Cannot find HomeKit addon in Things Gateway

WebThings
#1

Hi~

I have just setup a Things Gateway on my raspberry pi, and I am currently trying to connect it with Thingy52 and Ti’s SensorTag through BLE. I think the homekit add-on may allow me to do that. But I couldn’t find it in the add-on discover page. In fact, I have compared the list shown on my browser with the one on the github, and mine seems out-dated. I would like to ask how can I find a way to update the available add-on list, or should I manually install the add-on?

Thanks a lot!

#2

The HomeKit adapter will not allow you to add the thingy:52 or the SensorTag. Those are BLE devices, but not HomeKit devices.

However, if you still want to add the HomeKit add-on, browse to Settings -> Add-ons, then click the + icon at the bottom right. If it’s still not there, try refreshing that page.

#3

Thanks for your reply. I have tried refreshed that page for a day yet the homekit still doesn’t show up. So is the list stored locally?

And I see Thingy 52 is in our supported hardware list. Could you please tell me which plug-in I should use to connect to that?

Thanks~

#4

No, the list is pulled from a server. What version of the gateway are you using?

To use the thingy:52, you can run the following to turn it into a web thing: https://github.com/hobinjk/webthing-thingy52

Make sure you have thing-url-adapter (Web Thing add-on) installed, then you should be able to add your thingy:52 to the gateway.

#5

I am using the current 0.7.0 and I also couldn’t find web thing in the add-on list.

#6

Update: I just tried the provided 0.6.1 image. It does have the webthing add-on pre-installed. Yet, I still couldn’t add the Thingy52, and there is nothing shows up in the add-on discover page.

#7

Did you run the webthing-thingy52 script I linked to above? You’ll need to have that running in parallel with the gateway before you can add it.

#8

I also would like to know how to get access to HomeKit as I do not see it available at all either

p.s. I’m up to date with IoT v0.7.0

#9

@netweb What platform are you running the gateway on, i.e. what OS, what Node version?

#10

Hello!
I installed the image on my raspberry pi 3b+. Added “WebThing add-on” but can’t find my device “thingy:52” https://www.nordicsemi.com/?sc_itemid={3C201A33-5CA5-457B-87E4-A7B04C19EE71} . Please Advise how and what else to configure

#11

@yury_other This has nothing to do with HomeKit. Are you using webthing-thingy52 or something else?

#12

Only “WebThing add-on”, a can’t find “WebThing-thingy52 add-on”

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#13

@yury_other You’ll need to download and run webthing-thingy52 separately. It’s an application, not an add-on. With that running, you should be able to add your Thingy:52 in the gateway’s UI by clicking the + button at the bottom right of the Things screen. If it doesn’t appear, you can click the “Add by URL” link and type in “http://<ip-address>:8888”, where “<ip-address>” is replaced by the IP address of the host you’re running the webthing-thingy52 application on.