Cover device_class integration

[Juxz]

Hi,

I propose to improve the Cover integration.

In loxone miniserver there are 6 types of objects to be mapped to Cover in HA:

• Garage/Gate controller, which has 6 "animation" -- 0: Garage door -- 1: Single Gate Opening to the left -- 2: Single Gate opening to the right -- 3: Gate opening to both side -- 4: Folding Door opening to the left -- 5: Folding Door opening to the right
• Skylight controller
• Skylight shade controller
• Automatic blind controller, which has 7 "types" -- 0: Venetian Slatted Blinds -- 1: Roller Blinds or Shutters -- 2: Curtains opening to both sides -- 3: Schlotterer Retrolux -- 4: Curtain left -- 5: Curtain right -- 6: Awning
• EIB blind controller
• Door controller

In HA, there only 1 object Cover which has 10 possible values for device_class:

• None
• awning
• blind
• curtain
• damper
• door
• garage
• shade
• shutter
• window

In current PyLoxone version:

• all Garage/Gate controller are mapped to "device_class=Gate".
• all "Jalousie " are mapped to "device_class=Jalousie". I don't know what object it includes (Skylight? EIB dimmer?...)

Anyway, I suggest improving this part because it has several impacts related to voice assistant integrations (alexa, google assistant, homekit...). The vocal commands and security might be different whether it's door or a garage door or other.

As a workaround I'm using this type of entry in customize.yaml, but this is not ideal:

cover.porte_garage:
  device_class: garage   

Here below one mapping table proposal. I don't know if loxone API is offering all this flexibility, but I refer to loxone config capabilities

Loxone Config	device_class
Garage/Gate controller, animation =0: Garage door	garage
Garage/Gate controller, animation = 1: Single Gate Opening to the left	door
Garage/Gate controller, animation = 2: Single Gate opening to the right	door
Garage/Gate controller, animation = 3: Gate opening to both side	door
Garage/Gate controller, animation = 4: Folding Door opening to the left	door
Garage/Gate controller, animation = 5: Folding Door opening to the right	door
Skylight controller	window
Skylight shade controller	shade
Automatic blind controller, type = 0: Venetian Slatted Blinds	blind
Automatic blind controller, type = 1: Roller Blinds or Shutters	blind
Automatic blind controller, type = 2: Curtains opening to both sides	curtain
Automatic blind controller, type = 3: Schlotterer Retrolux	shutter
Automatic blind controller, type = 4: Curtain left	curtain
Automatic blind controller, type = 5: Curtain right	curtain
Automatic blind controller, type = 6: Awning	awning
EIB blind controller	blind
Door controller	door

Thanks

[JoDehli]

Have you checked it if the changes in the dev branch? Is something missing?

[Juxz]

I need to test a few more combinations of devices but so far it's working well.

[Juxz]

Tested in release PyLoxone 0.2.1 with Loxone Miniserver 10.3.11.27 and it's all good Thanks JoDehli