Devices

Devices

After we have integrated all for the moment needed instances with rooms through bridges to the HomeKit-app, we need to enable, that devices within a instance will be published to Homekit.

Publishing settings

ℹ️ This can be also done later, clause-by-clause. It should not be done before the bridge is linked to HomeKit, otherwise each device needs to be mapped within HomeKit manually.

Mapping devices to instances

To add and map a device to a room (HAP instance, bridge),

• choose Devices in the left menubar and click on the New-button on the right bottom,
• change the device name to be appeared in HomeKit in the field HomeKit Device name,

💡 Try to choose a self-speaking name. There is no need to indicate the room in the device name, as it will combine within iOS by HomeKit itself.

• assign a Service from the context-sensitive drop-down field (please find the description of a Service below the selection),
• select a Subytype of device from the context-sensitive drop-down field (if applicable, only appears, when more than 1 possibility is existing),
• and last but not least, map to the room (HAP-instance) whereas it should appear in iOS and press Finish.

ℹ️ It is possible to assign a device to more than 1 room/ instance by using the Add to another instance-button.

A few seconds later, the device should appear in the respective room within you iOS app. Congratulations 👍

• Repeat this steps for each device in a room you want to use within your HomeKit app.

ℹ️ You can change the settings per device at any time, when you press the Edit-button beside each device in the list.

Turn-on time

From revision 0.55 onwards, it will be possible to configure a turn-on time ON_Time for switches and dimmers. If the ON_Time is set > 0 (in seconds), the entered value will be sent to the device before the device will get the switch-on commando and powered off after the time choosen.

ℹ️ ON_Time will only be set, if the light is initially turned on (or the dimmed from 0 to x. If the dimmer is brightness is changed again afterwards, ON_Time has no effect anymore.

Latching relay

The ON_Time functionality can also be used as latching delay by setting the value to 1 (sec) virtual push button in HomeMatic, which is linked e.g. to a HMIP-PCBS & HMIP-PCBS2. More to come... 🚧

Apple TV

Please be aware, that Apple TV OS in opposite to iOS and MacOS shows only scenes from favorites, not devices, more information find here.

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