 0A 43 6F 6E 74 65 6E cp.local…Conten
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00000050 74 65 6E 74 2D 54 79 70 65 3A 20 61 70 70 6C 69 tent-Type: appli
00000060 63 61 74 69 6F 6E 2F 70 61 69 72 69 6E 67 2B 74 cation/pairing+t
00000070 6C 76 38 0D 0A 0D 0A 00 01 00 06 01 01 lv8…

06:15:35.332 [INFO ] [ulfe.hap.impl.pairing.PairingManager] - Starting pair for openHAB
06:17:02.387 [INFO ] [ap.impl.http.HomekitClientConnection] - 200 /pair-setup
06:17:02.400 [INFO ] [.hap.impl.http.impl.AccessoryHandler] - Terminated homekit connection from /192.168.0.10:58591
06:17:02.434 [TRACE] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - WRITE UnpooledUnsafeDirectByteBuf(ridx: 0, widx: 513, cap: 1024) [/192.168.0.10:58591]:
00000000 48 54 54 50 2F 31 2E 31 20 32 30 30 20 4F 4B 0D HTTP/1.1 200 OK.
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08:18:08.814 [INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot ] - Added accessory openHAB
08:18:08.867 [INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot ] - Added accessory Licht_Schlafzimmer
08:18:08.890 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Resetting connections
08:18:08.900 [INFO ] [com.beowulfe.hap.HomekitRoot ] - Added accessory Licht_Wohnzimmer
08:18:08.922 [INFO ] [pl.http.impl.NettyHomekitHttpService] - Resetting connections

ins IOS app I get could not connect …
Firewall from the Server is switched off

sipvoip · July 6, 2017, 12:57pm

Anyone know how to do this with manual config?

timbow · July 10, 2017, 8:16pm

Is there nobody out there facing the same error?
I havw switched all firewalls …
Tried already also 3 different ios devices?

anxman · August 27, 2017, 4:48am

I got homekit and openhab pairing working again by switching to ethernet from wifi.

It appears that Bonjour doesn’t rely on TCP/IP for certain packets and many wifi routers filter out these non-standard messages by default. I was unable to figure out the correct wifi settings to get it to work on my Asus-Merlin router but this current solution is working great.

Hope you will all try this if you’re stuck and report back if it worked.

Also, the port I used is 51826