homebridge-raspberry-pi-sensehat

A Homebridge plugin for Raspberry Pi SenseHAT

This plugin allows you to control the SenseHAT light and read out the build-in SenseHAT sensors (temperature, humidity and air pressure). Furthermore, it displays the temperature of the Raspberry Pi on which the SenseHAT is mounted.

Installation

Prerequisites

• Homebridge
• Python
• Raspberry Pi SenseHAT module (https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/sense-hat/)
• SenseHAT software (sudo apt install sense-hat)

Installation

npm install -g homebridge-raspberry-pi-sensehat

Configuration

Parameters:

key	default	required	description
platform	'Raspberry-Pi-Sensehat'	yes	name of the platform
name	'SenseHat'	yes	accessory name
raspberryName	'Raspberry'	no	raspberry name
sensehatName	'SenseHat'	no	senseHat name
showRaspberryTemperature	true	no	show temperature of raspberry pi
showSensehatLight	true	no	allow setting of sensehat light
showSensehatSensor	true	no	show sensehat sensor data (temperature, humitidy, pressure)
scriptPath	plugin home/script	no	path to script folder (e.g. /var/lib/homebridge/node_modules/homebridge-raspberry-pi-sensehat/script)
pythonName	'python'	no	name of python command

Configuration example:

"platforms": [
     {
      "platform": "Raspberry-Pi-Sensehat",
      "name": "SenseHat",
      "raspberryName": "Raspberry",
      "sensehatName": "SenseHat",
      "showRaspberryTemperature": true,
      "showSensehatLight": true,
      "showSensehatSensor": true,
      "scriptPath": "",
      "pythonName": "python"
     }
 ]