Homekit integration with Aladdin Connect?

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I'm using tomw's hubitat_aladdinConnect, which recognized and added the correct devices for my doors. I'd like to connect it to Homekit though. Is that possible? Even if it would take changes to the driver, I'd love to know what the best way to make it happen is.

Thanks!

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Does it show up on the HomeKit Integration app under a compatible category? (You can test this without connecting any HomeKit controller.)

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No, which makes me wonder if there is something needed in the driver to make it be recognized as a garage door? I found a post from 11 days ago thanking hubitat for adding locks and garage doors (I can't post links due to a new account), which makes me believe that it is possible to add garage doors?

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I found and started reading the developer docs, which led me to look for capability in the driver. It seems like this should be the hint for Homekit? I haven't found a list of capabilities that work with Homekit yet, so I'm not sure.

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That is likely it. I am not familiar with the driver you're using or what capabilities it implements (or why), but all you'd need to do is provide the required commands and report the required attributes (events), in general.

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Thanks for that information, do you happen to know where I can find a list of capabilities and which ones are Homekit compatible?

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Apple supports a limited number of HomeKit Accessory Types. So you have to make sure that you use device capabilities that map to a supported accessory type.

Here’s the list from Apple:

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This is great information. Is there any documentation for how to map these to the capability calls on the driver? I didn't write the driver, so I'm starting with no knowledge of how this all works.

Thanks for everything.

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Follow-up to my last question. For example, how would one know to use the capabilities used in this file? https://github.com/tomwpublic/hubitat_switchbot/blob/main/switchbotCurtain

This device does work work my homekit integration, but I can't find anything about SwitchLevel or WindowCurtain in the docs linked above.

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