Block-scope declarations syntax error after install about homebridge-chamberlain HOT 5 CLOSED

Ah sorry I should have probably mentioned this in the README, but this plugin uses syntax only supported by node.js >= 6. If you're using Homebrew like you say, you should be able to run brew update && brew upgrade node and you'll be on the latest version of node (v6.6.0 at the time of writing).

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Thanks Casey. I'm sure this would have fixed the problem, but I believe Homebridge itself is behind the curve on node.js 6.6.0. Error below for reference; thanks for your help! Closing this issue.

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/homebridge/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/mdns/lib/dns_sd.js:35
    throw ex;
    ^

Error: Module version mismatch. Expected 48, got 46.
    at Error (native)
    at Object.Module._extensions..node (module.js:583:18)
    at Module.load (module.js:473:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:432:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:424:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:483:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:20:19)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/homebridge/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules/mdns/lib/dns_sd.js:24:20)
    at Module._compile (module.js:556:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:565:10)

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You just have to run npm rebuild and mdns will work properly.

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Nothing about the homebridge code doesn't work on newer node versions, I'm running 6.6.0 in my house right now.

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For people who were running into similar problems, documented the process on how to make this work:

1. Install NodeJS 4.x
2. Follow homebridge and homebridge-chamberlain installation instructions all the way.
3. Update to NodeJS 6.x: http://thisdavej.com/upgrading-to-more-recent-versions-of-node-js-on-the-raspberry-pi/
   1. curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
   2. sudo apt install nodejs
4. Go to HAP-NodeJS directory and rebuild some modules
   1. cd /usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge/node_modules/hap-nodejs/node_modules
   2. npm rebuild mdns
   3. npm rebuild bignum --build-from-source
   4. npm rebuild ed25519
   5. npm rebuild curve25519-n

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