iCloud Binding

The Apple iCloud (opens new window) is used to retrieve data such as the battery level or current location of one or multiple Apple devices connected to an iCloud account. Updates are quick and accurate without significant battery time impact. The Binding also offers access to the "Find My iPhone" function.

An Apple account is required. Two factor authentication is supported.

Please note: Application specific passwords are not supported. You will need to provide the account password to the Binding.

Discovery

An iCloud account can be added as a Thing and needs to be configured with your ID and password. The devices registered to this account will then be automatically discovered.

Binding Configuration

The Binding has no configuration options, all configuration is done at Thing level.

Thing Configuration

The Binding provides two Thing types.

Account Thing

The account Thing, more precisely the account Bridge, represents one Apple iCloud account. The account can be connected to multiple Apple devices which are represented as Things below the Bridge, see the example below. You may create multiple account Things for multiple accounts.

If your Apple account has 2-factor-authentication enabled configuration requires two steps. First start by adding the Apple ID and password to your account thing configuration. You will receive a notification with a code on one of your Apple devices then. Add this code to the code parameter of the thing then and wait. The binding should be reinitialized and perform the authentication.

Device Thing

A device is identified by the device ID provided by Apple. If a device is removed or disconnects from the account the respective openHAB device Thing status will change to OFFLINE.

All Things are updated according to the configured refresh time of their shared account Bridge. You may force an update by sending the REFRESH command to any channel of the Bridge Things. However this REFRESH command will not request data directly from the phone, but it will only make a query to the server.

Channels

Account Thing

The account Thing does not provide any channels.

Device Thing

The following channels are available (if supported by the device):

Channel ID	Type	Description
batteryStatus	String	Current battery status (Charging, NotCharging, Charged, Unknown)
batteryLevel	Number	Battery charge in percent
findMyPhone	Switch	Triggers the "Find My Phone" (opens new window) functionality of the device (if available).
location	Location	GPS coordinates of the devices current/last known location
locationAccuracy	Number	Accuracy of the last position report (Advanced Option on UI)
locationLastUpdate	DateTime	Timestamp of the last location update (Advanced Option on UI)

Full Example

icloud.things

Bridge icloud:account:myaccount [appleId="[email protected]", password="secure", code="123456", refreshTimeInMinutes=5]
{
    Thing device myiPhone8 "iPhone 8" @ "World" [deviceId="VIRG9FsrvXfE90ewVBA1H5swtwEQePdXVjHq3Si6pdJY2Cjro8QlreHYVGSUzuWV"]
}

The device ID can be found in the Inbox after it has been discovered. The information @ "World" is optional.

icloud.items

Group    iCloud_Group "iPhone"

String   iPhone_BatteryStatus             "Battery Status [%s]"     <battery>   (iCloud_Group) {channel="icloud:device:myaccount:myiPhone8:batteryStatus"}
Number   iPhone_BatteryLevel              "Battery Level [%d %%]"   <battery>   (iCloud_Group) {channel="icloud:device:myaccount:myiPhone8:batteryLevel"}
Switch   iPhone_FindMyPhone               "Trigger Find My iPhone"              (iCloud_Group) {channel="icloud:device:myaccount:myiPhone8:findMyPhone", autoupdate="false"}
Switch   iPhone_Refresh                   "Force iPhone Refresh"                (iCloud_Group) {channel="icloud:device:myaccount:myiPhone8:location", autoupdate="false"}
Location iPhone_Location                  "Coordinates"                         (iCloud_Group) {channel="icloud:device:myaccount:myiPhone8:location"}
Number   iPhone_LocationAccuracy          "Coordinates Accuracy [%.0f m]"       (iCloud_Group) {channel="icloud:device:myaccount:myiPhone8:locationAccuracy"}
DateTime iPhone_LocationLastUpdate        "Last Update [%1$td.%1$tm.%1$tY, %1$tH:%1$tM]" <time> (iCloud_Group) {channel="icloud:device:myaccount:myiPhone8:locationLastUpdate"}
Switch   iPhone_Home                      "Phone Home"              <presence>  (iCloud_Group)

icloud.sitemap

sitemap icloud label="iCloud" {
    Frame item=iCloud_Group {
        Text item=iPhone_BatteryStatus
        Text item=iPhone_BatteryLevel
        Text item=iPhone_Home
        Text item=iPhone_LocationAccuracy
        Text item=iPhone_LocationLastUpdate
        Switch item=iPhone_FindMyPhone mappings=[ ON="Find!" ]
        Switch item=iPhone_Refresh mappings=[ REFRESH='Refresh now' ]
        // Mapview for Basic UI and Applications (Android/iOS)
        Mapview item=iPhone_Location height=10
    }
}

icloud.rules

rule "iPhone Home"
when
    Item iPhone_Location changed
then
    // specify your home location
    val PointType home_location  = new PointType(new DecimalType(51.0), new DecimalType(4.0))
    val PointType phone_location = iPhone_Location.state as PointType
    val int distance = phone_location.distanceFrom(home_location).intValue()
    // specify your preferred radius (in meters)
    if (distance < 200) {
        iPhone_Home.postUpdate(ON)
        logInfo("iPhone Home", "iPhone is at home.")
    } else {
        iPhone_Home.postUpdate(OFF)
        logInfo("iPhone Home", "iPhone is away.")
    }
end

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