homebridge-roon-outputs

Homebridge Roon Outputs

Add your Roon Outputs to Apple Homekit. This platform plugin uses the Roon Node API and the SmartSpeaker service to automatically create accessories from all your Roon outputs that show up as real speakers in Homekit.

Functionality

You must have iOS 13.4 or later.

All your outputs (non-private) will show up in Homekit (after you add them one by one, see instructions below).

Currently the SmartSpeaker service is extremely limited and it only has the following functionality:

• Showing the current status of each output (Playing, paused, or stopped).
• Pausing/playing each output (unless that output is stopped).

However the SmartSpeaker service does show some promise. Although it is all based on Airplay 2, there is a chance (if somewhat slim) that we'll also be able to control volume and other transport controls later on.

Installation

Install via NPM globally:

sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge-roon-outputs

Alternatively you can install this through Homebridge Config UI X. Just search for homebridge-roon-outputs.

Take a look at the Homebridge Wiki for help installing Homebridge if you haven't already.

Configuration

Add the RoonOutputs platform to your config.json:

{
    "platforms": [
        {
            "platform": "RoonOutputs",
            "suffix": "Roon output"
        }
    ]
}

You can use the following options in your homebridge config:

Variable	Optional/Required	Description
platform	required	Must be RoonOutputs.
suffix	optional	Allows you to add a word after your output name that will show up in Homekit. Defaults to Speaker, set as "" to leave blank.

How to use

Once configured, restart Homebridge and keep an eye on the logs.

You will need to enable the extension in Roon before you can use it. Head over to the "Extensions" page in Roon settings, and hit "Enable" next to the "Homebridge RoonOutputs" extension.

Then in the Homebridge logs, you should see all your outputs get accessories created for them.

The final step is to add each output accessory to Homekit, manually. To do this:

1. In Homekit on iOS go to "Add accessory"
2. Then hit "I Don't Have a Code or Cannot Scan"
3. You should see all your outputs listed on "Nearby Accessories"
4. Hit the first one, then hit "Add anyway", then enter the code provided by Homebridge (check your Homebridge logs).
5. On the final screen, just hit "Done". You can now add the speaker to one of your rooms by long pressing it and using the edit cog.
6. Repeat for each output.