heimbot is Raspberry Pi based, Linux driven server that allows you to run Fhem and HomeKit Home Automatization. Fhem bridges home automatization equipment from different vendors in one single application. Together with HomeBridge Fhem behaves like a Apple HomeKit accessor giving you access to all your home automatization equipment via iOS devices and even Siri.

heimbot originates in my endeavor to set up Home Automatization at my place. It is driven almost entirely by Ansible Ansible which allows for an automatic setup without the need to manually install software and edit configuration files. In this way, the setup is easily reproducable and it is simple to adapt to your own place.

heimbot installs and configures the following services

• Fhem

• HomeBridge

• Apache for static web content

• HAProxy to centrally secure all relevant traffic with SSL

• IPtables for port based firewalling

• and some other tools like a dynamic motd and ops tools.

• 0. General Outline of Installing Heimbot
  • 0.1 What You Need
  • 0.2 What You Do
  • 0.3 What You may Adapt
• 1. Initial Manual Steps
• 2. Automatic Steps using Ansible
  • 2.1. Bootstrap
  • 2.2 Set Up Services
    • 2.2.1 Role Parameters
• 3. Teaching-in of Devices
  • 3.1 HomeMatic
• 4. CUL Flushing
• 5. Trouble Shooting
  • 5.1 HomeBridge
• 6. Appendix
  • 6.1 Example for vars/secrets.yml

• Raspberry Pi

• CUL USB sticks for 433 and 868 Mhz radio transmission

• A self signing Certificate Authority -- cf. OpenSSL Certificate Authority for details steps.

1. Fork this repository

2. Adapt host_vars/heimbot.yml

3. Replace vars/secrets.yml

4. Run the initial manual steps

5. Bootstrap your Raspberry Pi with Ansible

6. Setup all servies with Ansible

Apart from the above mentioned adaptions you can also modify some parts to your needs.

1. Fhem controlled devices

   I use Intertechno and HomeMatic devices. In order to modify and extend my configure, adapt the variable FHEM in host_vars/heimbot.yml and the corresponding fhem.cfg template in the fhem role.

2. Fhem Tablet UI

   See the webcontent role.

1. Download Minibian

   There is a backup copy of the latest Minibian I'm running in CenterDevice. Please prefer to download Minibian from the original source.

2. Write Image to SD card -- cf. eLinux OS X How-To

   1. diskutil list

   2. diskutil unmount /dev/disk2

   3. dd bs=4194304 if=/Users/lukas/Downloads/2015-11-12-jessie-minibian.img | pv | sudo dd of=/dev/disk2

   4. diskutil -unmount /dev/disk2s1

   5. diskutil -eject /dev/disk2

3. Boot Image

4. Resize SD -- cf. Minibian How-To

   1. ssh root@minibian

   2. Change Partition Size

      1. fdisk /dev/mmcblk0

      2. p -- Show parition table.

      3. d, 2 -- Delete active Linux partition.

      4. n p 2 -- Create new and larger parition at same location as the delete one.

         1. Use the same sector as first sector the delete parition used; cf. above after running p.

         2. Use highest sector as last sector.

      5. w -- Write parition table.

   3. Reboot and SSH

   4. resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p2

5. Install Python

6. In case the CUL USB transmitter are not yet flushed please see CUL Flushing

The automatic setup is carried out Ansible version 2.0+. Please make sure you have installed Ansible in version 2.0+. See Ansible Installation for details.

1. Adapt ansible.cfg to your installation.

2. Adapt host_vars/heimbot.yml to your needs; especially regarding password, network names, and Fhem controlled devices.

   1. Replace my Ansible vault vars/secrets.yml with your own passwords. You can run grep ' S_' host_vars/heimbot.yml to get all the variable names to replace. There is an example in the Appendix.

3. Run bootstrapping: ansible-playbook -u root -k bootstrap.yml.

ansible-playbook site.yml

The Ansible roles invoked by the site playbook support a few parameters which you can pass via --extra-vars "parameter=value":

• base

  • apt_update=[True|False] -- Updates Apt cache and runs an upgrade.

• fhem

  • clean_fhem_saved_state=[True|False] -- Clears Fhem saved state.

• homebridge

  • clean_homebridge_identifier_cache=[True|False] -- Clears Homebridge identifier cache and restarts homebridge.

  • clean_homebridge_persistent_data=[True|False] -- Clears Homebridge persistent data and restarts homebridge.

In order to control a new HomeMatic device, you need to pair it with Fhem first -- cf. IO-Device in den Pairing-Modus versetzen for details.

