//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // // // HomeSpan: A HomeKit implementation for the ESP32 // // ------------------------------------------------ // // // // Example 13: Event Notifications // // * implementing a Temperature Sensor // // * implementing an Air Quality Sensor // // // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #include "HomeSpan.h" #include "DEV_Identify.h" #include "DEV_Sensors.h" void setup() { // HomeKit is designed for two-way communication: HomeSpan devices not only receive and act on operational instructions from HomeKit Controllers, but // HomeSpan can also send HomeKit unsolicited messages regarding changes to the state of the device. Though it may not be apparent, this has already been // ocurring in the background in all prior examples. This is because when a HomeKit Controller sends an operational request to any HomeKit device, it expects // to receive a status message back indicating whether the request was successful or not. This is the purpose of returning StatusCode:OK in custom update() // methods. With this information returned, HomeKit can update its own status and properly reflect a change in the device, such as by showing a light is now // turned on instead of off. However, HomeKit unfortunately does NOT inform any other HomeKit Controllers of this new information. So if you have two iPhones // and use one to turn on a light, the other first iPhone does not relay a message to the second iPhone that a light has been turned on. This is the case even // if you are using an AppleTV or HomePod as a central hub for HomeKit. // Normally this does not matter much, since the second iPhone will naturally update itself as to the status of all HomeKit devices as soon as the HomeKit // application is launched on that iPhone. It does this by sending every HomeKit device a message asking for a status update. In this fashion the second // iPhone quickly synchronizes itself as soon as the HomeKit app is opened, but ONLY when it is first opened (or re-opened if you first close it). But if you // have two iPhones BOTH opened to the HomeKit app (or one iPhone and one Mac opened to the HomeKit app) and you use one Controller app to turn on a light, the // resulting change in status of that light will NOT be reflected in the second Controller app, unless you close tha app and re-open (at which point it goes // through the request procedure discussed above). This is very annoying and counterintuitive. // Fortunately, HomeKit provides a solution to this in the form of an Event Notification protcol. This protcol allows a device to send unsoliciated messages // to all Controllers that have previously registered themselves with the device indicating the Characteristics for which they would like to receive an event // message from the device whenever there is a change in the status of one or more of those Characteristics. // The good news is that HomeSpan takes care of this automatically. To see this for yourself, use two iPhones (or an iPhone and Mac) with any of the previous examples // and open the HomeKit app on both. Any changes you make to the device using one of the Controllers, such as turning on an LED, is immediately reflected // in the other Controller. Not quite magic, but close. // A different use of Event Notifications was also working behind in the scenes in Example 10 - Timed Resets. In this case, HomeSpan sent an unsolited Event message // to all registered Controllers letting them know that a device that was previously turned on, is now in fact turned off. // In this Example 13 we explore the explicit use of Event Notifications to support Services that require constants updates from the device to all HomeKit Controllers. // The two Services we will use below are a Temperature Sensor and an Air Quality Sensor. Neither of these Services have any operational controls. They cannot be // turn on or off, or operated in any way. As such, they do not need to implement an update() method, since HomeKit Controllers will never ask them to change // any of their Characteristics. // Rather, HomeKit is expecting to get periodic Event Notification messages from such Services so that the HomeKit Controllers can accurately reflect the status // and values of the Characteristics for those Services, such as the temperature, in the HomeKit Controller. // There are two steps to accomplishing this. The first is to implement an event() method for each Service that uses a setVal() function to change the values // for one or more Characteristics for that Service. The second step is to instantiate a new SpanEvent() object for each Service that you want HomeSpan to invoke your // event() method. The SpanEvent object take only one argument - the number of milliseconds to wait between calls to a Service's event() method. // As usual, all of the logic for this is encapsulated in new standalone derived Services. You'll find fully-commented definitions for the DEV_TempSensor() and // the DEV_AirQualitySensor() Services instantiated below, in the DEV_Sensors.h file. Note that this example is for instructional purposes only -- we do not actually // connect a Temperature Sensor or Air Quality Sensor to our ESP32 device. As such, we did not define the Services to take any arguments to specify pin numbers or any // other information needed to implement an actual sensor. Instead, in order to see how real a device would work, we will send Event messages by manufacturing simulated // updates. See DEV_Sensors.h for complete details. // Once you understand these examples, you should be able to use Event Notifications for any combination of HomeKit Services with Characteristics that require your device to // send periodic update messages to HomeKit Controllers, ranging from Smoke Alarms to Door Sensors. Serial.begin(115200); homeSpan.begin(Category::Bridges,"HomeSpan Bridge"); new SpanAccessory(); new DEV_Identify("Bridge #1","HomeSpan","123-ABC","HS Bridge","0.9",3); new Service::HAPProtocolInformation(); new Characteristic::Version("1.1.0"); new SpanAccessory(); new DEV_Identify("Temp Sensor","HomeSpan","123-ABC","Sensor","0.9",0); new DEV_TempSensor(); // Create a Temperature Sensor (see DEV_Sensors.h for definition) new SpanAccessory(); new DEV_Identify("Air Quality","HomeSpan","123-ABC","Sensor","0.9",0); new DEV_AirQualitySensor(); // Create an Air Quality Sensor (see DEV_Sensors.h for definition) } // end of setup() ////////////////////////////////////// void loop(){ homeSpan.poll(); } // end of loop()