Lost homekit assignment after modifications

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Hi,
room assignments are lost and i have to assign every item to my rooms again in homekit.
Sometimes, when i update my items via file edit, all my items are assigned to a default room again.

Any ideas how to solve this behaviour?

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Hi Klaus,

usually home app reset all assignment if it gets an empty list of accessories or the accessories got different names. lets have a look on both root causes

  1. home app get an empty list of accessories if openHAB cannot parse the item file, e.g. if you make a typo or mistake in configuration and save it, then openHAB will fail to parse the items file and home app will get an empty list of accessories.
    solutions:
  • to reduce a risk / impact try to use several items files. if one get broken then you will only lose part of the assignments
  • use of homekit backup apps, e.g. Controller für HomeKit. you can save and then restore room assignments
  1. accessories were renamed. the name of a homekit accessory is the item name, if you change the name of item, it will get assigned to the default room
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