HomeKit Metadata Setup

Apps & Services 3rd Party
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Hi all,

before I start: HomeKit is working fine!

But I want to know how to setup the details settings within MetaData, especially the Room/Name Handling.

Here is a simple setup of a Temperature Sensor:
I use the UI to set it up with OH 3.1:

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The minValue data is working because it updates the value in HomeKit when no TempValue is available. So general Setup is working, but I want the device to appear in the correct room/name.

What am I doing wrong here?

The link to the channel is as follows:

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Same goes for the Battery Status. How do I manage this for HomeKit? It is an Homematic Thing…

Best regards
Stefan

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Hi Stefan,

it is not possible to set room name from openHAB. this is not limitation of openHAB but of Apple HomeKit standard. room assignment can be only done manually.

one tip: put room name as first in the item name. once the room is assigned in home app, it will remove it from item name.
e.g.
item name in openHAB: “kitchen light”.
once you assign it to the room “kitchen” it will appear in the home app as “light”.

regarding battery:

  • create an item for battery, e.g. switch that indicates low battery
  • add item to the group with device it belongs to, e.g. “Temperature Diele”.
  • add battery metadata to battery item