homebridge-ruuvitag

With this Homebridge plugin you can use RuuviTags with Apple HomeKit.

Updates

• 5.0.0: Added ruuvitag version 5 support
• 2.3.0: Updated ruuvitag support
• 1.8.0: Fixed flooding issue and added frequency (update frequency) parameter
• 1.7.0: Added support for latest Node.js versions!
• 1.5.0: Humidity triggers!
• 1.4.0: Disable temp/humidity
• 1.3.1: Enhanced movement formula
• 1.3.0: Motion triggers!
• 1.2.0: You can now set up heat and cold triggers
• 1.1.0: Show battery level + low battery warning

Installation

First, install Node.js Avahi (Homebridge might need this), Homebridge and this plugin:

# install Avahi if needed
sudo apt-get install libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev

# install Node.js
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash - &&\
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

# install homebridge + homebridge-ruuvitag
sudo npm i -g homebridge
sudo npm i -g homebridge-ruuvitag

Find out Ruuvitag ID's

You can find out Ruuvitag ID's by running ruuvitag-debug:

npx ruuvitag-debug

Config

Create a ~/.homebridge/config.json file (change ID's and add/remove tags as necessary):

{
  "bridge": {
    "name": "Ruuvi",
    "username": "CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30",
    "port": 51826,
    "pin": "031-45-154"
  },

  "description": "RuuviTag bridge",

  "accessories": [
    {
      "accessory": "Ruuvitag",
      "name": "Ruuvi 1",
      "id": "ca67bf52ca12"
    },
    {
      "accessory": "Ruuvitag",
      "name": "Ruuvi 2",
      "id": "fa81b4c6a891"
    },
    {
      "accessory": "Ruuvitag",
      "name": "Ruuvi 3",
      "id": "ac67df12bb34"
    }
  ]
}

Socket option

You can listen to RuuviTag update events emitted from a socket server instead of using Bluetooth. This is signalled by adding a configuration parameter for the accessory.

"socket": "http://raspberrypi.local:8787"

Run

Now you can run Homebridge:

homebridge

Start on startup

Install pm2:

npm -g i pm2

Start with pm2 and save as daemon:

pm2 start homebridge
pm2 save
pm2 startup

Supported features

• temperature
• humidity
• battery level
• battery level alert
• heat alert
• cold alert
• high humidity alert
• low humidity alert
• motion alert