Homekit: No reaction of devices (have to restart OH)

[christophp (Christoph)]

I did now implement the solution as suggested here:

Homekit requires manual restart in Karaf to restore communication to iOSapp

I’m Openhabian 2.5.7 build 175 on an RPi4 and have found an issue where when using the iOS Home app, devices will periodically display a “No response” message. This happens a few times a day. I have a script running as an hourly OH cron task with this content: #!/bin/bash echo "Restarting Homekit Bundle" openhab-cli console -p habopen bundle:restart org.openhab.io.homekit if the cron task is run when the devices are in the “No Response” state, communication is not restored. But, if I run the…

I tested the workaround manually and it is working. This will do until the Homekit bundle is really working reliable.

Thx!
Christoph