r/HomeKit

TLDR: are there any good HomeKit doorbells that can be on the same circuit with a second regular doorbell (two doorbells total)? (The Logitech circle view doorbell cannot).

I have two doorbells at my house, one at the front door and one at the gate to get to the door. I previously purchased and installed a Logitech circle view doorbell camera at the gate doorbell. At the time I had a nonfunctional smart doorbell at the front door so I basically just had the one doorbell- the Logitech.

The Logitech worked great until this weekend when I finally got around to replacing the nonfunctional doorbell with a standard dumb doorbell. As soon as I installed it and rang it, the circuit got overloaded and blew the doorbell transformer.

I called Logitech and they told me the circle view must be the only doorbell on the circuit. If you have a second doorbell, it must be on a separate transformer and separate chime.

Since I already have the Logitech installed, I may just have an electrician install a second circuit for the other doorbell if it’s not too expensive.

If it turns out to be cost prohibitive, is there an alternative HomeKit doorbell that can be on a circuit with another doorbell?

Just put three smartwings blinds in the living room. If I say "Hey Siri, turn off the living room" to shut off the lights, Siri also triggers the shades. I currently have them grouped in the Home app.

How do you guys name or group window coverings so Siri knows the difference between lights and blinds? Trying to find a naming convention that actually works without having to yell a specific paragraph at the HomePod.

My latest review of the MS130 Temperature and Humidity sensor from Meross.

I’m still new to apple home, it took me like an hour to get my Aqara u400 lock up and running.

I have a Kwikset halo select plus. It’s a WiFi/ matter lock. For the life of me, I can’t get that one to connect to my home.

In the app, u switch it from WiFi to matter. It goes into pairing mode with a pink/purple blinking light. But for some reason, I can’t get the home app to connect.

Anyone have similar issues or a good work around?

Hardwired Apple TV. As my router.

I am looking for camera recommendations of any kind, really, that support HKSV. I'd prefer 1080p since they will mainly be used on HomeKit, which is limited to 1080p. Also must have motion and recording. Thanks.

I have two doorbells. I installed a Logitech circle view camera a year ago in one of them and have not had any problems. The other doorbell was a nonfunctional ring camera.

Today I decided to switch the non working ring camera for a normal doorbell somehow. When I rang the normal doorbell, I heard a bad noise come from the doorbell chime and the power to both doorbells is out. The circuit breaker that the doorbells are on did not trip though.

Anyone know what went wrong and how to fix?

Hi everyone,

I’m planning to replace all the switches in my house with smart switches and I’m looking for recommendations.

My requirements:

- No mechanical relay (I want to avoid the clicking noise)

- Must work as a regular on/off wall switch

- Any wireless protocol is fine (Thread, Zigbee, Matter, etc.), but no Wi-Fi switches (I prefer something more reliable)

- Native Apple HomeKit support (no Homebridge if possible)

I’m open to different brands and ecosystems. Reliability and silence are top priorities.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Hello! I need a little help,

I have an eero 6 mesh WiFi system, Meross smart accessories, an ecobee thermostat, and 3 Apple HomePod units.

I have AT&T fiber internet, where the router is a router modem combo, and I had enabled pass through for the eero.

After setting up the eero mesh system, everything took some time to configure, but eventually all devices were communicating properly and were fully controllable through the Home app.

However, starting last night, all of my Meross devices and my ecobee thermostat are showing “No Response” in the Apple Home app. The strange part is that they are still connected to WiFi and fully controllable through their individual apps.

Right now, the only devices responding in the Home app are my HomePods but sometimes in the home app they say “network issues” but if I ask Siri to play music or ask for weather they are able to respond correctly. I have tried a lot of “fixes”: restarting the WiFi, restarting the HomePod that is the hub, removing the devices from the home app and corresponding apps and re registering them. Within the eero I turned of the 5 GHz temporarily to see if they will show up with the 2.4 GHz, I’ve turned off client steering and thread. Still nothing.

Has anyone experienced something similar or know what might be causing this?

I recently installed the SwitchBot garage opener relay. It works as intended and shows up in the SwitchBot app as an actual Garage opener. Put it in HomeKit and it’s a switch. 😒 Anyone installed one of these and got it to show up as a garage opener using HomeKit or Home Assistant?

Thanks

I have an unusual situation that I am at a loss to explain. We are a heavy Apple household and I have one device that is just acting weird.

One of our two wifi Apple TV 4K is the default home hub and is listed as the currently active one. It is running tvOS 26.1 at the moment. There are a few HKSV cameras set up, namely Aqara E1 and UniFi Protect Cameras that are being served via Scrypted.

When I connect to any of the cameras on my MacBook Air, iPhone, or iPad, it works great and I can stream to my heart's content. However, if I connect from my Mac mini, I will only get about 5 seconds of video and then it will disconnect.

I disconnected the Ethernet and have the Mini & Air on the same wifi sitting right next to each other and the same behavior is still exhibited. I am at a loss to explain it. The only think I can possible think of is that the Mini is on 26.3.1 and the Air is still on 26.2. Similarly, the Mini will routinely show "Updating..." for devices in HomeKit where my other devices won't.

Hi All,

So I have some Lutron caseta to automate lights and dimmers in 2 bedrooms and family room. As you all know Lutron is expensive. I was looking to automate bathroom lights so I am looking for less expensive options. What is your strategy on automating lights for bathrooms and store room kind of areas where basic automation is turn on the light when there is motion / presence? Do you have presence sensors / motion sensors and then turn on a light switch. What light switch do you use which is not expensive like Lutron. I can use smart bulbs but then ensuring that they are always powered on is difficult as people will turn off the switches due to muscle memory. What is your strategy of automating “less valuable” and “infrequent use” areas.

Admittedly, they are one of the models that was discontinued recently, so could be tied to that, but wondering if anyone else is having this issue. Now that the wemo app doesn’t work, I can’t reset my plugs. Considering getting new plugs but would love to try to make these work.

I think this video is a great watch, as a reminder that smart homes are not just a fun hobby, but are also supposed to improve the lives of everyone living it them.

Mostly pointing at the part where Paul headed to the US and his Tado heater turned off while Anisha was at home. I am sure that was a a fun conversation that ensued.

Hello everyone

Willing to pay someone locally in Bay Area California (San jose) to help me install a Meross garage opener for my chamberlain garage opener

I tried but I’m sure I’m doing something wrong. My garage door is compatible

Dm me please

I’m a complete noob to all this. So bear with me.

We are iPhone user obviously and we just bought a house. I wanted to start things the right way with an Apple TV as the hub but the rumors of one coming out soon has me waiting.

So far I have a

Kwikset halo select- WiFi/matter version

Aqara u400 lock

A hunter smart fan on matter/wifi

And I just got the Aqara M100 router

I setup the Aqara hub and lock in the Aqara app nicely But when it comes time to go into the home app it gets all weird.

I feel like the app is mad I don’t have a appletv or HomePod. So it’s not allowing me to add my wife into the home. I can’t get my Kwikset lock or fan to connect.

Do I really need a HomePod or AppleTv?