[pimatic-hap] Support for pimatic homekit bridge

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HAP was running fine for quite some time but now all devices are “unreachable”. I had this before and solved it by doing a fresh setup but this is not the way to go… there seems to be some problem/bug…

Log when apple TV connects after a reboot:
https://gist.github.com/thexperiments/6ad0b07cebed7d873363cab746475dc1

Looks fine to me…
Any Ideas?

@thex looks fine, yes. No idea. Sometimes HomeKit has some hickups. Maybe rebooting of your idevice helps.

Already did all this. Also disabling and reenabling iCloud for homekit and rebooting multiple times both iPhone and apple TV.

More ideas?

i want to come back to the point of using Variables Devices as HomeKit accessory.

I have several esp around my home wich are sending temperature and humidity values via REST Api to my HomeKit.

i understand why it ist complicated to set variables Devices free into HomeKit, but wold i be possible to set a

 "hap" : {
"service": "Temperature"
}

and the sending out the data into HomeKit?

solved the problem by using a

DummyTempratureSensor

unfortunately this device is not documented and especially setting the temperature was some kind of pain. But sourced showed of methods to update Temperature und Humidity analog to DummyThermostate

so with

http://pimatic.ip:8080/api/device/esp-test-hap/changeHumidityTo?humidity=50
http://pimatic.ip:8080/api/device/esp-test-hap/changeTemperatureTo?temperature=26

i was able to update the device with my esp sensors and the DummyTempratureSonsor is compatible to HomeKit.

I also discovered that even ESPimatic and nearly alle other self made ESP based sensors are using simple VariableDevices. That works but only when using the web frontend.
So for now it is possible for me to use my esp sensors with HomeKit

@christopher-täufert Please check all the dummy device types that pimatic offers. Most of them are supported by pimatic-hap. If your values fit into one of these devices, it’s always a better choice than a VariablesDevice.