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OrbiOS 2.1.4 + Homekit
We’ve been monitoring issues that some users have experienced on OrbiOS 2.1.4 with Apple Homekit. In response, to those customers, we’re releasing firmware that provides a temporary work around to c...
Updated to v2.1.4.14 on both RBR50 and RBS50 (satellite first). The update went smoothly. It will take me a few days to determine whether it has cured my issues with Philips Hue Routines becoming unreliable; here's hoping!
AC641 wrote:
Updated to v2.1.4.14 on both RBR50 and RBS50 (satellite first). The update went smoothly. It will take me a few days to determine whether it has cured my issues with Philips Hue Routines becoming unreliable; here's hoping!
After four days my Hue Routines have been faultless. I'll give it at least a couple of weeks before stating that v2.1.4.14 has definitely cured my Hue issue but it's promising so far.
Ok, so after going through the weekend, my system has been mostly stable. The one thing that I am noticing is that when I am inside my local network, my HomeKit stuff reports and functions nearly flawlessly with all devices reporting the correct status; however, when I am outside my home accessing the system remotely it is very sporadic. Sometimes everything reports as "no response" and sometimes only random devices (but typically hue based) report as "no response", and sometimes it reports correctly.
Anyone have any ideas on what could cause this behavior or seeing similar?
- What are you using as your HomeKit hub while you are away? I’m using an Apple TV 4K. If you use something like an iPad there might be issues with slow wifi reconnect when requesting HomeKit status.
I have an Apple TV 4th gen and a HomePod. Both are on 100% of the time
I'm seeing the exact same behavior using Apple TV 4K as HomeKit hub.
EagleKlaw wrote:
Ok, so after going through the weekend, my system has been mostly stable. The one thing that I am noticing is that when I am inside my local network, my HomeKit stuff reports and functions nearly flawlessly with all devices reporting the correct status; however, when I am outside my home accessing the system remotely it is very sporadic. Sometimes everything reports as "no response" and sometimes only random devices (but typically hue based) report as "no response", and sometimes it reports correctly.
Anyone have any ideas on what could cause this behavior or seeing similar?
I haven't seen the problems but it might be something to do with my setup. I have a seperate router and am running the Orbi's in AP mode. I have an Apple TV 4K as my main hub and a regular Apple TV 4 as backup. Maybe there is some blocking when Orbi is running in router mode.
