Support Request: Bot not responding to commands

[peeversluis]

Describe Your Problem

I’m unclear why my switchbot Bot isn’t responding to commands from HomeKit thru HomeBridge. Works fine in SwitchBot app via BLE.

Relevant log output

"ce2a85062b8a": {
        "id": "ce2a85062b8a",
        "uuid": "ce2a85062b8a",
        "address": "ce:2a:85:06:2b:8a",
        "addressType": "random",
        "connectable": true,
        "scannable": false,
        "rssi": -44,
        "services": null,
        "mtu": null,
        "state": "disconnected"
      },

}

…
21/01/2025, 21:21:58] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot bleMac: ce:2a:85:06:2b:8a
[21/01/2025, 21:21:58] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot Scanning for WoHand devices...
[21/01/2025, 21:21:58] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Started Scanning for SwitchBot BLE devices.
[21/01/2025, 21:22:08] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Stopped Scanning for SwitchBot BLE devices.
[21/01/2025, 21:22:08] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot BLEparseStatus
[21/01/2025, 21:22:08] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot (power, battery, deviceMode) = BLE:(undefined, undefined, undefined), current:(false, 100, press)
[21/01/2025, 21:22:08] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot Press Mode, On: false
[21/01/2025, 21:22:08] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot updateHomeKitCharacteristics
[21/01/2025, 21:22:08] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot updateCharacteristic BatteryLevel: 100
[21/01/2025, 21:22:08] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot updateCharacteristic StatusLowBattery: 0
[21/01/2025, 21:22:08] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot updateCharacteristic On: false
[21/01/2025, 21:22:50] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot BLEpushChanges
[21/01/2025, 21:22:50] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot No Changes (BLEpushChanges), On: false OnCached: false
[21/01/2025, 21:23:05] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot BLERefreshStatus
[21/01/2025, 21:23:05] [SwitchBot] [DEBUG] Bot: SpaBot 'node-switchbot' found: {
  "_events": {},
  "_eventsCount": 1,
  "ready": {},
  "noble": {
    "initialized": true,
    "address": "d8:3a:dd:be:b1:de",
    "_state": "poweredOn",
    "_bindings": {
      "_state": "poweredOn",
      "_addresses": { etc
      },
    }
and a lot more entries and data.

Config for homebridge-switchbot

{
    "name": "SwitchBot",
    "credentials": {
        "token": "token",
        "secret": "secret",
        "notice": "Keep your Token & Secret a secret!"
    },
    "options": {
        "devices": [
            {
                "configDeviceName": "SpaBot",
                "deviceId": "CE2A85062B8A",
                "configDeviceType": "Bot",
                "connectionType": "BLE",
                "scanDuration": 10,
                "type": "switch",
                "mode": "press",
                "doublePress": 1,
                "disableCaching": true,
                "maxRetry": 5,
                "logging": "debug",
                "refreshRate": 360,
                "pushRate": 360
            }
        ],
        "BLE": true,
        "discoverBLE": true,
        "logging": "debug"
    },
    "_bridge": {
        "name": "SpaBot",
        "username": "0E:C5:ED:15:26:29",
        "port": 49536
    },
    "platform": "SwitchBot"
}

Screenshots

Everything seems to be working. Config appears to be okay, but device isn’t budging…
Distance between Raspberry Pi 5 and Switchbot Bot is about 10 feet, maybe even less.
Operating the Bot thru the Switchbot app works fine. I have no hub, because the Bot only uses BLE.

Device & Model

Switchbot Bot

Node.js Version

v22.13.0

NPM Version

10.9.2

Homebridge Version

v1.8.5

Homebridge SwitchBot Plugin Version

v4.1.7

Homebridge Config UI X Plugin Version

v4.68.0

Operating System

Debian GNU/Linux Bookwork (12)