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Anybody using Homekit? I have an issue with devices disappearing.
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1920522" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>I have about 30 Homekit devices in my home. Most are smart plugs, which I use to turn on and off lights around the house. Some are cameras, for security. As the central Homekit hub I have multiple Apple TV units, all with Homekit enabled. I use an Eero mesh network to provide good WiFi all through the house.</p><p></p><p>Randomly, devices will "disappear" from the home, show as "Not Responding" in the Home app on my iPhone and iPad. When the automation kicks in, these devices don't respond properly, either not coming on when they are supposed to, or not going off when they are supposed to. What I have done in the past to get them back into the system is to remove them, then add them back in and add them to the scene/automation.</p><p></p><p>However, this week four disconnected on the same night. Three are simple on/off smart plugs by Meross, one is a smart dimmer plug by Legrande. I have removed them from the home, reset them and tried to add them back in. but the system keeps throwing up errors. Some errors were that the device needed to be reset (even though they had already been reset), that they needed to be removed from the Home (even though they already had been), that they had already been added to the Home (even though they didn't appear in the Home anywhere), that the couldn't be reached (even though they show up in the router tables). </p><p></p><p>I then reset all of the Apple TV boxes, hoping that restarted them might sort out the confusion, to no avail. I have also rebooted all of the Eero boxes, and reset the entire network, also to no avail.</p><p></p><p>I have been searching online for more things to try, with no luck.</p><p></p><p>I suppose it is theoretically possible that four devices each failed simultaneously, but that does seem to be a bit of a long shot. I have replacements on order, but thought I would raise the issue here to see if anybody else is running Homekit and having the same kind of issue who has suggestions I haven't tried.</p><p></p><p>Anybody using Homekit?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1920522, member: 396914"] I have about 30 Homekit devices in my home. Most are smart plugs, which I use to turn on and off lights around the house. Some are cameras, for security. As the central Homekit hub I have multiple Apple TV units, all with Homekit enabled. I use an Eero mesh network to provide good WiFi all through the house. Randomly, devices will "disappear" from the home, show as "Not Responding" in the Home app on my iPhone and iPad. When the automation kicks in, these devices don't respond properly, either not coming on when they are supposed to, or not going off when they are supposed to. What I have done in the past to get them back into the system is to remove them, then add them back in and add them to the scene/automation. However, this week four disconnected on the same night. Three are simple on/off smart plugs by Meross, one is a smart dimmer plug by Legrande. I have removed them from the home, reset them and tried to add them back in. but the system keeps throwing up errors. Some errors were that the device needed to be reset (even though they had already been reset), that they needed to be removed from the Home (even though they already had been), that they had already been added to the Home (even though they didn't appear in the Home anywhere), that the couldn't be reached (even though they show up in the router tables). I then reset all of the Apple TV boxes, hoping that restarted them might sort out the confusion, to no avail. I have also rebooted all of the Eero boxes, and reset the entire network, also to no avail. I have been searching online for more things to try, with no luck. I suppose it is theoretically possible that four devices each failed simultaneously, but that does seem to be a bit of a long shot. I have replacements on order, but thought I would raise the issue here to see if anybody else is running Homekit and having the same kind of issue who has suggestions I haven't tried. Anybody using Homekit? [/QUOTE]
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