I added a few LIFX devices to Homebridge to make them available through Apple’s Home app. After LIFX added native HomeKit support to their lights, I decided that keeping the homebridge-lifx-lan plugin on Homebridge was unnecessary. I first quit Homebridge by pressing Ctrl-C and then used the following command to remove the plugin:<\/p>\n
sudo npm uninstall -g homebridge-lifx-lan<\/p>\n
Soon after I launched homebridge on my Mac mini and then the Home app on my iOS device to find that the LIFX accessories were still stuck under Homebridge. I also tried deleting the LIFX platform from the config.json file, but it was no help.<\/p>\n
To fix this, I restored the config.json file and reinstalled the plugin:<\/p>\n
sudo npm install -g homebridge-lifx-lan<\/p>\n
Then I installed the Hesperus app on my iOS device and followed these instructions:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/github.com\/devbobo\/homebridge-lifx-lan\/wiki\/Removing-a-bulb-from-Homebridge<\/a><\/p>\n Success! After this, I quit Homebridge, removed the platform code from the config.json file, and removed the plugin using this command:<\/p>\n sudo npm uninstall -g homebridge-lifx-lan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I added a few LIFX devices to Homebridge to make them available through Apple’s Home app. After LIFX added native HomeKit support to their lights, I decided that keeping the homebridge-lifx-lan plugin on Homebridge was unnecessary. I first quit Homebridge … Continue reading