@beowulfe, @maihacke
Hi, did you plan to compile a jar homekit addon with the latest improvement included in 2.3 release? Especially the ability of make the bridge name configurable?
I’m using your binding for few month without any problem!!
Regards.
I notice that I’ve installed 2.3 OH release and the lastest mailhacke still working perfectly.
Hi all.
Anybody is working well since the 2.3 update?
I seem to have some issues. HomeKit can’t connect with the openHAB
For me it’s working.
I upgraded to 2.3
uninstalled “homekit intergration 2.3.0” with paperUI
Installed latest version of homekit int this thread thru console.
Regards
everything fine here as well
I have not upgraded to the version that supports the blinds as last time i had problems repairing and it took me days to revert.
I am now on 2.3 with the default homekit version and i implemented my blinds as a dimmer. It allows me to ask Siri to open the blinds 0%, X% or 100% which works fine as a workaround. The only issue is that turning of all lights also impacts the blinds.
My question to people that have blinds working, can you ask Siri not only to open and close but also open them x%.?
Yes, you can
Applied the custom maihacke version to a 2.3 Stable version and all is working fine
Process
Two points that are key for succesfuly deploy this binding for me
Install HomeKit via UI (to install dependencies)
Stop HomeKit via Karaf
Copy the new binding in addons folder
Wait a minute to be installed
Start the new binding
Clear Painrings
Add new device on apple device
Using the “standard” homekit Binding (2.3 without blinds, with OH 2.3), i switched to the version of https://community.openhab.org/u/maihacke above.
Cleared the pairing as described above, setting and coupling the new binding - it worked … including the blinds. I was happy - for an half hour. Then homekit lost the connection (red tag “no response” “Keine Antwort”). I was not able to bring it back to work. So - no homekit anymore. This binding is unstable and users waste to much time with it.
I can’t figure out the cause of the problem:
A reliable working homekit Binding would be phantastic! 
Try restarting openHAB. I had a similar experience after I connected it first to HomeKit. Now it is running stable for days and connects fine even if I am away from home.
Of course i did this. Thank you!
Kind of a workaround:
cleared pairing in OH and in the HomeKit App on the iOS device. Restarted OH.
The i used another device (not the same then before!), here my iPad. The it worked.
Also, it seemed to help: saving the .item file again. This seemed to refresh the HomeKit items and to trigger the HomeKit Binding for a new “scan” and “publish” of the items to the app. But i’m not sure.
Hello all,
perhaps you can try this - I got my rollershutters open - I build a varsion based on beowulfe and maihacke commits against 2.3.0 tag.
https://github.com/epike/openhab2-addons/releases/download/2.3.0/org.openhab.io.homekit-2.3.0.jar
I updated to openhab 2.3.0 several weeks ago. My original 2.2.0 binding-version is still working with openhab 2.3.0 here.
Hi,
Im quite new here. Can anyone please explain me how to install the custom version for rollershutter and homekit support. Im wuite a noob 
That would be really nice. Thank you very much!
Nip
I would also be interested in a little warm-up, how this works. Should I delete the built-in HomeKit support? What does these forks has besides beowulfe’s version? Rollershutter, different lamps, what??
Thanks!
Continuing the discussion from HomeKit: support for additional accessory types:
HI
I can see the blinds icon in “Home” on my phone , switch & dimmer & temp. work well but Only “Blind” no work … ( Can see the Blinds Reading same as paperUI ) I’m using the the KNXshutter & work well in basicUI & paperUI …
Rollershutter Shutter_GF_Kitchen “Kitchen” (GF_Kitchen, Shutters)[ “Blinds” ] { channel=“knx:device:bridge:Siemems_RollerShutter:demoRollershutter2” }
I check the log show as below when I control it on the phone :
2018-08-04 18:28:44.948 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item ‘Shutter_GF_Living’ received command 61
2018-08-04 18:28:45.108 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Shutter_GF_Living changed from 54 to 61
2018-08-04 18:28:45.293 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Shutter_GF_Living changed from 61 to 14
& Here is the the log which I control in paper UI
2018-08-04 18:29:09.258 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item ‘Shutter_GF_Living’ received command DOWN
2018-08-04 18:29:10.680 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item ‘Shutter_GF_Living’ received command STOP
2018-08-04 18:29:11.226 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Shutter_GF_Living changed from 14 to 17
am I did something wrong??
Thanks
Leo
Hey @beowulfe - Thanks for all your hard work!
Was just glancing through changes of 2.4 Milestone 5 build and it looks like OH is getting some of the ESH ontology / semantics that I believe have been causing some issues for HomeKit in OH2.
Does this mean that it will be easier for new item types on HomeKit add-on?
Thanks,
JMac
Hello,
do shutters work with the Homekit version 2.4.0.M5?
Hi,
Update:
In the official version of HomeKit it is not managed
It works in the modified version 2.3.0, it is managed as “Blinds” tags
https://community.openhab.org/t/homekit-support-for-additional-accessory-types/19344/71
https://github.com/epike/openhab2-addons/releases
Truly a pity that it is not managed, I wonder why
Hi!
i´m working with your version postet above. i´ve tried several things to get my rollershutters to work. my items-file contains 72 items. serverals lights, switches and rollershutters. the most is knx.
When i try to get homekit to work with all items, i will get a “no response” notification on every item and no item will work.
but when i delete the blinds from the items-file, the homekit-app shows every item left in the file without any issues. Everthings works fine.
I think the main problem of this is the use of the [“Blinds”] - Tags.
Is there anything what i missed in my setup?
My openhab version is 2.3.0 - homekit with iOS12.1.1
Many Thanks