An Air Quality Egg platform plugin for Homebridge.
Run these commands:
% sudo npm install -g homebridge
% sudo npm install -g homebridge-platform-aqe
On Linux, you might see this output for the second command:
npm ERR! [email protected] install: node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
If so, please try
% apt-get install libpcap-dev
and try
% sudo npm install -g homebridge-platform-aqe
again!
NB: If you install homebridge like this:
sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge
Then all subsequent installations must be like this:
sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge-platform-aqe
This is a "dynamic" platform plugin,
so if you're already running homebridge on your system,
then you already have a ~/.homebridge/config.json file and no configuration is needed!
If this is your first time with homebridge,
this will suffice:
{ "bridge":
{ "name": "Homebridge"
, "username": "CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30"
, "port": 51826
, "pin": "031-45-154"
}
, "description": ""
, "accessories":
[
]
, "platforms":
[
[
{ "platform" : "homebridge-platform-aqe"
, "name" : "AQE"
}
]
}
Connect your Egg's USB cable to your computer,
and launch Serial Monitor program.
Make sure that EOL is set to Carriage Return1, and that the Baud Rateis set to115200`.
Type aqe when the Egg starts and,
after initialization,
you'll be in configuration mode.
Type these three commands:
mqttsrv mqtt.example.com
mqttauth disable
exit
where mqtt.example.com is the domain-name of the machine that is running Homebridge.
(It would be better if the Egg would allow an IP address for the MQTT server,
but it requires a domain-name.)
Personally,
I also like to set these as well prior to the exit command:
backlight alwayson
use ntp
ntpsrv pool.ntp.org