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    HomeKit Home Widget not controlling door on second home

    • iPhone 15 Pro - iOS 17.2.1 (mine) • Apple TV 4K 64 GB (latest) - tvOS 17.2 (parents' house) • Meross MSG100 door opener - firmware 4.2.12 (parents' house) I have my own Home app setup for my house with my own iCloud account. I have Homescreen Home widgets setup and clicking on them activates...
  2. rwzdoorn

    HomeKit Siri: Open garage door (via homekit) only if I'm in a range of X meter of home.

    Hi, I've enabled a Somfy garage door opener to my home app (via home assistant > homekit controller). When I ask Siri to open the garage door, it always opens and closes wherever I am. Due to security reasons, I want to be able to open / close the garage door only when I'm near my home. Does...
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    iPhone CarPlay and 2 Garage doors

    I jumped on the iOS 13 Public Beta 6 and have this question: I have 2 Apple Homekit Garagedoor openers. How can I default one over the other? The main screen is defaulting to my wife's garage door vs mine. I could tell her to move over but I won't be that bossy.
  4. macduke

    HomeKit Garage Door Opening By Itself

    I have a HomeKit garage door opener from Insignia that I bought on Black Friday sale last year. It had a lot of problems at first and bricked itself, but the newer device with the newer firmware seems to be running okay now. But I'm wondering—is it possible for a geofence to incorrectly detect...
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    HomeKit Best Buy Black Friday - Wi-Fi Garage Door Controller

    Best Buy have the Insignia Wi-Fi Garage Door Controller for HomeKit available for $44.99, which is $25 off regular price. I installed one a couple of days ago and it has worked great so far. No app or subscription needed. Just setup via the Home app. This is a much better option than using the...
  6. shaneakus

    Homebridge-Liftmaster

    I've been using the Homebridge-Liftmaster plugin for a few weeks now, and it works pretty well. I've noticed though that the state is always set to closed within homekit regardless of it's actual state. I was looking around today at another lift master plugin, Homebridge-Liftmaster2 which...
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    Video of Siri Commands controlling a Homekit-outfitted home

    Here is a short video that shows about a dozen Siri commands controlling various HomeKit products. Siri is used from an iPhone, Apple Watch and Honda steering wheel button. Accessories Philips Hue Light Bulbs iDevice Switches (Coffee Maker & Tea Pot) Ecobee3 Thermostat Schlage Sense locks...