Homebridge Fake Light Bulb

With this plugin, you can create one or multiple fake light bulbs in homebridge/homekit. Feel free to create some nice automations with these light bulbs :)

I needed this fake light bulbs for node-red automations.

Installation

To install Homebridge Fake Light Bulb:

• Follow the instructions on the Homebridge Wiki to install Homebridge
• Install the Homebridge Fake Light Bulb plugin through Homebridge Config UI X or manually by:

sudo npm -g i homebridge-fake-light-bulb

Configuration

Config the Fake Light Bulb plugin through Homebridge Config UI X or manually by:

  "accessories": [
        {
            "name": "Fake Light Bulb",
            "brightness": true,
            "color": "none",
            "accessory": "homebridge-fake-light-bulb"
        }
    ]

Key	Default	Values	Description
name	Fake Light Bulb	string	Name of your fake light bulb
brightness	false	boolean (true / false)	Flag whether to expose brightness input field.
color	none	string ('none', 'colorTemperature', 'hue')	Flag whether to expose none, a color temperature or a hue (saturation + color temperature + color mixer) input field.