Problems with adding the HomeKit-bridge

[cr-chsn1]

I have problems adding the HomeKit-Bridge into my Home-App.
The desk service is running but my iPhone won't add the RPi. I used the built-in PIN 32191123, but no success.

Since this is my first DIY-HomeKit-device I need a hint, where to start troubleshooting.

[davidknezic]

Hi @chsn1, just had a quick look and here's what you could try:

• Try adding some more accessory details in bridge.go on line 125.

  info := accessory.Info{
    Name: "Lamp",
    SerialNumber: "051AC-23AAM1",
    Manufacturer: "Apple",
    Model: "AB",
    Firmware: "1.0.1",
  }
  

• Try changing the PIN in bridge.go on line 165 to ex. 00102003

• Try removing the generated ./desk folder and restarting the command

Also, your phone and the device are both on the same Wi-Fi, right?

If these don't help, let me know. We might have to file an issue here: brutella/hc.

[cr-chsn1]

With ./desk you mean ./bridge, right? I don't see ./desk, so I deleted ./bridge and ran the build process with your changes. With "Firmware" the build won't work, without it built.

With these changes I still have the same problem. Service seems active, but I do not see any service with desk as a name or the PID (512) from /var/run/desk.pid.

[cr-chsn1]

Found desk, my fault. Deleted everything and rebuild it. Same problem.
Service desk is active, but exited, not running.

How to troubleshoot this black box?

[davidknezic]

You say it's exited and not running? That's suspicious.

Could you post the commands that you're executing with their output?

[cr-chsn1]

Stopped service:

pi@raspberrypi:~/go/src/github.com/davidknezic/desk $ service desk status
● desk.service - LSB: HomeKit utility for height-adjustable desks
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/desk; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Tue 2018-10-09 22:35:49 CEST; 5s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 1048 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/desk stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 696 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/desk start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Oct 09 15:37:45 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting LSB: HomeKit utility for height-adjustable desks...
Oct 09 15:37:45 raspberrypi desk[696]: Starting desk utility: desk.
Oct 09 15:37:45 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started LSB: HomeKit utility for height-adjustable desks.
Oct 09 15:37:45 raspberrypi desk[696]: 2018/10/09 15:37:45 EOF
Oct 09 22:35:49 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopping LSB: HomeKit utility for height-adjustable desks...
Oct 09 22:35:49 raspberrypi desk[1048]: Stopping desk utility: deskNo bridge found running; none killed.
Oct 09 22:35:49 raspberrypi desk[1048]: .
Oct 09 22:35:49 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped LSB: HomeKit utility for height-adjustable desks.

Started service:

pi@raspberrypi:~/go/src/github.com/davidknezic/desk $ service desk status
● desk.service - LSB: HomeKit utility for height-adjustable desks
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/desk; generated; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Tue 2018-10-09 22:36:55 CEST; 2s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Process: 1048 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/desk stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 1096 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/desk start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Oct 09 22:36:55 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting LSB: HomeKit utility for height-adjustable desks...
Oct 09 22:36:55 raspberrypi desk[1096]: Starting desk utility: desk.
Oct 09 22:36:55 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started LSB: HomeKit utility for height-adjustable desks.
Oct 09 22:36:55 raspberrypi desk[1096]: 2018/10/09 22:36:55 EOF

./bridge-output:
pi@raspberrypi:~/go/src/github.com/davidknezic/desk $ ./bridge
2018/10/09 22:40:42 EOF

Same happens for desk.

[davidknezic]

Do you have time for a hangouts session? In about 1.5 hours?

https://hangouts.google.com/call/-QAhkEP_X1qmjLgxRkcQAAEI

[cr-chsn1]

OK.