homebridge-udp-temphum

UDP server for receiving JSON messages from remote sensors on your network, plugin for Homebridge

Installation

1.  Install Homebridge using `npm install -g homebridge`
   

2.  Install this plugin `npm install -g homebridge-udp-temphum`
   

3.  Update your configuration file - see below for an example
   

Configuration

• accessory: "UDP-TempHum"
• name: descriptive name
• name_temperature (optional): descriptive name for the temperature sensor
• name_humidity (optional): descriptive name for the humidity sensor
• humidity (optional) ["true"|"false"]: descriptive name for the humidity sensor
• listen_port (8268): UDP port to listen for packets on

This currently plugin creates two services: TemperatureSensor and HumiditySensor, but other sensor types could easily be added in the future.

UDP packets are expected to be sent from a remote sensor in JSON, for example:

{"name":"device", "temperature": 24.35, "humidity": 38.20}

This is a custom structure, but is simple enough to send from cheap Wi-Fi enabled microcontrollers such as the ESP8266.

License

MIT