1. set CUL_868 hmPairForSec 60 -- Set Fhem into Teaching-in mode accepting pairing requests of HomeMatic device for 60 s.

2. define autocreate autocreate -- Optionally set Fhem to autocreate new devices.

3. Follow the instruction from the manual of your HomeMatic device to initiate a pairing attempt. For a switch like the HM-ES-PMSw1-Pl, hold the button for at least 5 s until the LED start to blink orange.

In case of a successful paring, you will see the similar lines in the Fhem log:

2015.12.23 17:12:00 2: CUL_HM Unknown device HM_3705C3 is now defined
2015.12.23 17:12:00 2: autocreate: define HM_3705C3 CUL_HM 3705C3
2015.12.23 17:12:00 2: autocreate: define FileLog_HM_3705C3 FileLog ./log/HM_3705C3-%Y-%m.log HM_3705C3
2015.12.23 17:12:00 3: Device HM_3705C3 added to ActionDetector with 000:10 time
2015.12.23 17:12:00 3: CUL_HM pair: HM_3705C3 powerMeter, model HM-ES-PMSw1-Pl serialNr
2015.12.23 17:12:04 3: CUL_HM set HM_3705C3 getConfig
2015.12.23 17:12:05 3: Device HM_3705C3 added to ActionDetector with 000:10 time

Usually, the CUL USB transmitter come without a firmware and need to be flashed first. You can use your Raspberry Pi to do this. Just set FHEM.firware_flash_support to Yes in host_vars/heimbot.yml and rerun the FHEM role. This will install the necessary tools. Then follow the next steps. For detailed instructions see culfw and CUL am Raspberry Pi flashen.

1. Download Firmware -- cf. culfw - Source (and compiled firmware)

2. Unpack the tar ball and change into the directory Devices/CUL

3. Insert a CUL USB transmitter into an USB port while pressing the little button on the back. This sets the transmitter into flush mode.

4. In the directory Devices/CUL run make usbprogram. This will show you which programm may be specified. For a CUL V3.4 use usbprogram_v3

5. Run the flush programm, e.g., make usbprogram_v3

      root@heimbot:/tmp/culfw/CUL_VER_161/Devices/CUL# make usbprogram_v3
      dfu-programmer atmega32u4 erase || true
      dfu-programmer atmega32u4 flash CUL_V3.hex
      Validating...
      23220 bytes used (80.98%)
      dfu-programmer atmega32u4 start
   

6. dmesg -T should show this

      [Tue Dec 22 10:25:46 2015] cdc_acm 1-1.2:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
      [Tue Dec 22 10:25:50 2015] usb 1-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 19 using dwc_otg
      [Tue Dec 22 10:25:51 2015] usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=03eb, idProduct=204b
      [Tue Dec 22 10:25:51 2015] usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
      [Tue Dec 22 10:25:51 2015] usb 1-1.3: Product: CUL868
      [Tue Dec 22 10:25:51 2015] usb 1-1.3: Manufacturer: busware.de
      [Tue Dec 22 10:25:51 2015] cdc_acm 1-1.3:1.0: ttyACM1: USB ACM device
   

7. Repeat from step 3 for all CUL USB transmitters.

Things can go wrong or stop working. Try these steps to fix things.

1. HomeKit does not "see" HomeBridge anymore or worse, returns "Object not found".

   There are different causes for this problem. The worst is when HomeKit somehow has stored HomeBridge's ID a.k.a. username in its database but the pairing did not complete. In the past, the followig steps worked for me. Please execute and re-try HomeKit one step after another in this order.

   1. Clear HomeBridge's identifier cache -- see 2.2.1 Role Parameters.

   2. Clear HomeBridge's persistent data -- see 2.2.1 Role Parameters.

   3. Reassign HomeBridge's username and clear persistent data. This requires to recreate your HomeKit configuration.

   4. Delete HomeKit from all your iOS devices and then follow the step above. If you use an Apple TV unplug it first and only plug it in after you set up HomeKit successfully again.

S_FHEM:
  security:
    telnet:
      password: NipzMJm9rpJ9dnHbzikc8i9H
    web:
      password: CdC2ZUXMRsn2T4Pke7DYUzpz
  homematic:
    hmId: 104A6F

S_HOMEBRIDGE:
  security:
    username: 10:4a:59:06:71:3a
    pin: 141-42-135


S_NETWORKING:
  wifi:
    pdt_01:
      password: G3sch1rrsp0hl3r!W
    pdt_02:
      password: G3sch1rrsp0hl3r!W