This is another one of those reminders to myself that reposync on Oracle Linux
8 has the ability to sync all packages and metadata and it’s installed by
default in the oraclelinux:8 container image. Combined those two pieces of
knowledge and you get a quick and easy yum repo mirroring solution.
The examples scripts and container image definitions provided below to build Subscription Manager packages for Oracle Linux have been published to
Djelibeybi/build-subscription-manager on GitHub.
I’ve been meaning to add my Elgato Keylight Air to HomeKit for a while, and thanks to this post on Reddit I finally worked out how. And it turned out to be pretty simple.
Pre-requisites Have a working Homebridge system connected to HomeKit. Install the homebridge-http-lightbulb plugin. Before you begin Assign your Keylight Air a static IP address via DHCP. Replace 192.168.1.80 in the JSON configuration below with the IP address you assigned in the previous step.
In a previous post, I explained how to add Flic buttons to HomeKit
using my homebridge-button-platform plugin. The same plugin can now be used
to enable HomeKit automation from an Elgato Stream Deck.
In my previous post, I provided one method of starting and stopping firmware effects using Photons Interactor. Since that post was written, delfick has added native support for effects (with theme support), so this is a quick post to demonstrate how to use these new commands.
The Flic Hub LR has local LIFX LAN support, but the functionality is quite limited. It only allows you to toggle power state, turn a bulb on/off or change its colour. The only other option is the ability to trigger a scene via the LIFX Cloud. This post details a third option, which is leveraging a local Photons Interactor server to do complex transfomations triggered by a Flic.
Note: The Flic Hub LR is now HomeKit certified. This plugin is provided for legacy purposes, but will not receive regular updates.
My Flic Hub LR and Flic 2 buttons finally arrived today and as my primary automation system is HomeKit, I set about working out how to get them integrated via Homebridge. The result is a generic Homebridge plugin that creates a StatelessProgrammableSwitch which is identical to a Flic in operation. It supports three press events: single, double and hold, but doesn’t maintain state.