Table of Contents

  • Overview
  • Research
  • Research
    • </ul>

    Overview

    This is going to be about everything smart home related

    (back to top)

    Homebridge setup

    Setting up Orange Pi

    Setting up HomeBridge on the Orange Pi


    Steps to install:

    1. Downloaded Ubuntu for Orange Pi from the Orange Pi website
      • This went to a google drive link - installed bionic and xenial
    2. Installed Balenca Etcher as it's needed to flash the Micro SD
    3. Flashed it onto the Micro SD however it wasn't appearing to work
    4. Reformatted the MSD
    5. Flashed Armbian Bookworm onto it - Armbian Bookworm CLI 6.6.20
    6. Power cycled the Orange Pi after about 5 - nothing was happening
    7. Tried to setup PuTTY


    Installing PuTTY

    • Move Xcode from Downloads to Applications
    • sudo xcodebuild –license
    • sudo port -d selfupdate
    • sudo port install putty, press y to install dependencies
    • cp /opt/local/bin/putty ~/Desktop/putty (creates desktop shortcut)
    • Install xquartz
    • Ran PuTTY and connected to the orange pi by finding it's IP from router


    HomeBridge Install Guide

    • curl -sSfL https://repo.homebridge.io/KEY.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/homebridge.gpg > /dev/null
    • echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/homebridge.gpg] https://repo.homebridge.io stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/homebridge.list > /dev/null
    • sudo apt-get update
    • sudo apt-get install homebridge
    • hostname -I (to find IP)
    • Create an account @ "IP:8581"

    Setting up Tapo on HomeBridge

    • Go to Plugins then install "TPLink Tapo" (verified)
    • Go to the settings section then press configure
    • For the name I entered "Tapo Smart Platform"
    • Fill in email account for Tapo
    • Add all IP addresses for your smart products
    • Power cycle HomeBridge then it'll pull through all devices

    This needs to be reviewed tomorrow

    Installed Unifi-Protect









    Time tracking

    Research 1

    11/03/24 | start 20:40 | end 23:13 | 2 hours 33 minutes

    • created the initial page
      • installed OS onto Orange Pi
      • Research Homebridge
      • Flashed the OS onto MSD with BalencaEtcher
      • Started setting up PuTy pre-reqs

    Research 2

    14/03/24 | start 22:00 | end 01:02 | 3 hours 2 minutes

    • created the initial page
      • Install PuTTY
      • SSH'd to the device then installed HomeBridge
      • Installed Tapo from the plugins
      • Configured the Home app