Homebridge Status Widget

• Script for the iOS App Scriptable that shows a small summary of your Homebridge instance
• All infos shown are based and provided by the Homebridge Config UI X found at https://github.com/oznu/homebridge-config-ui-x
• Thanks to the github user oznu for providing such a nice programm!
• This script does not work if you don't have the Homebridge service (Homebridge Config UI X) running
• This script was developed with Homebridge Config UI X in version 4.32.0 (2020-11-06), Homebridge at version 1.1.6 and Scriptable app in version 1.6.1 on iOS 14.2. Maybe you need to update the UI-service OR Homebridge OR the Scriptable app OR your iPhone if this script does not work for you
• also thanks to github user kevinkub for providing a line chart example at https://gist.github.com/kevinkub/b74f9c16f050576ae760a7730c19b8e2

How to use (3 setup possibilities)

• the best way (updatable, supporting the install script from https://scriptdu.de (very recommended)):

  • the script has a configuration mechanism that saves all configurations (in the Configuration class) to iCloud persistently
  • this means the configuration you make can be reused once you install a newer version of this script
  • following variables exist in the configuration:
  • three variables controll this mechanism:
    • configurationFileName = 'purple.json' // change this to an own name e.g. 'configBlack.json' . This name can then be given as a widget parameter in the form 'USE_CONFIG:yourfilename.json' so you don't loose your preferred configuration across script updates (but you will loose it if i have to change the configuration format)
    • usePersistedConfiguration = true; // false would mean to use the visible configuration below; true means the state saved in iCloud (or locally) will be used
    • overwritePersistedConfig = false; // if you like your configuration, run the script ONCE with this param to true, then it is saved and can be used via 'USE_CONFIG:yourfilename.json' in widget params
  • so basically what you need to do is:
    • choose a configurationFileName (must end with '.json')
    • set overwritePersistedConfig to true
    • configure every configuration-variable exactly as you want (including the CREDENTIALS and the URL!)
    • run the script once (this creates a json file in icloud, you can always delete it to start from scratch)
    • set overwritePersistedConfig to false
    • set the widget up with a single parameter in the format 'USE_CONFIG:yourfilename.json'
  • as long as overwritePersistedConfig is false, any change to the config won't take any effect because the persisted one is used if usePersistedConfiguration is true

• another updatable way (but configuration is lost):

  • set the widget up with parameter in the format <username>,,<password>,,<hbServiceMachineBaseUrl>
  • a valid real example: "admin,,mypassword123,,http://192.168.178.33:8581"
  • if you have authentication set to non in UI-X then just provide any char. Valid would be e.g. "x,,x,,http://192.168.178.33:8581"
  • maybe you need to set usePersistedConfiguration in the config to false to use this older way
  • screenshot of an example when setting it up:

• hard coded way in the script (not recommended): you need to configure

  • the URL of the system running the Homebridge Config UI X (the hb-service), including the port e.g. http://192.168.178.33:8581
  • username of the administrator of the homebridge-config-ui-x instance (not the actual linux user)
  • password of the administrator of the homebridge-config-ui-x instance
  • the residual parameter can be tweaked a bit for your needs
  • e.g. fileManagerMode, must be set to LOCAL if you do not use iCloud Drive. Default is ICLOUD
  • e.g. the systemGuiName, the name of your system running the Homebridge Config UI X (the hb-service)
  • e.g. the timeout could be increased if your system does not respond within 2 second
  • e.g. set the temperatureUnitConfig to 'FAHRENHEIT' to use °F instead of °C

• if your homebridge-config-ui-x instance is not reached within the specified timeout (currently 2sec) the following screen is shown:

Notifications

• the widget now can notify you when a status has changed
• you will get a notification if:
  • your Homebridge stopped running
  • there is an update available for Homebridge
  • there is an update available for one of your plugins
  • there is an update available for node.js
• disable notifications by setting notificationEnabled to false
• enable getting notification when any status was red and is now back to green (normal) by setting the variable disableStateBackToNormalNotifications to false
• edit the variable notificationIntervalInDays to lengthen or shorten the time between getting the same notification (e.g. plugin update available) again
  • 0 means you get a notification every time the script runs (not recommended)
  • 1 means you get each possible notification to a maximum of 1 time per day
  • 0.5 means you get each possible notification to a maximum of 2 times per day
• Open a notification to reveal the "Show me!" button which takes you directly to Homebridge Config UI X
• Here are some screenshots:

Ignoring specific plugin or software updates

• by filling the empty array of the variable pluginsOrSwUpdatesToIgnore with strings, you can now configure to ignore plugins, Homebridge or Node.js during checking for updates
• succesfully ignored software will not influence the shown status (e.g. ignoring homebridge UTD status will result in showing the green status always even if there is an update available)
  • for ignoring plugins, enter their npm name (e.g. 'homebridge-fritz') as string in the given empty array
  • for ignoring Homebridge enter 'HOMEBRIDGE_UTD' and for Node enter 'NODEJS_UTD' in the empty array
  • a valid example of the variable would be const pluginsOrSwUpdatesToIgnore = ['homebridge-fritz', 'HOMEBRIDGE_UTD', 'NODEJS_UTD'];
  • if you specify something and run the script inside the Scriptable app, you will get a log output to let you know that you ignored something successfully

Special GUI when running the script via Siri shortcut

• when you set up a shortcut that executes the script, a different GUI is shown
• the Siri GUI shows a simple list of available updates so you can check now which of the software have an update
• also i coded in to let siri speak an answer. This can be disabled by setting the according property in the configuration.
• this is what it looks like:

Support for iOS 16 lock screen widgets

• you can configure the widget to show on iOS 16's lock screen
• there is nothing to do additionally, the configuration is just as before
• there is only support for the widget that takes up 2 of the 4 slots
• this is what it looks like:

Styling

• all things shown below are saved in the configuration file and can be reused in the future after the script logic updates
• all important texts can be changed to your own texts
  • if you change the top right texts you probably need to adapt the spacing (play around with the variables spacer_beforeFirstStatusColumn, etc and also with spaces in the text)
• at the top of the script there is a variable bgColorMode that you can set to 'PURPLE_LIGHT', 'PURPLE_DARK', 'BLACK_LIGHT', BLACK_DARK', or 'CUSTOM'
• in CUSTOM mode the values defined in customBackgroundColor1_light, customBackgroundColor2_light, customBackgroundColor1_dark and customBackgroundColor2_dark are used (you can choose!)
• adaptToLightOrDarkMode toggles to react to light/dark mode automatically
  • if you use adaptToLightOrDarkMode with mode CUSTOM then customBackgroundColor1_light and customBackgroundColor2_light together are used in the light version and of course customBackgroundColor1_dark and customBackgroundColor2_dark in the dark version
• fontColor_light and fontColor_dark sets all texts to your chosen color (default is fontColor_light). Works together with adaptToLightOrDarkMode
• chartColor_light and chartColor_dark controls which color the charts have (default is chartColor_light). Works together with adaptToLightOrDarkMode
• you even can experiment with logoUrl and choose another logo to download from anywhere
• you can change the SFSymbols used together with their color (the icons) and the emojis failIcon = ❌ and bulletPointIcon = 🔸 by providing any other emoji

Infos shown in the widget

• if Homebridge is running
• if Homebridge is up to date
• if all of the installed plugins (including Homebridge Config UI X) are up to date
• if node.js is up to date
• CPU load
• CPU temperature
• RAM usage
• Uptime for the system the hb-service is running on
• Uptime for the hb-service (Homebridge Config UI X)

Troubleshoot

• if the temperature is not shown for you, then the information is not available on your machine
• triple check the credentials (2FA currently not supported)
• consider increasing the requestTimeoutInterval variable
• if some error occurs always check that you have the matching versions
  • the Scriptable app 1.6.1
  • Homebridge Config UI X 4.32.0 (2020-11-06)
  • Homebridge 1.1.6
  • iOS 14.2
• if your Homebridge Config UI X is reachable and the authentication process succeeded but the further API requests take to long or fail you will get a screen similar to
• open a github issue if you can't figure it out what the problem is