Never finds "Homebridge" accessory on iOS

Installation seemed to go very well.

Running the app shows a warning: *** WARNING *** Please fix your application to use the native API of Avahi! But continues to load the app. It finds all my Next, Hue Light Bulbs, and WeMO Switches (awesome!) It finishes with EventedHTTPServer Server listening on port 51826 +0ms

The first time I started the iOS app, I went to ‘Accessory’ and one named “Homebridge” was already available. I selected it. Was asked for the code (from the config.json file). I added it, but then got an error on the iOS app. The homebridge app seemed to be pairing devices just fine. It made it through a series of ‘pairings’ before also erroring out.

Restarting everything and now no homebridge accessory is never found by iOS. I’ve tried rebooting, restarting, both the raspberry pi and the iOS device with no luck. Any ideas? Since I’m not getting error messages now I’m not sure what to look for.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

[nzhome]

1. on the iphone reset HomeKit (under Privacy > HomeKit)
2. on the server, delete the /persist folder and all files inside, you will find that folder under /homebridge/.

run with full logs to the screen, in case more issues arise… DEBUG=* node app.js

[pir2]

Had the same problem. One thing I noticed that even if you reset the Homekit data in iOS [reset HomeKit (under Privacy > HomeKit)], it actually retains the data somehow and doesn’t actually reset anything, so it remembers the devices you added. To add the homebridge, you have to change the “username” in config.json

1. open config.json
2. Change the username MAC Address. I changed the last digit to something else and iOS was able to find the homebridge.

"bridge": {
"name": "GiveItANewNameJustInCase",
"username": "Change the MAC Address Here",
"port": 51826,