homebridge-nefit-easy

Homebridge Nefit Easy™ plugin

This is a plugin for Homebridge to allow controlling your Nefit Easy™ (aka Worcester Wave™, Junkers Control™) thermostat through iOS' HomeKit.

Uses the nefit-easy-commands module under the hood to communicate with the Nefit/Bosch backend.

Installation

This library requires Node.js 6.0.0 or later!

$ npm i homebridge-nefit-easy -g

Homebridge plugins need to be installed globally, so the -g is mandatory.

Problems on recent Linux distributions

If you're having problems getting any data from the HTTP server, and you're using a recent Linux distribution (for instance, Raspbian Buster), take a look at this comment.

In short: OpenSSL defaults have changed to require a minimum TLS version and cipher implementation. These defaults cause the Nefit client code to not be able to connect to the Nefit/Bosch backend.

The solution is mentioned here: edit the file /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf and change the following keys to these values:

MinProtocol = None
CipherString = DEFAULT

Configuration

Thermostat

First, you need a working Homebridge installation.

Once you have that working, edit ~/.homebridge/config.json and add a new accessory:

"accessories": [
    ...
    {
        "accessory" : "NefitEasy",
        "name"      : "thermostaat",
        "options"   : {
            "serialNumber" : "NEFIT_SERIAL_NUMBER",
            "accessKey"    : "NEFIT_ACCESS_KEY",
            "password"     : "NEFIT_PASSWORD"
        }
    }
]

• The name will be the identifier that you can use, for example, in Siri commands;
• Replace NEFIT_* with the correct values;
• Any additional options get passed to the nefit-easy-core constructor.

Outdoor temperature

To also use the outdoor temperature measured by the Nefit Easy device, add a NefitEasyOutdoorTemp accessory to ~/.homebridge/config.json:

"accessories": [
    ...
    {
        "accessory" : "NefitEasyOutdoorTemp",
        "name"      : "buitentemperatuur",
        "options"   : {
            "serialNumber" : "NEFIT_SERIAL_NUMBER",
            "accessKey"    : "NEFIT_ACCESS_KEY",
            "password"     : "NEFIT_PASSWORD"
        }
    }
]

All credentials options should be set for both the NefitEasy and the NefitEasyOutdoorTemp device.

Supported actions

• Getting the current temperature
• Getting the target temperature
• Setting the target temperature
• Getting the outside temperature (optional)