Not working when daemonized on macOS Big Sur

[virtualxdriver]

Similar to abandonware/noble#143 (comment)

The plugin is unable to communicate with SwitchBot devices when run as a daemon (via hb-service).

[11/20/2020, 11:54:48 AM] [Bot] Failed to discover WoHand (C0:51:13:D6:C2:9C). Is Bluetooth enabled?
[11/20/2020, 11:54:48 AM] [Bot] Error: Failed to initialize the Noble object: resetting
    at Noble.<anonymous> (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/homebridge-switchbot-for-mac/node_modules/node-switchbot/lib/switchbot.js:171:25)
    at Object.onceWrapper (node:events:436:26)
    at Noble.emit (node:events:341:22)
    at Noble.onStateChange (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/homebridge-switchbot-for-mac/node_modules/@abandonware/noble/lib/noble.js:87:8)
    at NobleMac.emit (node:events:329:20)

The plugin is able to communicate with SwitchBot devices when run directly in a terminal with sudo homebridge (at which point the user gets prompted to grant Bluetooth access to the Terminal app).

[virtualxdriver]

Figured it out. I had to manually grant Bluetooth access in Settings > Privacy to the node executable after following symlinks, then restart the homebridge service with sudo hb-service restart.

The symlink part is important. If you installed node via homebrew, you cannot grant Bluetooth privileges to /opt/homebrew/bin/node, but have to target /opt/homebrew/Cellar/node/15.2.1/bin/node explicitly.
If done correctly, the plugin will discover the bots correctly after a restart, and the configuration will persist on reboots.

[zizi4n5]

@virtualxdriver
Thank you.
I didn't know how to deal with the problem that doesn't work in Big Sur, so this Issue is very good information and helpful.
I will include this information in the README.

[zizi4n5]

I will include this information in the README.

Added the following.
https://github.com/zizi4n5/homebridge-switchbot-for-mac#big-sur

[virtualxdriver]

Awesome, thanks a lot for the support! Keep up the good work, this plugin is great! :)