Homekit Binding device types

[crxporter (Garrett Porter)]

The HomeKit binding in OH is an out of date weak point of the system. I’m sure one day it will be updated!

In the meantime, many of us have found a fix that works quite well. It’s a combo between openhab and node red. See my tutorial here:

My node-red + HomeKit + OpenHAB setup

I know others have connected their devices and everyone has their own twist on how to do this. My preferred method is to use function nodes wherever possible. This keeps things from getting too messy with all of the switch and change nodes that come up in similar setups. It came up today when I started showing @rkrisi how to use MQTT+Node-Red to send command line codes to other computers. So here goes. A couple of prerequisites: -Install node-red (obviously) -Add the flow “node-red-contrib-h…

PS- welcome to openhab! I made the switch from home assistant earlier this year