homebridge-braava-m6

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Control your iRobot Braava M6 through HomeKit. (Available for the 800 and 900 series with V2.0 or higher)

Installation

1. Installation

bash
npm install -g homebridge-braava-m6


2. Confirm the IP address to which Braava M6 is connected with the official application.

- 2-1. Open the

iRobot HOME App

.
- 2-2. Select  More ➔  Settings ➔ Wi-Fi Settings ➔ Details of robot's Wi-Fi
- 2-3. Check IP Address items. (example: 192.168.xx.xx)
3. Get password and blid.

- 3-1. Move to the directory where you installed your node modules.  
     (example path

/ust/local/lib/node_modules

)
- 3-2. Go in the

dorita980

 directory
- 3-2. run

npm run getpassword


- 3-3. Follow the displayed message.


Make sure your robot is on the Home Base and powered on (green lights on).
Then press and hold the HOME button on your robot until it plays a series of tones (about 2 seconds).
Release the button and your robot will flash WIFI light.
Then press any key here...


This process often fails.
Please check the following points and try several times.
- Is the environment installing Rumba and homebridge connected to the same wifi?
- Is Rumba in the Dock and in a charged state?
- Please try running "npm run getpassword 192.16.xx.xx" after the sound has sounded after pressing the home button of the room for 2 seconds
- Please check the version of Node.js. I confirmed that it works with "v7.7.1", "v8.9.0" or "v9.1.0".
If successful, the following message will be displayed.
Please check "blid" and "Password" of displayed message.

`Robot Data: { ver: '2', hostname: 'Braava M6-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx', robotname: 'Your Braava M6’s Name', ip: '192.168.xx.xx', mac: 'xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx', sw: 'vx.x.x-x', sku: 'R98----', nc: 0, proto: 'mqtt', blid: '0123456789abcdef' } Password=> :1:2345678910:ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP <= Yes, all this string.`

blid is 0123456789abcdef. password is:1:2345678910:ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP.

`4. Update homebridge configuration file.`

json
  {
    "platform": "Braava",
    "name": "Braava",
    "robots": [
      {
        "name": "Name of the robot in the Home app",
        "blid":"123456789abcdefg",
        "password": ":1:2345678901:ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP",
        "address": "192.168.x.xx"
      }
    ]
  }

1. Installation

bash
npm install -g homebridge-braava-m6

2. Confirm the IP address to which Braava M6 is connected with the official application.

- 2-1. Open the

.
- 2-2. Select More ➔ Settings ➔ Wi-Fi Settings ➔ Details of robot's Wi-Fi
- 2-3. Check IP Address items. (example: 192.168.xx.xx)

3. Get password and blid.

- 3-1. Move to the directory where you installed your node modules.
(example path

)
- 3-2. Go in the

directory
- 3-2. run


- 3-3. Follow the displayed message.


Make sure your robot is on the Home Base and powered on (green lights on).
Then press and hold the HOME button on your robot until it plays a series of tones (about 2 seconds).
Release the button and your robot will flash WIFI light.
Then press any key here...


This process often fails.
Please check the following points and try several times.
- Is the environment installing Rumba and homebridge connected to the same wifi?
- Is Rumba in the Dock and in a charged state?
- Please try running "npm run getpassword 192.16.xx.xx" after the sound has sounded after pressing the home button of the room for 2 seconds
- Please check the version of Node.js. I confirmed that it works with "v7.7.1", "v8.9.0" or "v9.1.0".
If successful, the following message will be displayed.
Please check "blid" and "Password" of displayed message.

blid is 0123456789abcdef. password is:1:2345678910:ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP.

`4. Update homebridge configuration file.`

json
  {
    "platform": "Braava",
    "name": "Braava",
    "robots": [
      {
        "name": "Name of the robot in the Home app",
        "blid":"123456789abcdefg",
        "password": ":1:2345678901:ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP",
        "address": "192.168.x.xx"
      }
    ]
  }