homebridge-hivehome-control

The plugin now manages its Python dependencies internally, in order to avoid the "externally managed environment" error raised by recent versions of Python when pip attempts to install a package globally (see PEP-668).

Previously, the plugin was using a Python bridge layer which turned out to be incompatible with M1 Macs (see #1 for details). Release v1.0.2 updates the plugin to use a different bridge layer which should be more broadly compatible. Note that the plugin now requires python3 and pip3 to be installed on the system that Homebridge is running on - it will not attempt to install these packages itself.

Fixes an issue which could cause accessories to be slow to update their state, since the Hive server request rate-limit is shared between all devices.

Initial release. This plugin exposes Hive Home features via Homebridge that are not natively available in Homekit; currently, this includes Hot Water and Heating Boost functions. See the README for full installation and usage instructions.