I finally got back to working on home automation today and got the alarm system defined to Homebridge, which makes it visible on the Home app on our phones. It was surprisingly easy to do.

The next step is to get the lights and light switches to have the same behaviors with Homebridge and HomeKit as they do under Indigo; that’s mostly straightforward, but I don’t yet know how to detect and process a double-tap of a switch, which I use to do some “extra” tasks (like turning off all the lights in a room instead of just the one that the switch controls).

Shabbat Shalom!

Today began, as usual for a Thursday, with a Toastmasters meeting. We only had one speech today – one of our members led a panel discussion about the “Journey to Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM),” and I was one of the two Distinguished Toastmasters on the panel. The other DTM was the District Club Growth Director for this year; his comments were loaded with references to other, even more senior, Toastmasters who he’s been interacting with. I didn’t start out talking about other DTMs, but I found myself talking about some of my mentors and colleagues as we continued – I guess peer pressure had an effect on me. The questions we got from the audience were on point and I think the panel was helpful to our listeners.

I had a few other meetings on my calendar for today, and it seemed that I spent the rest of the day trying to get things done before the next meeting. First it was a frantic trip to the chiropractor before he closed for lunch, then a quick walk before I was scheduled to mentor another Toastmaster, and then making dinner before our weekly Trivial Zoom session.

Tomorrow should be more relaxed – I hope to get back to working on Homebridge, too.