I have new equipment running all the latest firmware. I am a new Hubitat user with experience with SmartThings. I have (3) Zooz switches on the hub so far. All appear to be working correctly in the Hubitat hub. I’m trying to get the hub talking to HomeKit. I have a new HomePod Mini for a HomeKit Hub. When I run the HomeKit integration program, I hit add accessory in Homekit and scan the code the Hubitat provides. The display says “Bridge, this may take a few minutes. Shortly after, it says “Bridge, Make sure your accessory is powered on and connected to your router with an Ethernet cable. Shortly after this, “Accessory not found, You may need to restart your accessory before you can add it to your home.
What am I missing?
The Hubitat Hub is plugged into the router. It is also set up for WiFi on a 2.4 GHz network. The HomePod is on the same 2.4 GHz WiFi.
I can't help much here (not a networking guy), but it sounds like your Hubitat may be connected to both wifi and ethernet?
If so, turn the wifi connection off... I don't think this is spelled out as well as it could be, but Hubitat can't do both connections simultaneously (or have one readily available as a backup, etc) -- it needs to just be one or the other.
Ethernet is recommended for all the usual reasons.
I can't say that will help here specifically, but it'll help overall.
Perhaps you've already been using this, but in case not, here is the HomeKit setup documentation...
The Hubitat Documenation site is pretty darn thorough for most Hubitat topics, so it's always a great resource to reference as you're getting your feet under you with a new-to-you Hubitat capability.
I also think that this sounds like a networking issue. This is Apples’ recomendation and i find them to be good recommendations in general.
common areas that can cause issues are:
Make sure that all routers on your network use the same name for every band they support. If you give your 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, or 6 GHz bands different names, devices might not connect reliably to your network, to all routers on your network, or to all available bands of your routers.
and
WMM (Wi-Fi multimedia) prioritizes network traffic to improve the performance of a variety of network applications, such as video and voice. All routers that support Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) or later should have WMM enabled by default.
If the settings on your router/AP all look good according to Apples’ Docs then i recommend rebooting the router/AP and any homepods or apple tvs. finally reboot your phone and try again.
For my network i have found phone or AP reboots fix 99% of my homekit issues. occasionally, it’s a HomePod and once it was by hubitat hub. In all cases a reboot fixed it.
The HomePod is on WiFi (Ubiquity AP). The Habitat is plugged into my Netgear router. I have a PC plugged into the router talking to the Hubitat. I deleted the home in HomeKit and started over. Added the HomePod and it is working normal. In HomeKit, it shows up as a hub. Both devices have up to date software. I rebooted the Hubitat and created a new pairing code. I have one Zwave switch (out of 3) selected. Still not working. My IT skills are very basic at best.
Look in your routers device list. What is the IP of the Hubitat hub and what is the IP of the Homepod. This will help us determine if they might be on separate subnets.
Are the Ubiquity APs running directly off the Netgear router or are they connected to some other base station gateway / router?
You probably figured this out now, but mDNS does not relay across subnets unless you have specifically configured it that way. All the apple stuff relies heavily on mDNS / Bonjour to function.
