Seich
/
HomeSpan
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Update Tutorials.md

This commit is contained in:
HomeSpan 2024-03-09 17:26:05 -06:00 committed by GitHub
parent 7a58a20de1
commit 2d1b567388
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG Key ID: B5690EEEBB952194
1 changed files with 5 additions and 1 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

6
docs/Tutorials.md
View File

@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
The HomeSpan library includes many tutorial sketches of increasing complexity that take you through all the functions and features of HomeSpan. The sketches are extensively annotated, and you'll even learn a lot about HomeKit itself by working through all the examples. If you've already loaded HomeSpan into your Arduino IDE, the tutorials will be found under *File → Examples → HomeSpan*. Each sketch is ready to be compiled and uploaded to your ESP32 device so you can see them in action. Alternatively, you can explore just the code within GitHub by clicking on any of titles below. Note: you may want to first read through the [HomeSpan API Overview](Overview.md) before exploring the tutorials. They will probably make a lot more sense if you do! The HomeSpan library includes many tutorial sketches of increasing complexity that take you through all the functions and features of HomeSpan. The sketches are extensively annotated, and you'll even learn a lot about HomeKit itself by working through all the examples. If you've already loaded HomeSpan into your Arduino IDE, the tutorials will be found under *File → Examples → HomeSpan*. Each sketch is ready to be compiled and uploaded to your ESP32 device so you can see them in action. Alternatively, you can explore just the code within GitHub by clicking on any of titles below. Note: you may want to first read through the [HomeSpan API Overview](Overview.md) before exploring the tutorials. They will probably make a lot more sense if you do!
> :heavy_check_mark: Each example is designed to be operated after pairing your ESP32 to HomeKit so you can control HomeSpan from the Home App on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. In principle, once you configure and pair your device to HomeKit, your Home App should automatically reflect all changes in your configuration whenever you upload a different tutorial. However, in practice this is not always the case as it seems HomeKit sometimes caches information about devices, which means what you see in your Home App may not be fully in sync with your sketch. If this occurs, unpairing and then re-pairing the ESP32 device usually fixes the issue. If not, you may have to reset the ID on the ESP32 device so that HomeKit thinks it is a new device and will not use any cached data. This is very easy to do - see the [HomeSpan Command-Line Interface (CLI)](CLI.md) page for details. >[!TIP]
>Each example is designed to be operated after pairing your ESP32 to HomeKit so you can control HomeSpan from the Home App on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. In principle, once you configure and pair your device to HomeKit, your Home App should automatically reflect all changes in your configuration whenever you upload a different tutorial. However, in practice this is not always the case as it seems HomeKit sometimes caches information about devices, which means what you see in your Home App may not be fully in sync with your sketch. If this occurs, unpairing and then re-pairing the ESP32 device usually fixes the issue. If not, you may have to reset the HomeKit Device ID on the ESP32 device so that HomeKit thinks it is a new device and will not use any cached data. This is very easy to do - see the [HomeSpan Command-Line Interface (CLI)](CLI.md) page for details.
### [Example 1 - SimpleLightBulb](../examples/01-SimpleLightBulb) ### [Example 1 - SimpleLightBulb](../examples/01-SimpleLightBulb)
This first example introduces the HomeSpan library and demonstrates how to implement a simple on/off light control using a combination of HomeSpan Accessory, Service, and Characteristic objects. Once this sketch has been uploaded to your HomeSpan device and the device is paired to your home, a new "lightbulb" tile will appear in the Home App of your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Though the tile will be fully operational (i.e. you can change the status of the lightbulb from "on" or "off"), we won't yet connect an actual light or LED to the HomeSpan device, so nothing real will light up. Instead, in this and the next few examples, we'll focus on learning about the different ways HomeKit controls can be configured. Starting in Example 5, we'll connect an LED to the device and introduce the methods that actually turn the LED on and off from your Home App. HomeSpan API topics covered in this example include: This first example introduces the HomeSpan library and demonstrates how to implement a simple on/off light control using a combination of HomeSpan Accessory, Service, and Characteristic objects. Once this sketch has been uploaded to your HomeSpan device and the device is paired to your home, a new "lightbulb" tile will appear in the Home App of your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Though the tile will be fully operational (i.e. you can change the status of the lightbulb from "on" or "off"), we won't yet connect an actual light or LED to the HomeSpan device, so nothing real will light up. Instead, in this and the next few examples, we'll focus on learning about the different ways HomeKit controls can be configured. Starting in Example 5, we'll connect an LED to the device and introduce the methods that actually turn the LED on and off from your Home App. HomeSpan API topics covered in this example include:
@ -106,6 +107,9 @@ Example 20 illustrates a number of advanced techniques through the implementatio
* dynamically deleting Accessories with `homeSpan.deleteAccessory()` * dynamically deleting Accessories with `homeSpan.deleteAccessory()`
* refreshing the Accessory database (which automatically updates the Home App) using `homeSpan.updateDatabase()` * refreshing the Accessory database (which automatically updates the Home App) using `homeSpan.updateDatabase()`
* using `homeSpan.autoPoll()` to implement HomeSpan Polling in the background (and on the second core, if available) * using `homeSpan.autoPoll()` to implement HomeSpan Polling in the background (and on the second core, if available)
### [Example 21 - AccessoryIdentifier](../examples/21-AccessoryIdentifier)
Example 21 shows how the Identifier Characteristic that is always present in each Accessory's required AccessoryInformation Service can be used to create a custom "identification routine" that can be triggered from within the Home App when pairing a device. This example does not use any new HomeSpan methods.
## Other Examples ## Other Examples