I just got some cheap Sonoff smart switches for the existing ceiling led lights (which can't fit hue bulbs). Sonoff uses eWelink and I needed to link this to Alexa, Siri(homekit) and Fibaro.
Alexa
Alexa was fine with the skill already available. Just need to add the skill.
HomeKit
The next challenge was homekit/homebridge. I started trying to find an API and it's actually more complicated than I imagined. I looked out for more commercial integrations to eWelink and found the IFTTT one. That makes it "easier" with the IFTTT applet with a webhooks.
1. Create an IFTTT applet: IF webhook event name "ewe_light_on" THEN turn on the light
2. Create an IFTTT applet: IF webhook event name "ewe_light_off" THEN turn off the light
3. Create a bash shell script to call the IFTTT webhook with the webhook address.
Example ewe_light.sh:
curl -X POST https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/ewe_light_$1/with/key/
-- The $1 variable allows input for the on/off variable.
4. C…
Alexa
Alexa was fine with the skill already available. Just need to add the skill.
HomeKit
The next challenge was homekit/homebridge. I started trying to find an API and it's actually more complicated than I imagined. I looked out for more commercial integrations to eWelink and found the IFTTT one. That makes it "easier" with the IFTTT applet with a webhooks.
1. Create an IFTTT applet: IF webhook event name "ewe_light_on" THEN turn on the light
2. Create an IFTTT applet: IF webhook event name "ewe_light_off" THEN turn off the light
3. Create a bash shell script to call the IFTTT webhook with the webhook address.
Example ewe_light.sh:
curl -X POST https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/ewe_light_$1/with/key/
-- The $1 variable allows input for the on/off variable.
4. C…