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ATV For HomeKit Hub
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That’s what I thought is supposed to happen but my HomeKit is saying the ATV is unresponsive and the white power led turns off, even if I leave it plugged into power and connected to the TV via HDMI, but TV is off.
does it show up when the TV is on?
is your network "strange" (more than one router, or other devices upstream of you)
there is no home kit setting on the aTV, as long as you're plugged into power, connected to the internet (via wired or wireless) and logged into your appleID, it should be working.
try rebooting your router and the aTV,
it would be pretty silly for apple to make a device that allows you to access your home when you're not there, and to have that device automatically shut itself down when you're not home.
is your network "strange" (more than one router, or other devices upstream of you)
there is no home kit setting on the aTV, as long as you're plugged into power, connected to the internet (via wired or wireless) and logged into your appleID, it should be working.
try rebooting your router and the aTV,
it would be pretty silly for apple to make a device that allows you to access your home when you're not there, and to have that device automatically shut itself down when you're not home.
I'm not sure I understand. let's clarify: HomeKit runs on the Apple TV even with the Apple TV in stand-by (white led off). I know because it works for me. This because in "sleep mode" the system is still running (although only partially). It's the same with the Macs and iPhones, they can still receive messages (and the Mac even do a Time Machine backup if plugged) even if they are sleeping.
Said that I had issues at the beginning with HomeKit myself as well. What I did has been to restart the HomeKit/Airplay configuration in the ATV from scratch.Then it worked, also with the ATV in standby.