Does this plugin expose or can expose zigbee2mqtt scenes to homebridge?

[anjos]

If not, would anyone know what would be the best way to recall a zigbee2mqtt scene via homebridge? Thanks a lot!

[itavero]

It currently does not do this. I haven't looked into this myself as I make most scenes in HomeKit.

If you have a suggestion on how we could expose them, let me know.

In the mean time you could use homebridge-mqttthing

[anjos]

I come from deCONZ - scenes stored in software are exposed to HomeKit via their own plugin. Here is the original issue/discussion (back from 2019) with the rationale and intent.

Note on "homebridge-hue" plugin: A new implementation is now overtaking that plugin, and promises to be more dynamic.

One issue that was discussed then was how to implement this reasonably - at the time, HomeKit did not provide a software-equivalent of a spring-loaded switch. In this regard, you can probably retrieve elements from its UI and details that may be relevant to z2m integration.

I remain available to test anything you may propose locally, or to interact on this.

[itavero]

Ah, he seems to have used a custom characteristic. Pretty smart as that probably won't interfere with "regular" voice commands and such.

[anjos]

BTW I checked homebridge-mqttthing - there isn't an accessory type in there that immediately looks like a z2m "scene". Any particular suggestions?

[itavero]

Not really. The only thing I can think of is using a "switch"