Having looked around online he found that both RV-C and HomeKit had open libraries for them, and set out to join these worlds together. The RV-C network in ’s family RV already had a factory-provided front-end and an iOS app, but naturally, it had a limited set of features. After all, your motorhome could benefit from home automation, too!
Now, sets an example - his gift to us is an ESP32 firmware called RV-Bridge and it lets you control your RV’s RV-C network from HomeKit. The undeniable openness of RV-C is surprising, but we haven’t seen many hobbyists tinker with it - yet.
In the world of proprietary protocol darkness, it’s comforting to see that the RV realm (Recreational Vehicle, also known as a motorhome) has mostly settled on RV-C, an open protocol that lets various devices and systems inside an RV talk to each other over CAN.
