[solved] No buttons in Home App

Hello,

I own a Braodlink RM Pro 2017, which works flawlessly so far. After updating Node.js from version 6.12 to 8.9.1, I installed the homebridge-broadlink-rm plugin under Raspian Stretch. In my config.json I added the following lines:

"platforms": [ {"platform": "BroadlinkRM", "name": "Broadlink RM", "hideScanFrequencyButton": false, "hideLearnButton": false, "accessories": [] },...

My Homebridge starts without any problem and shows that the broadling-rm plugin has found the RM Pro under IPv4 adress 192.168.0.46. In addition, the log shows that there is no accesorie for the “BroadlinkRM” platform.

I now would expect a Learn and a ScanFrequency Button within my Home App under iOS 11. However, I can not found such buttons. What do I have to do, in order to overcome this problem?

Best regards,

Thorsten

[alexymik]

Hi,

I had the same problem and your post helped me figure it out. I had an empty array of accessories [] as I was hoping to populate it after learning codes. Turns out you need at least one device as you point out.

Here’s some better formatting of your example:

"platforms":[
  {
    "platform": "BroadlinkRM",
    "name": "Broadlink RM",
    "hideScanFrequencyButton": false,
    "hideLearnButton": false,
    "accessories": [
      {
        "name": "New switch",
        "type": "switch",
        "data": {
          "on": "",
          "off": ""
        }
      }
    ]
  }
]

I am also hoping to submit a pull request for some more clear documentation so I’m including this image for reference later.

Thanks

[drtp]

Okay, now it works. Thank to this description I only had to add some additional lines to the accessories part of the BroadlinkRM platform within config.json:

"platforms": [ {"platform": "BroadlinkRM", "name": "Broadlink RM", "hideScanFrequencyButton": false, "hideLearnButton": false, "accessories": [{"name": "New switch", "type": "switch", "data":{"on" :"", "off": ""}}] },...

Why is this missing within the manual on the start page of the plugin?

Best regards,

Thorsten