My last day at RC came and went a while back,
but I finally found a few minutes to tidy up [my whistle project](https://github.com/colbyr/whistle-switch).
Its got some rough edges, but it works a lot better than I expected it to when I started 😅

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You can install it from [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/whistle-switch).

```sh
$ yarn global add whistle-switch
```

Fire it up on the same network as you homekit setup, and it should work right out of the box.

```sh
$ whistle-switch
🚧 starting listener...
🦾 starting controller!
Sun Jan 16 2022 15:56:42 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) | [vite] connecting...
Sun Jan 16 2022 15:56:42 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) | [vite] connected.
Sun Jan 16 2022 15:56:42 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) | %c * Tone.js v14.7.77 * background: #000; color: #fff
Sun Jan 16 2022 15:56:42 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) | The ScriptProcessorNode is deprecated. Use AudioWorkletNode instead. (https://bit.ly/audio-worklet)
```

If you're trying to run `whistle-switch` on a Raspberry Pi, you need to [tell it where to find chromium](/blog/chrome-ears-only).

```sh
$ WHISTLE_SWITCH_CHROME_EXECUTABLE_PATH=$(which chromium-browser) whistle-switch
```

Then you should be able to [connect the switch to your Homekit setup](https://github.com/colbyr/whistle-switch#connect-with-homekit)!

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Check it out [on Github](https://github.com/colbyr/whistle-switch) for [more interesting configuration options](https://github.com/colbyr/whistle-switch#advanced-configuration) and [trouble shooting](https://github.com/colbyr/whistle-switch#resetting-the-switch).

My last day at RC came and went a while back,
but I finally found a few minutes to tidy up <a href="https://github.com/colbyr/whistle-switch">my whistle project</a>.
Its got some rough edges, but it works a lot better than I expected it to when I started 😅<div class="mb-4" style="content:&#x27;&#x27;;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative;width:100%"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/612888282?h=0b37642f66&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameBorder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%" title="Whistle detector on a Raspberry Pi"></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>You can install it from <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/whistle-switch">npm</a>.<pre class="text-sm overflow-scroll mb-4 bg-gray-200 w-full"><div class="language-sh" style="display:block;overflow-x:auto;padding:0.5em;background:#002b36;color:#839496"><code class="language-sh" style="white-space:pre">$ yarn global add whistle-switch</code></div></pre>Fire it up on the same network as you homekit setup, and it should work right out of the box.<pre class="text-sm overflow-scroll mb-4 bg-gray-200 w-full"><div class="language-sh" style="display:block;overflow-x:auto;padding:0.5em;background:#002b36;color:#839496"><code class="language-sh" style="white-space:pre">$ whistle-switch
🚧 starting listener...
🦾 starting controller!
Sun Jan 16 2022 15:56:42 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) | [vite] connecting...
Sun Jan 16 2022 15:56:42 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) | [vite] connected.
Sun Jan 16 2022 15:56:42 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) | %c * Tone.js v14.7.77 * background: #000; color: #fff
Sun Jan 16 2022 15:56:42 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) | The ScriptProcessorNode is deprecated. Use AudioWorkletNode instead. (https://bit.ly/audio-worklet)</code></div></pre>If you&#x27;re trying to run <code class="bg-gray-200">whistle-switch</code> on a Raspberry Pi, you need to <a href="/blog/chrome-ears-only">tell it where to find chromium</a>.<pre class="text-sm overflow-scroll mb-4 bg-gray-200 w-full"><div class="language-sh" style="display:block;overflow-x:auto;padding:0.5em;background:#002b36;color:#839496"><code class="language-sh" style="white-space:pre">$ WHISTLE_SWITCH_CHROME_EXECUTABLE_PATH=$(which chromium-browser) whistle-switch</code></div></pre>Then you should be able to <a href="https://github.com/colbyr/whistle-switch#connect-with-homekit">connect the switch to your Homekit setup</a>!<img alt="Homekit button map" class="mb-2" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/478109/149678450-8d5a16bf-4433-4f42-8b64-c9c806c71866.jpeg" style="height:400px"/>Check it out <a href="https://github.com/colbyr/whistle-switch">on Github</a> for <a href="https://github.com/colbyr/whistle-switch#advanced-configuration">more interesting configuration options</a> and <a href="https://github.com/colbyr/whistle-switch#resetting-the-switch">trouble shooting</a>.

Control Homekit by whistling 🎶

My last day at RC came and went a while back,