ogiewon
December 16, 2023, 9:44pm
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stueyhughes:
is this product ZigBee
No, it is WiFi. It does support Apple HomeKit over WiFi.
stueyhughes:
I'd there an effective driver in HE
as above, does the driver work like the aware app where zones etc can be mapped in a room
does this work on a C7 and a C8 (I'm looking to upgrade)
There is no driver for Hubitat that allows the Aqara FP2 to be added to Hubitat. However, there are some workarounds that are discussed in the FP2 threads.
Sure, if you have a device on your home network that can perform the role of an "Apple Home Hub". This needs to be a Apple HomePod Mini or fairly recent Apple TV. And, of course you'll need an iPhone, iPad, or Mac to configure things on the Apple Home side of things.
The "Apple Home Hub" is needed to run the automations that will make use of the Hubitat Virtual Switches that your share to Apple HomeKit.
So, your options today to use a Aqara FP2 with Hubitat are:
FP2 -> Genuine Apple HomeKi…
I am using Home Assistant as a bridge between my FP2 and Hubitat hub.
You can read the following HA thread for more details of using their "HomeKit Controller" integration.
And for the Hubitat side, the following thread will get you started
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