Ruuvitag homebridge Temp1 read

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Hi
I am new with pekaway and node red. I have pakawey / homebridge with Ruuvitag up and running. Proplem is how to get Temp1 variable read from homebridge Ruuvitag sensor?
Thanks Alpo

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Hey Alpo,
can you explain that a bit more in detail?

Having Node-RED with Homebridge and the sensor up and running, does that mean you can see the temperature from the sensor in Homebridge or in Node-RED?

Does Ruuvitag natively support Homebridge? A quick google search states that you’ll need a bridge for that, but I have no experience with these sensors.

There is a Homebridge-plugin to do so, see GitHub - pakastin/homebridge-ruuvitag: Ruuvitag bridge for Homebridge (Apple HomeKit)

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Hi
I have raspberry pi 4, VanPICTRL_pi4_v1.0.4.img. there is Homebrige and Node-RED. I use that Github plugin. Here is Homebridge conf:

"bridge": {
    "name": "Pekaway Homebridge",
    "username": "B8:BF:E4:ED:C1:1C",
    "port": 51203,
    "pin": "407-85-419"
},
"accessories": [
    {
        "accessory": "Ruuvitag",
        "name": "Ruuvi 1",
        "id": "df6e924b2452"
    },
    {
        "accessory": "Ruuvitag",
        "name": "Ruuvi 2",
        "id": "f26f4309631a"
    },
    {
        "accessory": "Ruuvitag",
        "name": "Ruuvi 3",
        "id": "d5930686ce4a"
    },
    {
        "type": "switch",
        "name": "Relay 1",
        "url": "http://localhost:1883",
        "topics": {
            "getOn": "pkw/cmnd/relay1/POWER",
            "setOn": "home/cmnd/relay1/POWER"
        },
        "otherValueOff": false,
        "accessory": "mqttthing"
    },

etc.

I can see temperature sensor in Homebridgr.

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Thaks Alpo

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Now you’d need something to push the sensor data from Homebridge to Node-RED.
I think the easiest way would be to read the sensor data directly in Node-RED as describe here and set the global variable “temp1”