This plugin exposes Hive Home features that are not natively available in Homekit; currently, this includes Hot Water and Heating Boost functions. A Hive Hub and Hive account are required. Other devices such as thermostats are not handled by the plugin, since the Hive Hub already provides these as Homekit accessories.

Install the plugin via the Homebridge UI. Before it can be used, the plugin configuration must be populated with your Hive User Credentials as well as the Device Credentials obtained via SMS two-factor authentication. To obtain the Device Credentials, do the following:

• From a terminal on your Homebridge machine, run npx homebridge-hivehome-control
• Follow the on-screen instructions. Enter your Hive username and password, then enter the 2FA code you receive via SMS.
• Once this is done, the script will show your Device Group Key, Device Key and Device Password credentials on screen.
• Copy these values exactly as they appear into the relevant fields of the plugin's configuration screen.

The plugin will expose a single Heating Boost switch for each Hive thermostat in your home. For each water heater, it will also create a Hot Water accessory containing two switches, Manual and Boost. The former will turn the hot water on until you turn it off, while the latter will boost it for a set period. Boost duration for both Heating and Hot Water, along with the target temperature for the former, can be set via the plugin's configuration.

The plugin requires python3 and pip3 to be installed on the system that Homebridge is running on. It will not attempt to install these packages itself.