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Best way to add to HomeKit

Software integrations
#1

I just got myself an AirGradient ONE. I’m super new to this DIY space and think I’m a bit in over my head. I have the device working properly on the dashboard, but would like to integrate with HomeKit.

I read through a bunch of the information regarding the community made custom firmware to add HomeKit support, but I couldn’t even start to figure out the actual step by step instructions of loading the custom firmware. Not even sure if it supports my device.

Perhaps I’m a bit in over my head. Any advice on how to get started, or should I divert to HomeBridge - don’t have a server for that either but maybe I should?

#2

I’m piecing bits and pieces together. So it seems like I use software on my mac called [ ESP8266 Arduino Core] to flash on new firmware.
As this HomeKit firmware is based on a 2 year old firmware though, it seems I’d need to build a new firmware by copying over the relevant parts of the HomeKit code into the new firmware. I’m new to this side of DYI haha.

#3

Only done more research and I think I’m out of luck - it seems like maybe parts of the code aren’t compatible with the new board and I’m not knowledge enough to figure it out :rofl: I’ll look into Home Assistant instead.

#4

The path for this for the time being is probably to add the device to HomeAssistant, and then add a HomeKit Bridge so you can expose the sensors directly into HomeKit. I’ll be fiddling with this soonish and I’ll report back for others.

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