Hi Guys. I have an openhab2 setup on a raspberry pi and it works great, apart from the fact I cannot connect remotely using the Home app (which is what I was told to install in order to get some ‘bridge’ working with siri and alexa).
I can connect fine over a wifi connection, but not when using mobile data.
It’s worth mentioning that the official OpenHab app connects correctly, but (no offense) I like the Home GUI better and it provides siri integration.
Do I have to do something special to get the home app working from a remote location?
On a separate note, does the openhab app fallback to the remote address when the local address fails? I mean, lets assume I am on my works or my friends wifi, would I still be able to control my devices remotely?
You have to enter the url for myopenhab.org, copy and paste it. Enter your myopenhab email address, and password. First have to install the cloud connector and select the items u want to use.
Must be on local (with the oh server) network, anywhere else is remote, even on
wifi. Also, i had to restart my server to get it to connect the first time.
Just an update, in case this gets landed on in a search.
It would appear that the Homekit addon only works with local connections.
I assumed the bridge would bind with the cloud and allow remote connections, according to various apple posts, you need an apple tv or an idevice running ios10 to act as a hub in order to have remote access to the bridge (the device would actually be the local bridge).
Maybe something will change in the near future, I was quite looking forward to telling siri to ‘turn on my lights’ or ‘turn the heating on’ during the drive home.
It makes sense actually, since the homekit binding settings had no cloud credentials and no remote URL.
