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Homebridge EQ3BLE

Homebridge plugin to control EQ3 bluetooth thermostats.

It's possible to report MQTT topic's messages as current temperature of this thermostat.

Usage

{
  "bridge": {
    "name": "Homebridge",
    "username": "CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30",
    "port": 51826,
    "pin": "031-45-154"
  },

  "accessories": [{
    "accessory": "EQ3-Thermostat",
    "name": "Thermostat",
    "address": "00:1a:22:07:48:77"
  }]
}

Options

You can configure the homebridge integration for the thermostat with the following options

Option	Default value	Description
`address` (required)		Address of the thermostat
`manualOnly`	`false`	This will tell the thermostat to use manual mode only
`discoverTimeout`	`60000`	time in milliseconds before a timeout error will be triggered
`connectionTimeout`	`10000`	time in milliseconds before homebridge will disconnect from the device after last action
`disableBoostSwitch`	`false`	if set to true, the boost switch won't be published from homebridge
`currentTemperature`		MQTT configuration for current temperature

External current temperature configuration options

Option	Description
`url` (required)	MQTT URL
`topic` (required)	MQTT Topic name
`username`	Username for accessing MQTT server
`password`	Password for accessing MQTT server

Usage with external current temperature sensor

{
  "bridge": {
    "name": "Homebridge",
    "username": "CC:22:3D:E3:CE:30",
    "port": 51826,
    "pin": "031-45-154"
  },

  "accessories": [{
    "accessory": "EQ3-Thermostat",
    "name": "Bedroom Thermostat",
    "address": "00:1a:22:07:48:77",
    "currentTemperature": {
      "url": "mqtt://localhost",
      "topic": "/home/sensors/bedroom/temperature",
      "username": "sensors",
      "password": "Sensors!"
    }
  }]
}